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[Nilik]

I just had a completely disasterous siege. I'm all for "fun" when its self-inflicted, or because of something unexpected, but I was prepared for this one and still failed because of my retarded dwarves.

Here's a screenshot of my "Sharpshooters" ammo screen:

http://img46.imageshack.us/img46/8506/ammp.jpg

I've got them set to use wooden and bone bolts for training, and iron ones for combat. Because this is dwarf fortress, my dwarves managed to interpret these orders in the most annoying way possible. They used iron bolts for training, only using the wooden or bone bolts after the iron ones ran out, but then refused to use wooden or bone bolts for combat.

So;

- Can you see anything wrong with how i've set their orders?
- If I set them to use wooden and bone bolts for combat too, will they use those when the iron ones run out?
- Following on from the above, will they prefer to use the iron ones in combat over wood / bone?

Please help, as this is sloly drivving I insame.

[Quietust]

It's a bug - dwarves will equip ammo permitted for either training or combat, and dwarves will always train using any equipped ammo.

[Burnt Pies]

Keep several stacks of ammo forbidden, then unforbid them when sieges come, so this doesn't happen again!

[rephikul]

The general walkaround for this issue is to assign metal ammo first so they have higher priority, then assign other training ammo. Disable both C & T on metal ammo and only turn them back on during real fight. The crossbowmen will fire off equipped ammo then start using metal ones properly.

[Nilik]

The general walkaround for this issue is to assign metal ammo first so they have higher priority, then assign other training ammo. Disable both C & T on metal ammo and only turn them back on during real fight. The crossbowmen will fire off equipped ammo then start using metal ones properly.

Good idea, thanks!