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Lagslayer

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left shoe, right shoe... or not?
« on: March 10, 2011, 07:30:59 pm »
I've noticed that footwear no longer has "left" and "right" as part of the description. Is this normal with the new version? Also on a related note, let's assume you have a copper low boot and an iron low boot: how do you get a single dwarf to equip both of them?
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Re: left shoe, right shoe... or not?
« Reply #1 on: March 10, 2011, 07:32:53 pm »
My Dwarves (v 31.21) have left and right shoes. ???

Edit:  My mistake.  They have them on their left and right feet.   :-[
« Last Edit: March 10, 2011, 07:51:08 pm by slink »
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Re: left shoe, right shoe... or not?
« Reply #2 on: March 10, 2011, 07:38:07 pm »
Mine, .19 and .18, never have.

EDIT: Gauntlets have always been L/R though.
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Re: left shoe, right shoe... or not?
« Reply #3 on: March 10, 2011, 07:41:37 pm »
i guess footwear in the medieval ages wasnt ergonomically built to fit either the left or right foot, while when it comes to handwear, having the thumb on the wrong side would matter a bit more
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Re: left shoe, right shoe... or not?
« Reply #4 on: March 10, 2011, 07:47:48 pm »
My understanding was this was an intentional change to make equipping dwarves easier. Why it wasn't applied to gloves, though, I couldn't say. I'd kill for gloves to just turn into a pair, for example.
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Re: left shoe, right shoe... or not?
« Reply #5 on: March 10, 2011, 07:49:31 pm »
Then what happens when a dwarf gets his hand lopped off?
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« Reply #6 on: March 10, 2011, 07:55:14 pm »
I *think* shoes might become *left* or *right* depending on which foot they're worn - that is to say, footwear exists in a quantum state, and it is only when you try and wear it does it conform to a specific footed-ness.
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Re: left shoe, right shoe... or not?
« Reply #7 on: March 10, 2011, 07:58:20 pm »
Wouldn't be the first time dwarves built something quantum...
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Re: left shoe, right shoe... or not?
« Reply #8 on: March 10, 2011, 08:05:04 pm »
quantum FOOTWEAR?!?! Whats next a dwarven atom-sm..... :o
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« Reply #9 on: March 10, 2011, 09:56:57 pm »
Actually the whole concept of shoes for a specific foot is pretty new one. If the Wikipedia entry is to be believed "Until around 1800, shoes were made without differentiation for the left or right foot.".
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« Reply #10 on: March 10, 2011, 11:13:09 pm »
Shoes used to be made of cloth or leather, both of which would conform to the shape of the foot.  New leather shoes were, from my understanding, notoriously uncomfortable until they had stretched to fit the footedness of the foot it was worn on.
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« Reply #11 on: March 11, 2011, 01:19:37 am »
Quote from: krenshala on March 10, 2011, 11:13:09 pm
Shoes used to be made of cloth or leather, both of which would conform to the shape of the foot.  New leather shoes were, from my understanding, notoriously uncomfortable until they had stretched to fit the footedness of the foot it was worn on.

Hence "Breaking in" a new pair of shoes.
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« Reply #12 on: March 11, 2011, 07:39:18 pm »
Napoleon made his servants wear his shoes until they had been broken in.

Fun fact!
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Re: left shoe, right shoe... or not?
« Reply #13 on: March 11, 2011, 07:41:13 pm »
Lucky his servants had the same shoe size.
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