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Author Topic: Dwarves forbidding their own weapons?  (Read 572 times)

dbay

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Dwarves forbidding their own weapons?
« on: April 13, 2011, 10:45:18 pm »
Does anyone have any idea why weapons that have been in use for a little while become forbidden?

My theory is that it happens when a weapon gets stuck in an enemy and pulled out. Anyways, its annoying, and I'd like to stop it somehow if that's possible.
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RopeMan

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Re: Dwarves forbidding their own weapons?
« Reply #1 on: April 13, 2011, 10:51:09 pm »
Try setting forbid orders through the orders menu 'o', then forbid 'f'. It may have the side effect of sock retrieval

I'm pretty sure that's fixed in the latest version if you don't have it.
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Sarda

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Re: Dwarves forbidding their own weapons?
« Reply #2 on: April 13, 2011, 10:51:45 pm »
That's not a theory. It's been proven and is a known bug.
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Quote from: Zdrok on May 02, 2011, 07:43:38 pm
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dbay

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Re: Dwarves forbidding their own weapons?
« Reply #3 on: April 13, 2011, 10:52:11 pm »
They'll keep using their forbidden weapons though, right?
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Sarda

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Re: Dwarves forbidding their own weapons?
« Reply #4 on: April 13, 2011, 10:53:33 pm »
Yeah, until they have to drop them for some reason.
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Quote from: Zdrok on May 02, 2011, 07:43:38 pm
You'll have to provide warm, moist kittens at the end of each test chamber.
Quote from: Necro910 on May 20, 2011, 04:20:57 pm
Dwarf Fortress:
Where 9% of your town is casualties, is good.

dbay

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Re: Dwarves forbidding their own weapons?
« Reply #5 on: April 13, 2011, 10:54:11 pm »
Right. So, what do you do to deal with it? just unforbid weapons every so often?
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Sarda

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Re: Dwarves forbidding their own weapons?
« Reply #6 on: April 13, 2011, 10:55:51 pm »
Pretty much, yeah
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Quote from: Zdrok on May 02, 2011, 07:43:38 pm
You'll have to provide warm, moist kittens at the end of each test chamber.
Quote from: Necro910 on May 20, 2011, 04:20:57 pm
Dwarf Fortress:
Where 9% of your town is casualties, is good.

dbay

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Re: Dwarves forbidding their own weapons?
« Reply #7 on: April 13, 2011, 10:56:12 pm »
Sucks. Thanks for the help!
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Niveras

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Re: Dwarves forbidding their own weapons?
« Reply #8 on: April 13, 2011, 11:08:20 pm »
They will forbid their own weapons when they become attached to them, since this keeps them from trying to upgrade when something newer comes along. Are you sure that's not what you're seeing?
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dbay

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Re: Dwarves forbidding their own weapons?
« Reply #9 on: April 13, 2011, 11:08:59 pm »
Oh, I didn't even consider that. I'll keep an eye on that.

Thanks, guys!
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