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[jabbamonkey]

So, I created a pit, surrounded by fortification. I dump goblins in there, and usually station my archers outside the fortifications. The archers would normally shoot the goblins inside.  However, lately, the archers wont fire anything.

I checked, and they all have quivers (and I have plenty in my stock piles)
I have PLENTY of ammo (I have a dwarf making bone bolts 24-7).
I made sure my squad's uniform has "ranged weapon" assigned.

Can anyone help me?  Even when invaders come, my archers are picky if they fire (some of my archers run right at the enemy and get demolished)

[Sir Iryn]

It's my understanding that archers/crossbow users are very bugged at the moment.

[Spreggo]

Did you set them to carry bolts in their ammunition settings???

[Oliolli]

In the words of Nilik:

Marksdwarves are still bugged. It used to be they'd use any bolts marked for combat only for training, but now they won't. That doesn't stop them picking up the bolts in the first place, so they'll just wander around with the combat bolts in their quivers insisting that they can't follow their orders.

"HURR, BUT I CAN'T USE THE WOODEN BOLTS! THEY WON'T FIT! MY QUIVER ALREADY HAS IRON ONES IN IT!"

"Did you try taking the iron ones out first?"

"WELL I THOUGHT ABOUT THAT, BUT THEN I THOUGHT..."

[Rafal99]

Low skill archers won't fire through fortifications that are not next to them.
I remember making a pit with fortification, dropping some wild animals behind it and then stationing my marksdwarves about 5 tiles from the fortification. Only one dwarf who was master marksdwarf started shooting, others who were about proficient didn't. When I removed the fortification all dwarves started shooting.

[jabbamonkey]

How do you get to the archers ammo?  (to set them to carry ammo)

[Daw1de]

How do you get to the archers ammo?  (to set them to carry ammo)

Open your [m]ilitary screen, press [f] for ammunition, assign the Combat and Training bolts.

[jabbamonkey]

My archers are already set with 250 bolts each ... combat and training ... hmmm.

[Deon]

Are you sure you don't mix bowdwarves and xbowdwarves? Never do it, or they will swap ammo for the wrong type from time to time.

Basically just assign a single ammo type to a squad.