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peskyninja

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Waterskins
« on: October 09, 2011, 06:51:21 am »
All of my military dorfs have a waterskin+backpack but they still go far away searching for booze on a pot, and when I order then to do something they carry the pot  to the place I ordered then carry it back to the stockpiles, THIS IS ANNOYING!
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Re: Waterskins
« Reply #1 on: October 09, 2011, 07:21:35 am »
You said it, li'l guy.
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Re: Waterskins
« Reply #2 on: October 09, 2011, 08:50:36 am »
there is a way to stop this?
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Re: Waterskins
« Reply #3 on: October 09, 2011, 09:04:22 am »
I don't know. Personally, I've never seen my militia dorfs drinking/eating from their backpacks...so I just set them to not carry food or water.
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Re: Waterskins
« Reply #4 on: October 09, 2011, 10:04:52 am »
If you got rid of the waterskins they'd probably spend even more time lugging barrels about, since they need to have the barrel in their inventory to drink from it.

Quote from: Mister Always on October 09, 2011, 09:04:22 am
I don't know. Personally, I've never seen my militia dorfs drinking/eating from their backpacks...so I just set them to not carry food or water.
You wouldn't see them doing it unless you were watching and in a position to notice the slight pause in movement. They only take one turn to drink, and probably the same amount of time to eat.
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Re: Waterskins
« Reply #5 on: October 09, 2011, 10:19:18 am »
Quote from: Mister Always on October 09, 2011, 09:04:22 am
so I just set them to not carry food or water.
that's seriously not a good idea. If you're tromping some militia through caverns then you don't want the buggers to keep going back to the food pile three hundred steps and twenty-odd z-levels away from where you want to explore. :P
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Re: Waterskins
« Reply #6 on: October 09, 2011, 11:11:47 am »
Not a problem if you lock the doors behind the little buggers.
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