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[guitarxe]

I've got a bunch of crossbow-dwarves that are doing civilian duties, but they just dropped all their crossbows and bolt where they were standing. How do I have them keep the weapons on them at all times?

[rephikul]

make sure they are not assigned to mining / wood cutting / hunting duties. Go to work schedule and set them to wear uniform when off duty.

[guitarxe]

Err, okay they do carry the crossbow, and in the schedule it does show "inactive = uniformed", however none of them have any bolts in their quivers.
Is there some way to force them to carry the bolts in the quivers all the time? It's kinda pointless having an empty quiver otherwise...

[rephikul]

Go to the ammunition tab and see if the squad have ammo assigned. Each members will try to carry at least 25 bolts and ammos are assigned from to top bottom so it's best to assign about 300 bolts at the minimum to each squad. also C/T are bugged so you either set both CT or none at all

[guitarxe]

Yeah, all the squads have "bolts <250>" assigned to them, and all are set to "CT". That was actually the default when I created the squads. But still they don't pick up the ammo that they dropped after I removed their "hunter" labours.

[rephikul]

Yeah, all the squads have "bolts <250>" assigned to them, and all are set to "CT". That was actually the default when I created the squads. But still they don't pick up the ammo that they dropped after I removed their "hunter" labours.

See if they actually have ammo assigned to them. If you have only 500 ammo for instant, only the top 2 squads have ammo assigned.
Civs also take some time before complete picking up equipments. You can assign them a barrack. Even when off duty, occasionally they'd drop by to train at which point they'd make sure to kit out.

[Loud Whispers]

How do I have them keep the weapons on them at all times?

In alerts, set their squad to on duty

[guitarxe]

Yeah, I did that. I put the squad into active/training and actually one dwarf picked up the bolts, but the others did not. And then as soon as I put the dwarf out of active duty he dropped his bolts again.

[Fredd]

Bolt use take a little micromanaging sometimes. With CT designation, there should be no problem with them carrying ammo off duty. If they start behaving like imbeciles, remove the bolts assigned to them. Forbid all bolts on stock screen. Wait a few seconds, unforbid them, then reassign. If this does not work, dump all bolts, then unforbid them when dumped, then reassign, while you curse.

[guitarxe]

Okay, I think I've sort of figured out the problem..
I had my dwarves each in their own squad. But when I put them all into just one, they picked up the bolts no problem =/