v0.31 Talk:Military F.A.Q.

I believe a requirement of the Arsenal Dwarf is to have a Sheriff, and give said sheriff their required rooms / furniture.

I don't think this is so, because I didn't get around to that until long after one appeared (.06) Dorf and Dumb 16:19, 25 June 2010 (UTC)

I can't get my dwarves to STOP killing things!

This section is incomplete. A thief may escape the attack by leaving the map. If a squad was told to go kkill a target, then the squad that is in persuit continues to have "Kill So-and-So" as their order long after the target is gone. The question "How do I get my squad to STOP killing things" should also be answered for the case where the squad is trying to kill something that is no longer on the map. Which I don't know the answer to, which is why I looked it up on this page. - AngleWyrm 23:00, 9 May 2010 (UTC)

Just cancel the Kill Order - they will stop pursuing that which they cannot catch and go back to normal --75.21.147.226 22:26, 3 June 2010 (UTC)

Another thing I found in .06 were dorfs standing around the bloody tile where the carcass had been hauled away from. I think "kill" orders always have to be cancelled manually, at least as of that version. Dorf and Dumb 16:19, 25 June 2010 (UTC)

Marksdwarfs Information

Marksdwarfs do not seem to practice when in a squad created under the Captain of the Guard. This may be why some people are having trouble getting it to work. Try creating a new squad with a normal commander.

Having any dwarf train is a waste of effort. Wrestlers will go up to elite after a few punches back and forth with a flesh ball or something. Marksdorfs will only rise once they get put across the moat from a herd of camels or something. Don't even build targets or barracks or the like; they just give your dorfs opportunities to starve, dehydrate, or get generally bugged. Dorf and Dumb 05:31, 26 August 2010 (UTC)

I wouldn't say this in that way. A Danger room allowed me to make dwarves legendary shield and armor and at least accomplished weapon users within 3 ingame months.

Getting dwarfs to leave the army

How do you get dwarfs to leave the army? They seem to be stuck doing individual combat drill, even after being removed from the squad in the military menu.

• I would also like to know why this is -Banana 08:47, 10 July 2010 (UTC)

• • Deconstruct your barrackses, then they will stop training.
  • Or remove them from their military position ([M]ilitary [p]osition, find their squad, then hit enter when their name is highlighted)--Kwieland 20:11, 17 May 2011 (UTC)

Unhappy thoughts.

My dwarves get unhappy thoughts from being on long patrol duty and the draft but if I let them off they complain about being relived of duty. How can I make a schedule where they aren't constantly complaining and throwing tantrums? One month on/one month off doesn't seem to help, nor does keeping them active and changing the duty itself once a month. I only have 7 dwarves out of 10 in any squad active at any given time. Lando242 17:55, 3 December 2010 (UTC)

• Use the scheduling screen to reduce the number of minimum soldiers for training from 10 to 2 or 3.
• or give them fancy rooms to live in and masterful things to eat. That will balance out the angry thoughts from long patrols.
• Make sure they have a military profession as well as a civilian profession. Then they will not get the "draft" bad thought.--Kwieland 20:33, 9 May 2011 (UTC)

my squad is killing itself!

I don't know what's up with these dwarfs, I ordered them to kill a Rhinoceros (it was attacking my fisher).
They ran up and beat it to death with crossbow (they ran out of bolts I guess).
but after they killed it, they all piled up on top of it, and one of them suffocated!
What's worse, is after I told them to move to a location a few squares away (in case the other rhinos started bothering the clean up crew.)one of them, quote "has died after colliding with an obstacle"
I don't have the slightest clue how that happened, or what he ran into, or how. it's like he ran full tilt, head first into a tree. o.O

First, you can sign your messages by using four tildes in a row. Messages display in the order they are generated, with a pause between messages to let you rad them. Your dwarfs were killed by the rhino. More than likely, the first dwarf was gored in the lung, and couldn't breath, while the second dwarf was rammed and tossed against a tree. You just didn't see the message until after it happened. In order to generate a clue, read the reports. They will give you a detailed blow by blow. Finally, your marksdwarves will only fire from a distance, in close combat they must resort to using their crossbows as hammers. You let the rhino get too close to them. GhostDwemer 19:52, 6 May 2011 (UTC)