Editing 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) [[User:Dorf and Dumb|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 {{K|k}}kill 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. [[User:AngleWyrm|- 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 --[[Special:Contributions/75.21.147.226|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. [[User:Dorf and Dumb|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. [[User:Dorf and Dumb|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)--[[User:Kwieland|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. [[User:Lando242|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.--[[User:Kwieland|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).<br />
They ran up and beat it to death with crossbow (they ran out of bolts I guess).<br />
but after they killed it, they all piled up on top of it, and one of them suffocated!<br />
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"<br />
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