Military refuses their boots

[Fleshbits]

Set my squad to wear metal armor. Made high boots for all of them, in addition to all the other steel pieces. Every single one wears their entire uniform EXCEPT for high boots.

I can click on military->uniform, and see they have them assigned and click the arrow only to find them laying in a bin.

What's the deal?
https://imgur.com/a/qHwC0V6

[Protoz]

Set uniform to replace clothing. Afterwards you can assign steel helmet + cape etc to be worn at same time, this is the correct way because gauntlets & boots can't be worn with shoes + gloves.

[Sudo Modding]

Be careful also, using socks + high boots will create a big mess (known bug).
Lots of them will love to put on 1 to 3 socks and 1 high boot.

[harlequin_corps]

Or 5 or six gloves and a gauntlet. That's what mine are doing. I couldn't care less, they are happy, they "acquired an item" and it's a masterpiece pig tail glove.. COULDN"T... CARE.. LESS. As long as they are happy.. really.. couldn't care less.

[Destroi]

high boots are not for dwarfs, dwarfs wear low boots

[Fleshbits]

Originally posted by Destroi:

high boots are not for dwarfs, dwarfs wear low boots

you cannot make steel low boots as far as i can tell

[High Lord Denix]

Originally posted by Fleshbits:

Originally posted by Destroi:

high boots are not for dwarfs, dwarfs wear low boots

you cannot make steel low boots as far as i can tell

You're both wrong, you can by default make steel low boots and dwarves can obviously wear high boots.

Try what the first guy said if you didnt, that is 99% likely fix the problem.

[Drax]

Originally posted by High Lord Denix:

Originally posted by Fleshbits:

you cannot make steel low boots as far as i can tell

You're both wrong, you can by default make steel low boots and dwarves can obviously wear high boots.

Try what the first guy said if you didnt, that is 99% likely fix the problem.

Yup. You can make low boots and dwarfs can wear high boots. High boots are just boots with a shinguard. They're not 'large' boots.

As far as I know though, if you care about the best possible uniform then lowboots are better as standard leg protection is enough but I'm not so sure about that.

[Nepenthe]

I've had success with "replace clothing" and assigning socks and TWO high-boots in the uniform.

Without "uniform replaces clothes" they won't remove their shoes to put on high-boots.

Without being told to wear two high boots they'd only put one on, even though that is not an issue with socks, gloves, or gauntlets.

[Nepenthe]

Originally posted by Destroi:

high boots are not for dwarfs, dwarfs wear low boots

Clothing and armour sized for humans and other "big" creatures will have "large" in the name: a "large high boot" is for humans, a "high boot" is sized for dwarves/goblins/elves/etc.

(Bonus fun: "large rat leather" is a type of leather so a "large large rat leather shoe" is for big creature while a "large rat leather shoe" is normal size.)

[Fleshbits]

Originally posted by High Lord Denix:

you can by default make steel low boots

Well, it must be on a magic menu that I don't see. When I go to the labor queue menu and type in "steel" low boots is not there. Only high boots.

[High Lord Denix]

Originally posted by Fleshbits:

Originally posted by High Lord Denix:

you can by default make steel low boots

Well, it must be on a magic menu that I don't see. When I go to the labor queue menu and type in "steel" low boots is not there. Only high boots.

Its rare but your civ probably spawned without the knowledge to make them, unlucky I guess.

[zeeb]

Originally posted by Drax:

As far as I know though, if you care about the best possible uniform then lowboots are better as standard leg protection is enough but I'm not so sure about that.

High boots are the best boots.

[BonPadre]

Originally posted by zeeb:

High boots are the best boots.

Also know as... F me boots ? (sorry childish I know, but had to 🤣)

[Fleshbits]

Originally posted by High Lord Denix:

Its rare but your civ probably spawned without the knowledge to make them, unlucky I guess.

I wasn't aware there as any mechanic of "knowledge o recipes." Is that a thing? I've never noticed any other craftable thing missing in any game throughout the years.