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pawelkrzyzak Dec 13, 2022 @ 4:16pm
How to force miners to keep steel picks off duty?
I set schedule to "always equipped" but they drop off armor and steel picks, pick up copper ones and keep digging.
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Originally posted by Sinclair:
Miners are interesting with military uniforms. The picks they use for digging will not be the ones they have for military use, because the game treats each as belonging to a different uniform (yes, some jobs give dwarves hidden uniforms). This means that the miner will always unequip the pick they are using for mining when going to active duty, and a woodcutter will drop their woodcutting axe to grab a new one from the stockpile.
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Sinclair Dec 13, 2022 @ 4:20pm 
Miners are interesting with military uniforms. The picks they use for digging will not be the ones they have for military use, because the game treats each as belonging to a different uniform (yes, some jobs give dwarves hidden uniforms). This means that the miner will always unequip the pick they are using for mining when going to active duty, and a woodcutter will drop their woodcutting axe to grab a new one from the stockpile.
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nrusselluk Dec 13, 2022 @ 4:23pm 
Miners and woodcutters don't use picks or axes as weapons - its the tool for their job, and will carry them always.
Assigning someone a miner, should mean they go and pick one up - if available.
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pawelkrzyzak Dec 13, 2022 @ 4:24pm 
Originally posted by Sinclair:
Miners are interesting with military uniforms. The picks they use for digging will not be the ones they have for military use, because the game treats each as belonging to a different uniform (yes, some jobs give dwarves hidden uniforms). This means that the miner will always unequip the pick they are using for mining when going to active duty, and a woodcutter will drop their woodcutting axe to grab a new one from the stockpile.
Thanks - I have spent some time trying to make them keep gear on. Even smelted copper picks and axe.:)
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pawelkrzyzak Dec 13, 2022 @ 4:27pm 
Originally posted by nrusselluk:
Miners and woodcutters don't use picks or axes as weapons - its the tool for their job, and will carry them always.
Assigning someone a miner, should mean they go and pick one up - if available.
Miners use picks as a weapon. Pick axe in the hand of skilled miner is very deadly weapon. One hit in yak's head and butcher is busy again.
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pawelkrzyzak Dec 13, 2022 @ 4:35pm 
It seems like the only way to walk around it is to train some fighters as miners (great training of strenght, stamina and toughness), and after disabling labor of mining they will carry picks around.
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shoopy Dec 13, 2022 @ 4:36pm 
Originally posted by nrusselluk:
Miners and woodcutters don't use picks or axes as weapons - its the tool for their job, and will carry them always.
Assigning someone a miner, should mean they go and pick one up - if available.
Miners will use their pick as a weapon, and their mining skill makes them better at it. Experienced miners are deadly.
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Level10Cybermancer Dec 13, 2022 @ 4:43pm 
The material of the pick doesn't matter outside of combat, they dig the same speed regardless, so it hopefully shouldn't matter too much
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