0003677: Ammunition too large/heavy - Dwarf Fortress Bug Tracker

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0003677

Dwarf Fortress

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2010-11-19 12:44

2014-07-12 17:48

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Quietust

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normal

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minor

Reproducibility

have not tried

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new

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open

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0.31.18

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Summary

0003677: Ammunition too large/heavy

Description

A single stack of 25 iron arrows/bolts weighs 29Γ, making a single arrow/bolt weigh over a kilogram. The density of iron seems to indicate that an arrow is about 150 cubic centimeters in size, which appears to match the [SIZE:150] in item_ammo.txt.

If the arrow shaft was 1cm in diameter (over 3/8 inch, even bigger than medieval arrows in real life), that would make the arrow about 191 centimeters long; assuming a more reasonable 100 centimeter length, this would put the shaft's diameter at 1.4cm, over half an inch.

There's also the fact that metal ammunition is treated as being made of solid metal - while this might be reasonable for crossbow bolts, it makes no sense whatsoever for arrows.

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Intentional/Expected?

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Relationships

related to	0000510	new		Striking with stacked ammo gives a momentum bonus but no contact area penalty
related to	0005516	resolved	Toady One	Absurdly Powerful Bolts/Arrows
has duplicate	0007167	resolved	Dwarfu	Stacks of arrows and bolts are overbearingly heavy.

Notes
(0014025) Quietust (reporter) 2010-11-19 12:51	Also, arrows and bolts probably shouldn't be the same size.

(0014026) Footkerchief (manager) 2010-11-19 14:03	These numbers may have been fudged to get ranged damage into the right ballpark.

(0014027) Pirate (reporter) 2010-11-19 14:46	It's also an issue in adventure mode. When carrying around 50 or so bolts/arrows, your adventurer is slowed down quite a bit by their weight. And 50 is not so much for a long trip (at least from my experience). If they're heavy because of the damage they're supposed to inflict maybe they should fly faster ?

(0023497) kwieland (reporter) 2012-08-27 21:42 edited on: 2012-09-11 21:05	related to 0005516?

Issue History
Date Modified	Username	Field	Change
2010-11-19 12:44	Quietust	New Issue
2010-11-19 12:51	Quietust	Note Added: 0014025
2010-11-19 13:52	Logical2u	Relationship added	related to 0000510
2010-11-19 14:03	Footkerchief	Note Added: 0014026
2010-11-19 14:04	Footkerchief	Tag Attached: Intentional/Expected?
2010-11-19 14:46	Pirate	Note Added: 0014027
2012-08-27 15:22	hv	Issue Monitored: hv
2012-08-27 21:42	kwieland	Note Added: 0023497
2012-09-11 21:05	Footkerchief	Note Edited: 0023497	View Revisions
2014-07-12 17:22	Dwarfu	Relationship added	has duplicate 0007167
2014-07-12 17:48	Footkerchief	Relationship added	related to 0005516