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0003677Dwarf FortressItemspublic2010-11-19 12:442014-07-12 17:48
ReporterQuietust Assigned To 
PrioritynormalSeverityminorReproducibilityhave not tried
Status newResolutionopen 
Product Version0.31.18 
Summary0003677: Ammunition too large/heavy
DescriptionA 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.
TagsIntentional/Expected?

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related to 0000510 new Striking with stacked ammo gives a momentum bonus but no contact area penalty 
related to 0005516 resolvedToady One Absurdly Powerful Bolts/Arrows 
has duplicate 0007167 resolveduser11 Stacks of arrows and bolts are overbearingly heavy. 

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Quietust

2010-11-19 12:51

reporter   ~0014025

Also, arrows and bolts probably shouldn't be the same size.

user6

2010-11-19 14:03

  ~0014026

These numbers may have been fudged to get ranged damage into the right ballpark.

Pirate

2010-11-19 14:46

reporter   ~0014027

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 ?

kwieland

2012-08-27 21:42

reporter   ~0023497

Last edited: 2012-09-11 21:05

 related to 0005516?

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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 user6 Note Added: 0014026
2010-11-19 14:04 user6 Tag Attached: Intentional/Expected?
2010-11-19 14:46 Pirate Note Added: 0014027
2012-08-27 21:42 kwieland Note Added: 0023497
2012-09-11 21:05 user6 Note Edited: 0023497
2014-07-12 17:22 user11 Relationship added has duplicate 0007167
2014-07-12 17:48 user6 Relationship added related to 0005516