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LazyTitan41 27 Oct, 2022 @ 12:54pm
Some pawns refuse to use ranged weapon
So I have been having an issue where I am unable to have some of my undrafted pawns use their ranged weapons (unless drafted). Those with higher shooting skill may decide to use their ranged weapons, but most pawns act like the ranged option doesn’t exist. I don’t mind having to force them to use the ranged in a drafted situation, but I need them to hunt with the ranged on their own. I have tried setting them to prefer ranged weapons, but it has had no effect and still seems to be based on having a higher melee skill or a passion for it. What I expected was that they would use the ranged as a primary and then only switch to their melee when the enemy/animal gets to them. I’m hoping that I’m just using the settings wrong or something, so any help is greatly appreciated.
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I used to have this problem. There's a set of three, easy-to-overlook buttons on the "Sidearms" UI. These are what tells your pawns which weapons to use by default. Just make sure the top button is green. That pawn will then use ranged weapons by default, and switch to melee if they need to.
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