Golems never use their dart launchers, what's up with that

[Foogooman]

I've never gotten a golem to use the dart launcher upgrade. Does anyone else have this problem? I give an iron golem the upgrade and it accepts the upgrade and gets the little megaman arm, but he never launches a dart. Even when I force him to be outside of melee range of enemies he opts to just sit there and not use it.

 

[b0bst3r]

Did you make him clever? If not then he will most likely only shoot zombies (and maybe skeletons). When u make a clever one u can right click on the golem and tell him what to shoot at.

 

[Foogooman]

You can tell him what type of things to attack but you can't tell him to use his dart launcher.

 

[Deor]

Smart golems with dart launchers, thats asking for trouble! They will unionise and take over the server!

In other news, mine seem to work fine

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[ApSciLiara]

Smart golems with dart launchers, thats asking for trouble! They will unionise and take over the server!

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Only if you craft them using a brain in a jar.

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[Bihlbo]

From what I've seen, you can't visually tell they are using it, but they are using it. Try spawning in zombies a little away from the golems. When the zombie wanders into range, he'll take damage just a moment before the golems close to melee range. That's your indication that the dart launchers are working.

By the way, the dart launchers suck. If you can find a way to immobilize your golems and turn them into fancy turrets that zombies can't hit, the dart launcher could be useful.

If you pull that off, I suggest adding the red targeting laser and the upgrade that makes your golems say, "hello," and "Are you still there?" (jk)