What does the 'sentry' option do ?

[Sir Clive]

I notice that most military untis have a 'sentry' command which I have never used.

What does this do ? It isn't in the civilopedia (and wasn't in the PTW or vanilla civilopedias either as far as I can remember )

Thanks

 

[silver 2039]

It fortifys the unit then it wakes up when another unit comes near.

 

[Sir Clive]

Thanks silver 2039 - that sounds like a very useful command

I will try it out.

 

[Oddible]

I often have one of my garrison units in cities sentried to let me know if I missed some sort of sneak attack of the AI dropping a unit in some distant location. Also, sentry for ships gets you the extra visibility square as well - will also wake when another ship passes in the night.

 

[Sir Clive]

How do you know this

It would be nice if it had been put in the Civilopedia. I can understand it being missed once (for Civ 3 Vanilla) , but for it to be missed three times ( PTW & conquests in addition to Civ3) seems a bit much seeing as it seems to be an option which is available to all combat units!

 

[silver 2039]

It was'nt in vanilla civ. I don't think so anyway. Vanilla civ seems like a lifetime ago.

 

[Admiral_Tarton]

nope, sentry wasn't made till PTW or C3C, i can't remember which

 

[DragonRunner]

Wait- I'm confused. Doesn't a fortified unit wake up if an enemy or barbarian passes? What benefits does Sentry have?

 

[Alexnm]

the 'sentry' command was added in the v.1.17f patch for vanilla civ3.

 

[Sic_Berserker]

DOES the sentry give the defensive bonus if attacked? I dont think so...

 

[cldwarhist]

Does this all mean that the SENTRY ENEMY ONLY option only wakes a unit if a nation your CURRENTLY at war with sends a unit that ways? How far away does the unit have to be from your own to wake it? 1 or 2 units?

 

[Alexnm]

Originally posted by cldwarhist
Does this all mean that the SENTRY ENEMY ONLY option only wakes a unit if a nation your CURRENTLY at war with sends a unit that ways?

Hm, I think it will wake your unit whenever it spots ANY unit from a nation with which you don't have a Right of Passage or a Military Alliance, but I may be wrong.

Originally posted by cldwarhist
How far away does the unit have to be from your own to wake it? 1 or 2 units?

I think that this depends on the vision range of the unit. Units on sentry over a mountain, for instance, can see more than the ones in a grassland or a forest.

 

[Caesar_Augustus]

Originally posted by Sic_Berserker
DOES the sentry give the defensive bonus if attacked? I dont think so...

I'm not positive, but I think I read over at Apolyton that it does give the fortify defensive bonus.

Also note the SHIFT-Y command only wakes up your sentried unit if an enemy unit passes by - but this doesn't seem to work in C3C anymore (worked in PTW), since the unit just stays asleep when an enemy goes by.