[Freeciv-Dev] [patch #3718] Use activity icon to hint that fortifying in cities does nothing

[Emmet Hikory]

Follow-up Comment #3, patch #3718 (project freeciv):

A new order would be nice: it not only covers the !CanFortify units, but it
also encourages UI separation between the act of fortifying and the act of
constructing fortifications (so that one could, for example, define a "Combat
Engineer" that could both Fortify (gaining defense bonus) and construct Bases.

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[Freeciv-Dev] [patch #3718] Use activity icon to hint that fortifying in cities does nothing

[Jacob Nevins]

Follow-up Comment #2, patch #3718 (project freeciv):

Ah, I meant that units which the user has explicitly asked to fortify which
are in cities would get the permanent-F state (to indicate that they're not
getting a bonus from the user's action), not that all units inside cities
without other orders automatically get an 'F' icon (to indicate the automatic
defense bonus).

(It's good to know that it's not just me that uses "fortify" to mean "go to
sleep until I wake you". Perhaps we need such an order for non-CanFortify
units?)

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[Freeciv-Dev] [patch #3718] Use activity icon to hint that fortifying in cities does nothing

[Marko Lindqvist]

Follow-up Comment #1, patch #3718 (project freeciv):

How can I then tell which units are active (will get focus) and which are
really fortifying/fortified? When activating large number of units fortified
inside city this becomes really important. I don't want to use S)entry to keep
units in cities, as they would then wake up when ever enemy ship passes by
(actually, I have catapult/cannons on sentry so I can counterattack with one
keypress when someone comes next to city, I don't want Phalanx/Pikemen to
activate to steal focus) or when they have been healed from previous attack
against the city.

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[Freeciv-Dev] [patch #3718] Use activity icon to hint that fortifying in cities does nothing

[Jacob Nevins]

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 Summary: Use activity icon to hint that fortifying in cities
does nothing
 Project: Freeciv
Submitted by: jtn
Submitted on: Mon Feb 18 10:00:44 2013
Category: general
Priority: 5 - Normal
  Status: None
 Privacy: Public
 Assigned to: None
Originator Email: 
 Open/Closed: Open
 Discussion Lock: Any
 Planned Release: 

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Details:

>From bug #20501:

"Currently there's nothing stopping players from needlessly fortifying their
units in cities in the mistaken belief that this will help. Perhaps if units
in cities never reach "fortified" state (grey fort icon) and are permanently
"fortifying" (yellow "F") when inside cities, and if a city is built around
them they go from fortified to fortifying, would hint (somewhat obliquely)
that something funny is going on?

"I don't want to take the order away entirely, as I sometimes use it as an
alternative to Sentry when I don't want a unit to wake up and hassle me every
time a foreigner passes by."




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