> For jtn wondering what to put to NEWS:

Thank you :) I was wondering exactly that. --jtn

> One thing i've noticed in conjunction with server-side
> auto-attack: units that have been given the 'Fortify' command
> can be reliably counted on to engage approaching enemies.

Sounds opposite of what it should be. Fortified units have have better defense, so they should be less likely to find attack better option than waiting in defense. Attack also removes their fortified status, so it weakens their defense value against further attackers.

I noticed that unit_win_chance() is used by autoattack. Some of the recently fixed defense bugs affected it, but I believed it to affect client side win chance display only.

Document more thoroughly CanFortify units' defense bonus in cities.

See gna bug #20501.

(Browse SVN revision 22388)

Patch applies to S2_3, but I may defer applying it until it's clear that touching strings there is worthwhile.

(file #17245)

One thing i've noticed in conjunction with server-side auto-attack: units that have been given the 'Fortify' command can be reliably counted on to engage approaching enemies. Units that have been given the 'Sentry' command aren't as courageous. Thus, there is still a benefit to having the manual fortify command.

> Then there are Worker-type units, which gui shortcut 'f' makes to build fortress instead of fortifying.

When i was new, this part was somewhat confusing that the same command does two different things. Besides, there have been times when i wished i could have a worker just hunker down to the mountain for a turn or two. However, that is getting out of the scope of a 'docs' ticket.

I vaguely wonder about making this clearer in the UI -- 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.