[Freeciv-Dev] Re: (PR#1524) Bug: Carrier disband and airplanes

["Jason Short" <jdorje@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

<URL: http://bugs.freeciv.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=1524 >

Per I. Mathisen wrote:
> <URL: http://bugs.freeciv.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=1524 >
> 
> On Wed, 23 Mar 2005, Mike Kaufman wrote:
> 
>>On Tue, Mar 22, 2005 at 10:28:03PM -0800, Jason Short wrote:
>>
>>>>Maybe they should awake, when their carrier is disbanded, though?
>>>
>>>This patch activates all units that are unloaded when a unit is wiped
>>>(disbanded or...whatever).
>>
>>not sure I understand. shouldn't transported units be killed too if their
>>transporter is killed?

If the transporter is killed in combat, everyone on the tile dies.  If 
it is disbanded, any units that can are shuffled out of it to safety. 
This just saves on micromanagement.

> This bug was reported back when 'sentry' was what you did when you were
> being transported, but you could also sentry for other reasons. Now you
> 'load' units onto transports, but what happens when you 'sentry' aircraft
> on a carrier? What if the carrier moves - is the unit left dangling in the
> air?
> 
> I think the only meaningful conclusion is that aircraft cannot sentry
> unless in an airbase or a city. If they are 'loaded' on a sinking ship,
> they should sink too. IMHO.

Aircraft cannot sentry unless they are in an airbase, city, or 
transporter.  Most loaded units (though not necessarily airplanes) are 
sentries by default.  Sinking a unit unnecessarily when its transporter 
is disbanded may be realistic, but isn't good for gameplay since the 
unit could easily have been shuffled off before - it just adds to 
micro-management.  This is particularly true for air units where loading 
them is optional.

-jason