what is the sentry command

[wipoint]

what is the sentry commands and how do they work. I try to use them but they seem to do nothing...
thanks

[Chuckles]

Hi,

The sentry command is a requsite command that was in civ1 and civ2. I was shocked when it was not in civ3. It is very useful. If you senty a unit it will 'sleep' and you will not have to give it commands every turn. If a unit from another civ passes by it it will wake back up again for you to give commands to.

[aebrahim]

Doesn't the 'Y' key activate the sentry command?

[Willem]

In PTW there's now a Shift-Y as well. It will sentry a unit so that it will only waken if an enemy unit approachs. Friendly foreign units will be ignored.