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Sight

Radius in cells that the type reveals around itself for its owner.

Specification
Applies to
AircraftTypeBuildingTypeInfantryTypeUnitType
File
rules.ini
Section
[<ObjectType ID>]
Value
integer
When omitted
0
rules.ini
[MYSCOUT] ; example UnitType
Sight=8
MoveToShroud=yes

Sight counts whole cells. Unlike GuardRange and a weapon’s Range, it is not converted to leptons.

A vehicle, infantryman or structure with Sight=0 reveals nothing. Aircraft differ: a landed aircraft always reveals a radius of one cell, and an airborne aircraft with Sight=0 lifts only the fog, within AircraftFogReveal cells, while fog of war is on. Who looks, and when covers the aircraft cases in full.

This value is the starting range. For a vehicle, infantryman or structure, Sight range adds the height and veteran bonuses. Every look reaches at most ten cells.

A human player’s object also uses Sight when it is attacked from beyond its weapon’s range: it fights back only if the attacker is within Sight plus half a cell. Retaliation gives the full rule.

See also — map-visibility