Talk:Laws/Watch Dog

Watch Dog Questions and (sometimes) Answers

This is a good place to have a dialog about what Watch Dogs can do and what they cannot do. As the Legal Petition has no real good place for Use Cases, this page can expand on how, where and whys of Watch Dogs.

Please add your questions or comments (hopefully useful ones).

What do Watch Dogs really guard?

First, think of the Dog as full sized CP that is yet unbuilt. Think of it as a square or rectanglular area that is the size of a maximum building + 10 coordinates on each side.

If you put the Dog down in the open landscape you will claim an area that is the maximum sized CP you can build with a bit of comfort zone around it.

If you have a single existing compound (more complex use cases to follow) and put your Dog down inside your CP it will guard your CP plus a comfort zone.

The Dog guard areas are flexible because not all CPs are squares or rectangles. Some CPs have unique shapes. So the Dog will guard whatever the shape is of the compound plus the comfort zone.

Another way of thinking about Dogs is that they are effectively an Invisible Building that is bigger and overlapping your own.

How do I know what is being guarded?

All Dogs have a "show me the guard area" as an option. This is essentially a Walls Up option.

When you do a "Walls Up" on any dog you can see what is included or excluded from the boundry.

I want to guard my camel pens can it do that?

If you place your Dog in the open area, it will guard the Max Builing Area + 10 Coords. If you use the Walls Up option you will be able to place your Dog so that the "Guard Area" covers your camel pens.

But it doesn't have to guard just a camel pen, it can guard any area, like a clay bed or a marble quarry spot or a future Arts Building site or even your front lawn.