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ORIGINAL: Alpha77

I have now 2 huge convois for Perth (guess over 100000 fuel) is there danger of spoilage in Perth? Also send some of the AKs from Perth to Capetown, if they really should draw the fuel toPerth. But as you explained already the rail line isn´t the biggest one in reality, so probably is this transport problem in the game realistic.

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ORIGINAL: Alpha77

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Very much so. You haven't played to the end yet, but by 1944 logistics will be 70+% of your job, not fighting. I don't know if you use Tracker, but if you do look ahead in the very bottom tab at total forces in the game for each side. You'll be managing several thousand ships.

A lot of Japanese players complain about how much work the economy is--and they're right--but the Allies have a lot more labor in total. Every base you take back has to be managed; after the first year the Japanese player's duties there get smaller and easier. And the number of LCUs, planes, and ships the Allied player gets dwarfs the total Japanese OOB. By mid-1945 you might have 300 merchants or more just sitting, waiting for someplace that needs servicing. Then, after VE Day, you have to haul all of the European theater troops and gear across 5000 miles of water. Moving a million tons of supplies will happen a couple of times a week. If 1945 is the major leagues, by comparison 1942 is single-A ball.

I am beginning to think that this "game" is so time consuming even now (I am now at the 1st of May 42) but if this is true what you write I probably cannot play this one very far.

Are there any more tipps (or a forum link) for logistics also in later stages ? I know the auto convoi system and CS, but there should be some more, or ?

Anyway, I just assembled most of my US fleet to make a stand finally in the Fiji/NG area. Maybe it will be a disaster all carriers sunk, then problem solved - guess I am not hard enough to see the rest of my fleet go down and the Japs conquer AU + India. However this also might be fun, maybe in a 2nd live I can restart the game with better experience as Allies. And in the 3rd live I can play the Japs

I have now 2 huge convois for Perth (guess over 100000 fuel) is there danger of spoilage in Perth? Also send some of the AKs from Perth to Capetown, if they really should draw the fuel toPerth. But as you explained already the rail line isn´t the biggest one in reality, so probably is this transport problem in the game realistic.

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ORIGINAL: Misconduct

Fuel Over 1000 + ((port + airfield size) * (port + airfield size) *200 suffers spoilage.

Supplies over 5000 + ((port + airfield size) * ( port + airfield size) * 3000 ) suffers spoilage.

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ORIGINAL: rockmedic109

1.  Some of the units are slated for europe.  Those units will leave when disbanded or withdrawn.  Some of the restricted units have early withdrawal dates and are permanently restricted so that you cannot change their command.  I think that if they are too far from a command HQ then the planes are lost if the unit is withdrawn.

2.  Some of the smaller units are actually pieces of a larger unit.  Check the Unit OOB button {if there is one}.  If you get all the units together and they are of the same command HQ then a "Rebuild Unit" button will be displayed which will combine the smaller fragments into the larger parent formation. 

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ORIGINAL: witpqs

What HQ it reports to should not have an impact. If the manual says it should then AFAIK the manual is wrong on that point.

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ORIGINAL: brian800000

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ORIGINAL: witpqs

What HQ it reports to should not have an impact. If the manual says it should then AFAIK the manual is wrong on that point.

It does--in any event, I assume the * next to overstacked airfields is accurate, and so long as that doesn't appear I am fine?

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ORIGINAL: AZ Gung Ho

Unless I'm totally missing something, there doesn't seem to be a way for me to plan and launch air strikes at the enemy. In both games my carriers attacked the Japanese and I knew nothing about it till the attack was actually in progress!

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ORIGINAL: AZ Gung Ho

I'm also wondering about battle damage reports. I assume they are often wildly inaccurate?  Because otherwise I see no way those Japanese ships could still be a float!

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ORIGINAL: AZ Gung Ho

I can set the number of planes and the altitude at which they fly/attack, but can't tell them when or where to attack?  I like the idea of automating this, as late in the game as the US player I'm sure you need it.  But I find it very, very strange in a game with this much detail that I can't launch attacks if I want too.

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ORIGINAL: AZ Gung Ho

Okay - their sinking later makes sense.  Too bad there's no way to verify that. 

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ORIGINAL: VSWG

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ORIGINAL: AZ Gung Ho

I'm also wondering about battle damage reports. I assume they are often wildly inaccurate?  Because otherwise I see no way those Japanese ships could still be a float!

Ships rarely sink during the air attack itself. That doesn't mean that ships still afloat after the attack will survive the day.

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ORIGINAL: Shark7

You'll notice the same thing with sub attacks. AE does have a nasty habit of letting you know though...after the sub attack takes place, you will hear the 'sinking ship'sound if the ship actually sinks. It really should remain a mystery.

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ORIGINAL: brian800000

I'm trying to form an ASW fleet with some HDMLs parked in Rangoon, and I'm not getting the option of an ASW fleet. Can these ships not form ASW fleets, or am I doing something wrong?

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ORIGINAL: ckammp

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ORIGINAL: brian800000

I'm trying to form an ASW fleet with some HDMLs parked in Rangoon, and I'm not getting the option of an ASW fleet. Can these ships not form ASW fleets, or am I doing something wrong?

You can not put HDMLs in an ASW fleet.

In the manual, appendix 20.1.2.1 (pages 280-284) lists all TFs by ship class.

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ORIGINAL: Bullwinkle58

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ORIGINAL: brian800000


I'm sure I'm completely missing something, but I didn't think you got oil in Abadan or Capetown. At least neither shows refinery or oil industries. Does oil appear as a part of out of game industries?

Be careful. Move FUEL to OZ, never oil. Don't move oil anywhere as the Allies. Fuel organically appears in Abadan; it comes to CT either because you bring it from the US East Coast, or in the CD auto-convoys that can also bring supplies and devices for the pools. (Look in the LCU arrival queue to see when and where the CD convoys arrive.)
Supply Perth with fuel from CT and/or Abadan. Supply Sydney, Brisbane, etc. from either the US west coast, or Perth. Supply Darwin from Perth or Sydney/Brisbane.

Don't move oil. After the DEI falls, about the only source you have is Los Angeles, and it needs what it has to make fuel. As the Allies, forget oil even exists. It's one of the few simplifying rules for the Allies.