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FBD unit doesnt repair my rail ? - 1/15/2011 12:12:37 AM

Phenix

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Hi, i havent really understood how to repair raillines.
I know there is 2 sorts , one that you can move yourself and one that goes with the HQ�s.

Anyway if i take the ones that i can move myself and move it a hex , the value on the FBD unit is always showing "-"(RRS value), and im standin on a hex that need repair?
my automatic repairguys have only repaired 10 hexes (Vilnius..) in 18 turns in im at Rostov so the situation is dire...;-)

I have read the manual regarding this but i miss something, with this speed my repair will never reach the frontline( Well until i get pushed back that is...).

If i learn can i the speed up the FBD units to fix more that one hex a turn?

All help is appreciated.

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RE: FBD unit doesnt repair my rail ? - 1/15/2011 12:15:07 AM

pompack

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You have to be adjacent to a rail head. If so you will see RRC-3. If you are not on a damaged rail hex AND adjacent to a rail head you will see RRC-__

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RE: FBD unit doesnt repair my rail ? - 1/15/2011 12:52:13 AM

Phenix

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Yeah, ok i move the FBD unit to a rail hex that is broken, the hex before is fixed but placing on the first broken one results in a "-" strange.
Ok i will try again.
Can i fix more than one hec per turn with one FBD unit?

the automatic ones, the one�s attached to a HQ, those units i cant influense where to repair, right?

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RE: FBD unit doesnt repair my rail ? - 1/15/2011 1:00:10 AM

2ndACR

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Correct, those are auto. Pull up your rail map and check and make sure you did not miss one or that the bad guys did not cut you. Also look closely for turns in the rail line, they can mess you up.

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RE: FBD unit doesnt repair my rail ? - 1/15/2011 1:20:15 AM

Phenix

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Ok i will try, thank you.

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RE: FBD unit doesnt repair my rail ? - 1/15/2011 1:27:39 AM

2ndACR

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A screen shot will help us figure out what is wrong.

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RE: FBD unit doesnt repair my rail ? - 1/15/2011 1:38:17 AM

Zebedee

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quote:

ORIGINAL: Phenix
Can i fix more than one hec per turn with one FBD unit?

Answer to that one is 'yes' btw :) Usually can manage somewhere around 3 or 4 hexes a turn. If you use the FBDs to follow the main line of your advances, then the auto ones are fairly decent in filling in around it.

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RE: FBD unit doesnt repair my rail ? - 1/15/2011 1:44:55 AM

Altaris

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I believe you have to be within 4 hexes of your rail-head as well. So if you're going out repairing some offshoot that's moving away from the main rail-head line, you might stall out by the time you reach hex #5 (I've only had this happen in the Baltics, as everywhere else is too expensive to go beyond 4 in a single turn anyway).

Also, I had some issues with using an FBD in the hex just east of Lvov... not sure what the issue was, but one turn I just couldn't repair it, for no apparent reason. The following turn it worked fine though... was weird.

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RE: FBD unit doesnt repair my rail ? - 1/15/2011 1:52:21 AM

Phenix

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Thanks alot for the tip�s, BTW a really stupid question, how do a rail-head look...?

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RE: FBD unit doesnt repair my rail ? - 1/15/2011 2:06:45 AM

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I had the exact same thing happen. One of my FBD unit's would not convert a rail hex. It was adjacent ot a "Rail head" (the end of a contiguous line back to Germany) but no joy. I just left the unit where it was and on the next turn evrything worked normal. Go figure. I tried evry combination to get it to convert the damage rail next to the end Axis rail line, but no joy! It happened again but looking back over the rail line I saw that partisans had cut the rail line. We do need more control over how the rails lines are converted.

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