BBfanboy
Posts: 18046
Joined: 8/4/2010 From: Winnipeg, MB Status: offline
|
quote:
ORIGINAL: BlitzX Hello everyone! My game is progressing slowly. I'm getting pushed back, but i guess it's normal for 42. China is a mess, i don't know what do do here XD Anyway, this is not why i'm here. I had a technical question to ask.Thanks to BBFanboy's advices, I have set a series of short ranged transports to convoy supplies from EC to CT. He told me that offline boats were not using fuel, and therefore could be set to full speed. However, i realized that most of my offmap ships are now out of fuel, and will take a month to reach their destination. Did i do something wrong? Or is it me who didn't understand something? To not use fuel both the departure and arrival base must be off-map - I think I described it as "between off map bases". If you are going between an on-map location and an off-map one, fuel will be used as normal. I also learned a day or so ago that you need enough fuel for one hex travel (40 nm) on each ship doing the trip between off-map locations or the AI will treat the TF as "out of fuel". I now have a convoy expected to take 142 days to get to EC USA, but I am not worried because ... I did this once before when I forgot to give a ship that was at 0 fuel a little sip before sending it on its way. Somewhere along the line the AI decided that an invisible fuel source filled up the one out of fuel. Also, travel between off-map bases causes no system damage to your ships, even if they are out of fuel. About China - I don't have any magic solutions to suggest - just try to get as much supply there as possible and resign yourself to losing hordes of troops. Best China defence currently on view is in Obvert's AAR Felix, Ferdinand and Frupac.
_____________________________
No matter how bad a situation is, you can always make it worse. - Chris Hadfield : An Astronaut's Guide To Life On Earth
|