I'm worried that learning from one of my games might make it dumber!

<t> I have worked on the AI for a turn based grand strategy game and I can say from personal experience that front management is an extremely difficult problem and there is very little information out there on how to do it properly.<br/>
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It's one of those things that humans are particularly ...

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Finally got my oil. 15 for the Germans from Iraq and 30 for Italians from Iran as they actually took the port. Not sure what the delay was. Probably some partisan activity in various places. <br/>
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But the bottom line is that it is definitely worth it for the ...

<t> Not sure if this has been pointed out but whenever loading a saved game, all my subs get switched from Raider to Fleet mode. This is a minor annoyance unless they happen to be out of action points in which case they can't be switched till the next turn and risk being lured into an ambush by a ...

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<QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: Alvaro Sousa<br/>
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Hit the "T" for trades and see if you can follow the path. If it is by rail it won't show up because it can't be interdicted. It probably is damaged and repairing thus why you can't see the oil coming in.
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<QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: Alvaro Sousa<br/>
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Send me the game if you like. Just PM me and let me know. I will take a look at it. But if I find it's your fault I am charging you a fee.
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LOL, thanks for the offer but I'm sure you have a million other ...

<t> Second game as Axis. Quit the first one because I didn't understand the sub rules and lost all my subs. In second game its mid July '41. I've taken Poland (one turn), Denmark, Norway, Low Countries, France, Yugoslavia, Greece, Egypt. Recaptured Iraq from Brits and took an oil field in Iran ...

<t> Hmm... so I have the 3 Iraqi oil fields and the Iranian one right on the coast plus the rail lines to the ports and the ports. I have the Suez canal and can run ships through it. Shouldn't I be able to go either around Africa to France to Berlin or through the Suez through Greece or Italy to ...

<t> Playing as Axis, the UK defeated Iraq, I have since retaken Iraq (or at least I think I have as I have Baghdad and the port and control all the cities and the oil hexes). Do I automatically start receiving the 15 oil from Iraq again? I don't see it listed in the trade routes like I do for ...

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<QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: Alvaro Sousa<br/>
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That is about right. You put the HQ on the map supply level 1 as close as you can get and it extends it out a few more hexes. Then from El Alamein to Egypt it is Truck supply. You will be at the gates barely in supply but that is ...

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<QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: Alvaro Sousa<br/>
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This way of supply now makes Create and Cyprus important in the game as bases for in supply air power with invasion threats in the rear.
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I conquered Greece and it appears that I automatically got ...

<t> So if I put an HQ unit right at the edge of the port supply limit (about halfway from Tobruk to Alexandria) it should further extend supply by +1 for 5 hexes. Do I have that correct?<br/>
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And if I have units within 5 hexes of that HQ, and adequate supply at Tobruk they should be OK?<br ...

Update: Trucks worked like a charm!

ORIGINAL: James Taylor

Use supply trucks for +6%.

Thanks. So I guess I have to just plan ahead and make sure I have extra supply trucks before I use them. I wonder why it went to 100 on it's own the first game.

Is there a trick to getting it to 100% so I can use it?
I have it on rail next to an HQ for many turns and it never quite hits 100.
Anyone else seeing this.

Strange because in my first game it did hit 100% right away so not sure what I'm doing wrong here.

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<QUOTE><s>[quote]</s>ORIGINAL: ncc1701e<br/>
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Now, the "strange defeat" that is always hard to do at the same pace than historically. Fall Gelb has started on May 10th 1940. The sea was reached by German 19th corps on May 20th 1940 ...

ORIGINAL: Cohen_slith

Pretty sure it's intentional since they're quality troops.

Yeah I believe all elite units do not have garrison option. Mountain, Para, and Marines? There are Marines right?

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A possible simple solution to this is yes give them full supply, but allow no replacements if a supply source city is not able to trace supply to another supply source city. That way units still fight well but attrition over many combats ...

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I was going to post something about this. So basically there is no longer a point to cutting off cities. This goes against all strategy plans ever used. Historically Leningrad was starving to death and barely survived when the lake froze over ...

OK, thanks. That makes sense. Figured I was missing something and I was!