Troop Convoys loading supplies after troops - stop it!

[BBfanboy]

ORIGINAL: BananaConvention

ORIGINAL: BananaConvention

I am very new to the game. I may be missing something here, but when I send a Transport or Amphib convoy to a base to load troops, it loads the troops then immediately starts loading supplies after. It has, on many occasions, robbed thousands of supply points from a base that I didn't want to load onto the transports.

Is there any way to intervene from transport or amphib conboy ships immediately loading supplies once the troops are boarded? I don' want that to occur any longer if there is a way to prevent it.

Can’t say I’ve seen that. I had a convoy that loaded troops and proceeded to load the base supply down to 0 before I realized what it had done.

That can happen in one turn if the unit loaded is small and the base is very low on supply to start with. In that situation you must click the "Load Troops Only" option before the TF starts loading. If the supply is already loaded before you notice the problem, your choices are to unload the unit and reload with the troops only option, or let the troop TF depart and bring in supply asap by ship, sub or plane. (I assume the base is not on a well-supplied continental land mass).

EDIT to add: If the loading is going to take several turns and you start out with the "Load Troops Only" option OFF, you have time to correct it before the supply starts loading. The TF screen will show text saying "Change TF Loading Orders" or something like that. When you click on that you can add the "Load Troops Only" option, you can add a ship and redistribute the load or set minimum ships and remove unneeded ships from the TF.

[Yaab]

Re TF naming conventions.

I use "Adm+" and "Cpt+" tags in TF names to indicate that I have already swapped TF's admiral for a better leader and ship captains for better leaders.

[Don Bowen]

Amphibious TFs loading minimum supply is actually a fix to alleviate one problem. I'm sorry it caused you a different problem.

In early playtesting we noticed that players tended to maximize combat units to be loaded without consideration of supplies. This would cause the TF to max out it's capacity on troops and not load any supplies. The invasion force would then land, quickly run out of supplies, and be wiped out. The auto-loading of supply is intended to prevent this. Supplies are actually loaded in increments as each combat sub-unit is loaded. This ensures that troops that are loaded will have sufficient supply, even if no room is left for a portion of the assigned force. But the troops that do load will have enough supply to fight. A separate, seldom seen, feature will automatically reload and withdraw a landing force that is mauled on it's initial assult - saving at least part of the force so units can be rebuilt.

The use of amphibious task forces to land troops at friendly but un- or under- developed bases was not a design feature. Rather it was a workaround figured out by the clever AE players. Automatic load of supply in this case is also benefitial to allow those troops to function.

Note that the Do Not Load Supplies option does not apply in this circumstance, but if I remember correctly, it will prevent load of supplies in excess of the 3-day minimum. If an amphibious TF attempting to load an invasion force completely drains a base of supply, the base was most likely not suffiently supplied to mount that invasion.

[Macquarrie1999]

I name my convoys with their destination and job. For example, Perth Fuel, Pearl Cargo, Lunga Amphib, LA ASW.

I don't bother naming surface task forces.

[Kull]

ORIGINAL: BananaConvention

Right after you click the "Load Troops" button, a new screen appears and at the bottom left is a "TurnOnLoad Troops Only" button.

Mind blown. I've seen that button so many times but didn't bother to look at it. GRATEFUL to you!

Don't worry, you're not the only one who's been staring at a button and never clicked it! And you have a MUCH better excuse than me! [:D]