Help with convoying

[Mike Solli]

As far as I can tell, the only difference is the ship icon, a freighter as opposed to a tanker.

[dtravel]

ORIGINAL: tacticon

In the task force selection screen, we can choose between Cargo and Transport. First is there any difference between the task force behavior?

No.

Will Cargo be better at avoiding enemy air by sailing around interdicion zones?

You're assuming that they avoid enemy air at all. [:-]

Is there any difference when I put the task groups under continous support.

No.

Is there any way for the allies to automate resource collection when evacuating oil and resources from DEI?

No.

It would be nice to have computer controlled cargo task forces to automatically move oil and resouces and transport task forces to automatically move fuel and supply.

Yes, it would.

[;)]

[bradfordkay]

"Smaller tankers operate out of smaller ports? "


The idea here is that since smaller ports load/unload ships less quickly, then you are better off using the smaller ships at these ports and using the large ships only between larger ports. Using large ships at a small port means that it will take days longer to unload those ships than it would a TF made up of smaller ships. The load/unload rate is "per port level, per ship, per day". Thus five 2000 capacity ships will deliver the same amount of product as a single 10000 capacity ship, but unload in one fifth the time.