Does the AI use the Supply System?

[henri51]

I don't give a hoot what the supply rules are, but I wish I could understand them,...

This is not to blame anyone, but discussions like this about what it really means and how it should be changed or not, with messages saying that some explanation or other is true or false just confuse me even more.

"you have to be in a supplied hex..."; "no, you have to only be next to one...", "no, there is a bug and you can create one as you move into a region and it will be OK...", "no, it has to be connected to a series going back to your capital...", "no, the line has to go to one of your home areas..."; "no, it is OK if it connects to a conquered province...", "no, the Pripet marshes don't count...";If you set a corps to forage, all units under it will forage..."; "no, you have to set EVERY unit to forage..."; "we changed the rule but forgot to ut it in the manual..."; AAARRRRGGGGGHHHHH!!!...(why do I feel like Charlie Brown?...)

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Henri

[PDiFolco]

Henri51,
What I've understood is :
- You can only build a depot chain starting from your Homeland
- Normally you need a contiguous depot chain to be in supply
- However, if the chain is broken by enemy invasions, depots already put in still-controlled "foreign" regions *remains in place and effective*
So you can still live from the depot *in these regions only* as long as you control them and don't destroy the depot. But you son't be able to create *new* depots in controlled but not contiguously supplied provinces...
Not that simple huh ? [:D]

[henri51]

Well at least that is clear...[:D]

Henri

[bbmike]

ORIGINAL: PDiFolco

Henri51,
What I've understood is :
- You can only build a depot chain starting from your Homeland
- Normally you need a contiguous depot chain to be in supply
- However, if the chain is broken by enemy invasions, depots already put in still-controlled "foreign" regions *remains in place and effective*
So you can still live from the depot *in these regions only* as long as you control them and don't destroy the depot. But you son't be able to create *new* depots in controlled but not contiguously supplied provinces...
Not that simple huh ? [:D]

A couple of basic pictures may help (us!). [;)]