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I have a bunch of cargo ships and tankers on auto supply in Columbo and San Fran and I have Sydney on auto supply, but for some reason they will not supply it with fuel... I played like 14 days to see if any would form and none did. So I am stuck manually setting up the convoys and then putting them on Computer:CS. Is there something I am doing wrong? Sydney has a bunch of supplies, maybe 100k, but 0 fuel. Any ideas?

Is the Auto Convoy supplying other bases?

If it does not, for what ever reason, supply Sydney quickly enough. You can always create a Tanker TF yourself and do it. Even if it is from another well supplied base, such as Pearl or Los Angeles.

Also, I beleive , early in the war the allies do have a shortage of TK's. It may be a factor.

I dont think that is a factor, because I have many tankers and AKs sitting at Columbo and San Fran. They just will not supply Sydney... other bases that I have auto supply turned on for are getting them (not all of the bases though, but some). So I am not sure what is going on.

Just checking, are the tankers in the auto-convoy system ? Just being in the right bases isn't enough.

Yep. AKs and Tankers. None with go to Sydney though. Sydney has 100,000 supplies, but 0 fuel.

Don't use SF as your USA hub - use LA as it has more supply and fuel.

Ok, how do I change it then? When you go into auto convoy menu, it only shows San Fran and Columbo.

Oops sorry for the duff info - you're right only SF and Columbo are valid ports.

It does mean that to adequately stock them you will need to set up CS convoys from the main sources of supply and fuel (Abadan and LA), leaving less ships in the Auto pool.
I've never found the Autoconvoy system to work how I want so never use it. The CS convoys sytem is now much better in AE as you can set waypoints and have the TFs return via the same route (handy button that), so it will serve my needs.

1) Is Auto convoy about bringing in oil and resources to the mainland?
2) Or is it also bringing fule and supplies to the frontline?
3) Or both?
 
It doesn't seem clear to me.   I would mostly see case #1.

ORIGINAL: jomni

1) Is Auto convoy about bringing in oil and resources to the mainland?
2) Or is it also bringing fule and supplies to the frontline?
3) Or both?

It doesn't seem clear to me.   I would mostly see case #1.

It is #3, both cases

The auto-convoy system works pretty well if you are supplying bases close to SF or Columbo...like the North Pacific area, the area around PH, or the coasts of India.

I don't think I would trust it to supply Sydney, though. There is just too much ocean and priority might be given to the closer bases. I would suggest to just create your own TF for supplying Sydney.

I think a feature that would be nice for auto-convoy would be the ability to add bases where the auto-convoy ships could originate from and assign the bases that would be supplied from individual orgin point. Not sure the game engine could handle this, though.

Well, along with being able to let the computer control certain areas on the game (ABDA, China, ect...) they need to fix the auto convoy system, as this cuts out so much micro managing that I find to be a pain in my rump. I am sure others enjoy that, but I do not like micro managing every little thing.

Ah well, maybe one day there will be an add-on of some kind or a patch that will allow players that option. [:)]