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MY Ports and AIRPORTS have stopped upgrading... some will not even start..

Bakers ISL. - I have engineers there, the same ones as at other ports that are upgrading... This is happening at several Isl....

I am trying to land Contruction Engineers too, to see if that makes a difference..



Thanks Everyone

Check the mode of land units.
If they're in "move" "strat" or "rest" etc. they do not work [:D]
All LCUs should be at "combat" -- then look at the Engineers number in your base view.

Thanks for the quick reply..

Make sure you have sufficient supplies too. I checked the manual, page 215: "One supply point is consumed every twelve hours for each engineer squad (or equivalent)that is involved in construction operations." I read somewhere that you need to have at least 20000 supply to have any base expansion. I am not sure if that is correct.

I read somewhere that you need to have at least 20000 supply to have any base expansion. I am not sure if that is correct.

That is not correct

ORIGINAL: erstad

I read somewhere that you need to have at least 20000 supply to have any base expansion. I am not sure if that is correct.

That is not correct

20000 only comes in for expansions above 7 I beleive.

ORIGINAL: santino250

MY Ports and AIRPORTS have stopped upgrading... some will not even start..

Bakers ISL. - I have engineers there, the same ones as at other ports that are upgrading... This is happening at several Isl....

I am trying to land Contruction Engineers too, to see if that makes a difference..

Thanks Everyone

What is the starting AF and Port level ? Lots of small islands have a 0 starting factor and it may take weeks to simply increase that to a level 1. I have 50 engineers on an island in my PBeM and its increasing like 1-2% per day on average.

Xargun

Level 0 Port and Airfields take a lot longer to get improved over a base with a starting number higher than 0.  I think that was done to simulate having to not only build the base/airstrip, but to regrade/dynamite/fill in whatever's there first before they can even start building the base/airstrip.
 
I just leave those level 0 atolls alone; if the Japanese AI wants them that's fine with me.  They make great POW camps.

If you've got any, move a few engineering vehicles like diggers & bulldozers in, they can help speed things up a bit.  Not sure if they use any more supplies though (although it would be logical if they did)