Some Logistics/Production Questions
Posted: Tue Dec 23, 2014 3:13 pm
Hey all,
This is a dumb question but I've read most of the manual and I have question regarding railcars (rolling stock). Could someone please confirm if my understanding is correct for the two assumptions below?:
1) Each railyard has a certain capacity of rolling stock. Units use the nearest capacity up to 50 hexes.
2) Rolling stock usage causes congestion
3) My question relates to the railcar usage/congestion. Is congestion calculated each step of the way (between each railyard?). If a unit has to draw from rolling stock 5 railyards away because the others have no capacity, does the act of bringing that rolling stock from 5 railyards away add to the congestion/usage of all the rail-lines inbetween?
4) Also, could anyone help me to better understand the nature between production storage (in cities) and production pools? I understand that freight gets converted and then draws from storage/pool but I'm having a hard time understanding the relationship between city storage (local storage) and pools.
5) Lastly, the manual mentions that to motorize a unit it requires vehicles from the motor pool. It is my understanding that this represents vehicles (trucks) from the motor pool required to bring the AFV/motorized vehicles to the troops to be motorized, instead of representing vehicles from the motor pool actually used by the troops? I just want to understand the relationship between the motor pool and actual motorized troops/AFV's and if the vehicles in the motor pool actually are used for replacements/production or just used to represent trucks used in logistics.
Any help appreciated!
This is a dumb question but I've read most of the manual and I have question regarding railcars (rolling stock). Could someone please confirm if my understanding is correct for the two assumptions below?:
1) Each railyard has a certain capacity of rolling stock. Units use the nearest capacity up to 50 hexes.
2) Rolling stock usage causes congestion
3) My question relates to the railcar usage/congestion. Is congestion calculated each step of the way (between each railyard?). If a unit has to draw from rolling stock 5 railyards away because the others have no capacity, does the act of bringing that rolling stock from 5 railyards away add to the congestion/usage of all the rail-lines inbetween?
4) Also, could anyone help me to better understand the nature between production storage (in cities) and production pools? I understand that freight gets converted and then draws from storage/pool but I'm having a hard time understanding the relationship between city storage (local storage) and pools.
5) Lastly, the manual mentions that to motorize a unit it requires vehicles from the motor pool. It is my understanding that this represents vehicles (trucks) from the motor pool required to bring the AFV/motorized vehicles to the troops to be motorized, instead of representing vehicles from the motor pool actually used by the troops? I just want to understand the relationship between the motor pool and actual motorized troops/AFV's and if the vehicles in the motor pool actually are used for replacements/production or just used to represent trucks used in logistics.
Any help appreciated!