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[Raverdave]

Guys,

I just want to underline the fact that the dumbest question is the one that is never asked. I want everyone to enjoy this game as much as I do, so please feel free to post any question that you have, even if it seems like a real "Duh" question. I would just ask that you first read the manual and check the FAQ thread first.

[Mr.Frag]

Whats a manual? Duh [:'(]

[Tophat]

Good to hear..............

1) Does Australia need "oil" shipped in to produce aircraft? Perth and another city seem to produce oil and everyone is on a rail line.

2) The auto-convoy system for the Allies........do you use it extensively? Can you give a breif or not so brief overview of how you set yours up?

3) Is the "shakedown cruise" a needed source of training for your ships before you think of committing them?

[VI66_slith]

So I guess that means that I should ignore certain comments like:

'For those that are slow consuming manuals' or 'Where are you people coming up with this stuff from??? '

Then again, to some superior types others just seem 'uppity'.

Like I said in my other post, not everyone is so enlightened as many are just getting into this. [8D]

[gunnergoz]

This is definitely one game where you're up the creek without a paddle if you haven't gotten real cozy with the manual first.

The cool thing is, once you read it and see how it all works together, it's like listening to music. Lots of simultaneous tunes and undercurrents that you might have missed if you were tone deaf.

[PBYPilot]

ORIGINAL: Raverdave

Guys,

I just want to underline the fact that the dumbest question is the one that is never asked. I want everyone to enjoy this game as much as I do, so please feel free to post any question that you have, even if it seems like a real "Duh" question. I would just ask that you first read the manual and check the FAQ thread first.

The manual says press any key to continue. Where's the "any" key.

PBYPilot
"Slow airplanes and fast women"

[Grotius]

Well, I've played UV for two years, so you'd think I'd know how to create an Air Combat TF. But for some reason I get no option to create such a TF in San Diego on December 8, 1941, even though Saratoga is sitting right there with a full complement of planes. Is this some sort of bug? I've had no trouble creating Air Combat TFs in the tutorial or in UV, nor have I had trouble creating other TFs at San Diego, LA, San Francisco, etc.

Edit: It works fine now. I just must've been clicking on the wrong button or city or something. I've been playing this game since, oh, 9 a.m. this morning, and I'm getting tired.

[Black Cat]

Do you retain use of the ABDA combat ships, merchant ships, and air units after it falls ?

When the 40mm AA guns appear for the US will they be fitted in the the older ships sitting in or sent to West Coast ports or just Pearl ?

[VI66_slith]

---OIL---

Seems to me that a 100 page manual could have been written on the production aspects of the game alone. Can someone once again explain the entire 'oil' aspect on a very new player level? The why, where, and how?

Thanks in advance

[siRkid]

ORIGINAL: Tophat

Good to hear..............

1) Does Australia need "oil" shipped in to produce aircraft? Perth and another city seem to produce oil and everyone is on a rail line.

2) The auto-convoy system for the Allies........do you use it extensively? Can you give a breif or not so brief overview of how you set yours up?

3) Is the "shakedown cruise" a needed source of training for your ships before you think of committing them?

1. Yes
2. Don't use it so can't help ya.
3. Not needed but can't hurt. Every bit of exp helps.

[vontiger]

ORIGINAL: Kid

ORIGINAL: Tophat

Good to hear..............

1) Does Australia need "oil" shipped in to produce aircraft? Perth and another city seem to produce oil and everyone is on a rail line.

1. Yes


Kid do I transport this by ship or rail?? what is my target city.. Melbourne??

[WiTP_Dude]

More Stupid Questions:

1. How does the supply tranport option work for air units? There doesn't seem to be a way to load supplies into the aircraft.

2. How much supply is used to increase a base's fortification level by 1?

[infinitejest]

1. How does the supply tranport option work for air units? There doesn't seem to be a way to load supplies into the aircraft.

Just click "Supply transport" and then "Select Destination" and select where the supplies should go. The planes will automagically load supplies and deliver them.

[mjk428]

ORIGINAL: Raverdave

Guys,

I just want to underline the fact that the dumbest question is the one that is never asked. I want everyone to enjoy this game as much as I do, so please feel free to post any question that you have, even if it seems like a real "Duh" question. I would just ask that you first read the manual and check the FAQ thread first.

Thanks for the offer. I have some 'dumb' questions.

1) Why do Prince Rupert & Vancouver each require over 30k supplies? I don't see anything at the bases that should require so much. As it is they seem to do more harm then good.

2) When expanding ports & airfields does the expansion continue until turned off or do you have to reset each time it expands by one?

3) How do you determine the supply level at a base? The manual mentions that naval supply is unnecessary for bases with a supply level of 75 or more but I don't seem to be able to find that info.

4) Why do so many units start out with only about half the support, air support, engineers, squads etc available? This seems to be the case even in non-malaria zones in well supplied bases. I assumed it was the result of the particular scenario I am playing (whole campaign; allies) and that it simulated the overall lack of preparedness. That's OK but I wanted to make sure it was intentional.

Thanks again for being so helpful.

[Ron Saueracker]

ORIGINAL: Black Cat

Do you retain use of the ABDA combat ships, merchant ships, and air units after it falls ?

When the 40mm AA guns appear for the US will they be fitted in the the older ships sitting in or sent to West Coast ports or just Pearl ?

All ships are basically universally available...they are not affected by HQs.

Any available refit can be initiated in any friendly port with a naval repair yard. Ie. CA 33 USS Portland can receive her 4/42 refit in Sydney.

[Raverdave]

ORIGINAL: mjk428

ORIGINAL: Raverdave

Guys,

I just want to underline the fact that the dumbest question is the one that is never asked. I want everyone to enjoy this game as much as I do, so please feel free to post any question that you have, even if it seems like a real "Duh" question. I would just ask that you first read the manual and check the FAQ thread first.

Thanks for the offer. I have some 'dumb' questions.

1) Why do Prince Rupert & Vancouver each require over 30k supplies? I don't see anything at the bases that should require so much. As it is they seem to do more harm then good.

2) When expanding ports & airfields does the expansion continue until turned off or do you have to reset each time it expands by one?

3) How do you determine the supply level at a base? The manual mentions that naval supply is unnecessary for bases with a supply level of 75 or more but I don't seem to be able to find that info.

4) Why do so many units start out with only about half the support, air support, engineers, squads etc available? This seems to be the case even in non-malaria zones in well supplied bases. I assumed it was the result of the particular scenario I am playing (whole campaign; allies) and that it simulated the overall lack of preparedness. That's OK but I wanted to make sure it was intentional.

Thanks again for being so helpful.

1) Don't know, but i suspect that it has something to do with the large amounts of beer that Canadians are known to drink.

2) It will continue to expand until it has reached it's limit.

3) Click on the base screen and it will give you a listing of all the bases on the map and what the supply situation is for each base.....saves you from going around the map and clicking on each base to check.

4) The Allies have a number of units that are not at full strength at the start of the game (Scen 15) which is as it should be. The Allies were not prepared for a war in the east as much as they should have been.

[Raverdave]

ORIGINAL: vontiger

ORIGINAL: Kid

ORIGINAL: Tophat

Good to hear..............

1) Does Australia need "oil" shipped in to produce aircraft? Perth and another city seem to produce oil and everyone is on a rail line.

1. Yes


Kid do I transport this by ship or rail?? what is my target city.. Melbourne??

Your target city should be melbourne.......have a look at the Industries icons when you select Melbourne and you will see the aircraft factory. Located at "Fishermens Bend" by way of interest[;)].

[Raverdave]

ORIGINAL: VI66



Like I said in my other post, not everyone is so enlightened as many are just getting into this. [8D]

Nor I am the keeper of all WiTP knowledge.....but I'll try !

[Raverdave]

ORIGINAL: VI66

---OIL---

Seems to me that a 100 page manual could have been written on the production aspects of the game alone. Can someone once again explain the entire 'oil' aspect on a very new player level? The why, where, and how?

Thanks in advance

Thats a big call and more of a Jap Fanboy question (where as I am a card carrying member of the Alliied fanboy club[:)]).
To put it simply, and I really think that Frag, Mog or Pry could answer this a whole lot better than me, oil is what keeps the wheels of Industry rolling. To make Aircraft, Ships, Tanks and fuel you need oil and as the IJN player as much of it as you can get. If you fall below a certain level it will start to effect your production (Don't ask I don't know).

The BEST place to get this oil is from a number of places, such as the DEI, Borneo and Burma just to name the big ones. The problem for you is that these places are in the hands of the allies, ( and so the reason for the war) so you have to move fast and hard to take them and then have your tankers close behind to start sucking that oil out of there for your industries but in Japan.

[Raverdave]

ORIGINAL: Tophat

Good to hear..............

1) Does Australia need "oil" shipped in to produce aircraft? Perth and another city seem to produce oil and everyone is on a rail line.

2) The auto-convoy system for the Allies........do you use it extensively? Can you give a breif or not so brief overview of how you set yours up?

3) Is the "shakedown cruise" a needed source of training for your ships before you think of committing them?

I never use the Auto convoy system, and after a few weeks you will not use it either. I like to vary when and when my convoys go and the Auto system is not as flexable as I would like. For example, sending convoys to Brisbane direct from the West Coast using the auto convoy system takes the TFs way too close to enemy held territory for my liking, and so I simply run them all my self.

My rule of thumb is as follows....first feed PH, then NZ (which can then feed the south pacific) then feed Australia. On the other side of the map the Brits need to feed Burma and the east coast of India from Karachie (S?) That is if there is still a Burma to feed [;)].