Where ae my resources going?

[wdolson]

At a resource or oil enter, you will always see at least one day's production there.  If there is no industry that consumes that product in the hex, it will be moved (if possible) to the largest port in range the following turn.  A resource center produces 20 resource points per point of the center.  So a 10 point center will produce 200 points per turn.  If the resources can move overland and isn't needed there, you will tend to see 200 points there every turn.

This mechanism can be seen in the far western corner of Australia, around the curve from Perth.  There is an inland resource center and a small port, which I believe is called Port Hedland.  The resource center produces resources every turn and the previous turns production moves to the port.  Because this system is isolated from the rest of Australia, the resources will pile up at the port unless you bring in AKs and move them.

In places where you have more complex transportation networks and industry, it's tougher to figure out where the resources are going.

Bill

Bill

[Sharkosaurus rex]

Thanks Bill, that is what my typing out of resources above shows.
What about the isolated bases that seem to be capping at 100 times their capacity?

[n01487477]

Unfortunately Bill, it still doesn't definitively answer the question posed ... why are the resources disappearing, is this a lapse in the manual, that infact Port/AF size effecting storage ability or are you suggesting that because the resources are being moved, there is this amt of spoilage going on ?

[erstad]

I doublechecked my game (June 42), and I do see about a 16K difference between what Staff thinks the resource change should be and what it actually is. I looked at this a couple months back (game time), and I didn't record the results but I think it was similar.

I've been assuming it's the overland movement inefficiency, but have no data to directly support that. 16K sounds like a lot but as a percentage it's not tremendous. But it is non-negligible.

[BigJ62]

There is a bug with resouce capping for allies.

[tigercub]

yes i am down to 5,100,000 Resources now its 22 march 42....i am hoping the Devs are looking at this resource short fall.

Tiger! He eats Sharkosaurus rex for lunch.