oil consumption by units
If a unit which does not use oil in current vanilla HoI (militia, cavalry, infantry, marines, paratroopers, bergsjaeger) is given a non-zero fuelconsumption stat by the unit file or tech or by building with an oil-consuming brigade attached it will not use fuel in the game even though the unit info display, unit graphic (oil drop), and the oil stockpile mouseover show that it does. The unit has a fuelconsumption stat saved in the savegame file matching what is being shown in-game.
Possible fixes:
1. Allow them to actually use oil (preferred)
2. Make the fuelconsumption stat always zero for those unit types so that if present in a unit file it will be ignored and the fuel_consumption tech command or attaching an oil-consuming brigade will have no effect on fuelconsumption stat for those unit types.
3. Change the display so that it doesn't show them as using oil even though they have a non-zero fuelconsumption stat.
Note that both 2 and 3 will allow attaching of 'oil-consuming' brigades which don't actually consume oil.
I know this doesn't affect the unmodified game now but it does limit what could be done in future patches in addition to obviously limiting mods so it might be worth fixing somehow.
If a unit which does not use oil in current vanilla HoI (militia, cavalry, infantry, marines, paratroopers, bergsjaeger) is given a non-zero fuelconsumption stat by the unit file or tech or by building with an oil-consuming brigade attached it will not use fuel in the game even though the unit info display, unit graphic (oil drop), and the oil stockpile mouseover show that it does. The unit has a fuelconsumption stat saved in the savegame file matching what is being shown in-game.
Possible fixes:
1. Allow them to actually use oil (preferred)
2. Make the fuelconsumption stat always zero for those unit types so that if present in a unit file it will be ignored and the fuel_consumption tech command or attaching an oil-consuming brigade will have no effect on fuelconsumption stat for those unit types.
3. Change the display so that it doesn't show them as using oil even though they have a non-zero fuelconsumption stat.
Note that both 2 and 3 will allow attaching of 'oil-consuming' brigades which don't actually consume oil.
I know this doesn't affect the unmodified game now but it does limit what could be done in future patches in addition to obviously limiting mods so it might be worth fixing somehow.
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