Panama Canal causing problems with ship range.

[GeneralZaphod]

I am playing the US for the first time. I was quite shocked to find out that ships cannot pass from the Caribbean to the US west coast because "it is too far and out of range" at least at the beginning of the game. I am pretty sure that is why they built the canal to begin with so shouldn't this be allowed?

That said, I haven't figured out how the game calculates max distance and range, but it sure looks like it isn't from nearest occupied port, otherwise this passage would work. Do I have to take Mexico to get around this??? Bug maybe?

Thoughts?

 

[amalric de g.]

It´s not a bug, you try to sail through the canal with a fleet containing DDs or CLs. If you want to sail with ships from the east coast to the west coast, change the homeport first, than you can sail your ships to the destination.

 

[GeneralZaphod]

I tried that, both panama and California as home ports, no help.

 

[GeneralZaphod]

Shot just incase there is disbelief. In panama, home base panama.

 

[Secret Master]

I gave the thread a title that indicates its topic better.

 

[GeneralZaphod]

Fair enough. I like my sarcasm

 

[sterrius]

Add 1 capital ship to those DD´s and they will pass after you rebase them.

I don´t know why but that bug happens when you try to rebase DD`s only. (And i think CL´s too).

With a capital ship its no problem.
To be safe use a BB.

 

[Secret Master]

To be safe use a BB.

I think I learned something different in health class.

But your advice is sound.

 

[GeneralZaphod]

No help. It is the range of the destroyers limiting it. If i just select destroyer II, the range increases, but still is not able to go to California. I believe all of the larger ships can make it. Magellan would laugh

 

[sterrius]

very strange. Im always able to transfer my ships from the atlantic to the pacific if rebase them.

You're trying to send them to california? Or you're clicking a random port? (because that matters, they will not move to another region until they reach california port first).

 

[Varvs]

thats wiered. normaly i can send ships to every friendly port all over the world by making it homeport of the fleet and then just rightclick movecommand the fleet on the province where the port is. works for me even if the fleet has to sail all around afrika where i have no friendly port at all.

 

[PotatoesOfDoom]

Rebase them to where you want them to be, and then click the "return to base" button on the fleet screen, which should be the repair button.

 

[Hopit]

First give them a new home province/port, then right click the port, not the province/state

 

[Alex_brunius]

No help. It is the range of the destroyers limiting it. If i just select destroyer II, the range increases, but still is not able to go to California. I believe all of the larger ships can make it. Magellan would laugh

DD 1 have low range so you can't patrol very far from bases at all.

And fleet range is the average of the ships, so a single Battleship will not be able to share much of it's "fuel" (range) if it's 50 lvl 1 DDs who drag it down!


But the others are right in that rebasing range should be unlimited ( as long as there are no canals or straits in the way your enemies control ).

 

[mike-kt]

This was an issue in the Sunflower Beta, but I thought all the obvious problems had been fixed. Perhaps you should report the bug.

 

[Tehrozer]

Maybe its beacuse your home port is too far try to switch it to panama i bet this is the problem and i think you you shift right click they will always get to target no matter what but second option might be not in game by now

 

[ORCACommander]

This was an issue in the Sunflower Beta, but I thought all the obvious problems had been fixed. Perhaps you should report the bug.

I've had this as a problem Since 1.0.

Permanent Solutions that would not involve rebasing/repair gimmicks
Adjust the range of tech 1 DD and CL to just barely cover the range gap
Introduce fleet basing treaties and give a defacto one with Mexico
Naval base level influences supply range
New Unit type: Collier/Supply Ship that increase range of a fleet they are attached to. I would make it slightly more expensive than a normal convoy