Correct me if I'm wrong here, but I believe that fuel expenditure takes into account the size of the map hex. It seems so because on larger scale maps, Armor and motorized infantry can only go a few hexes into enemy territory before they run out of fuel. I would suggest that just like Arty gets a range bonus on large scale maps that vehicles get a fuel expenditure break on large maps.
Yes, I know you can take supply trucks.
Fuel and Large Maps
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actually travel rate is based on distance. A Rooikat goes 1000km per tank. On a 10km/hex map, it can cover 100 hexes before running out of gas. On the World map at 35km/hex you only get 29 hexes before being out of fuel. Because we track fuel accuratly and the petroleum usage comes right out of the values in the product departement, I'm not a big fan of fudging these numbers. It would cascade into the economy since the army would demand less and drag down your GDP/c
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True, but it would be much easier on the old brain if it told us the miles per gallon, rather than having to calculate speed, range, and the fuel tank size.Balthagor wrote:You can see this if you take the time to open the units. You can see the range they travel and the fuel capacity. Fuel consumption = capacity/range/speed.
If you're finding it hard to see with the sliders, click the sliders in the unit popup, it all switches to numbers.
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It's pretty easy to eyeball... if your unit requires 260 fuel and can move 600km before it runs out of fuel then it uses an a$$load more gas than the next unit over in your build screen that requires 84 fuel and can move 540km.
If you want to find the actual km/unit then you can get out your calculator, but it's pretty easy to classify units as superhigh/high/medium/low/none by just eyeballing the distance they can move and how much they need to move the distance.
If you want to find the actual km/unit then you can get out your calculator, but it's pretty easy to classify units as superhigh/high/medium/low/none by just eyeballing the distance they can move and how much they need to move the distance.