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Originally Posted by Fincuan
I'm having the same problem in a Guadalcanal-scenario, with Townsville and Charters Towers. There's railroad to bring in the supply and there's ample supply down south in Sydney and Brisbane, but I'm still looking at a red supply situation all the time. No amount of tweaking supply draw values, ticking and unticking the "stockpile" box etc. has helped. I finally had to start bringing in supplies by sea because these two bases happen to be my most important 4E bomber bases in the theater.
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Shipping by sea is the best, most reliable option for huge parts of Oz, even the relatively built up East coast. Another thing to check is how many places you have set to draw extra supply too. Remember that a base will try and not release supply onwards to the logistics net until it has 3 times it's needed supply. This is true even if you have set the draw values to a higher level. If a base says it needs 1500 it will try and not release any until it reaches 4500, but if you have set that base to draw 5000 supply it will try to hold on and not release until it has 15000. Stockpile will obviously stop releasing any supplies onwards.
Check and make sure that you haven't tweaked the values of some smaller, less important base along the route from Sydney/Brisbane northwards. If you have, set it back to normal. You simply don't get enough supply in this scenario (on either side) to keep all bases out of the red. It shouldn't matter very much for most of them because all those cans of Fosters are needed elsewhere. Another tip is to move out any ships, squadrons or army units in those bases and move them somewhere else. The amount of supply those bases need will drop by quite an amazing amount and supply will no longer be built up. This tip is one that I completely over looked for a long, long time in my full campaign. It's so obvious too.
Of course, it could simply be you don't have enough supply full stop. Sydney only creates 1000 points of supply a day, after all, and I don't remember getting any of those special coastal convoys in the smaller scenarios.
Once you get enough up to Townsville, get it moving to Charter towers by pulsing it by manipulating the supply draw function of both bases. Basically your telling the supply net 'Don't need any more here so send it there'. Doesn't always work but it should slowly get things working.
Above all, don't worry about keeping every base in the black. It ain't gonna happen - not in this scenario!