You are at maximum range when you run at 10kts. Whenever you begin to recharge you run at flank fuel. I don't mean you need to run at flanks speed when recharging, but simply that the diesel engines run the generators, meaning when you are recharging batteries even if you run at 10kts, you use the same amount of fuel you would use if you ran at flank that way the batteries charge as fast as possible. Not such a huge problem in the stock game as the batteries charge back to full fairly quickly, but if your running a mod such as TMO it can take 12-14 hours for a full recharge. Also, on a side note, TMO has the ahead standard bell set to 10kts. But in stock SH4 you'll have to set your speed manually to 10 kts to get maximum efficiency from your fuel supply.
If your going to try it on batteries optimum range for them is 3-4 knots. Going ahead at 2 kts will make your charge last longer, but you will not cover more ground. If your only 3kts from Midway and you play the stock game you MIGHT make it.
You could also do this..
Open you SH4 folder in My documents, find the save you need to modify (I don't remember how to do that though exactly) and edit the "gamplaysettings" CFG file and change the line that says LimitedBatteried=true to limitedbatteries=false.
I've read that doing the same to the fuel setting will not correct the problem, but I've never tried it.
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