Hearts of Iron 2 - why are my dudes starving?

fatty · 05-09-07, 09:15 PM

I'm posting this here because I can't be assed to create an account on Paradox and I know some people here play this game.

Playing a really fun campaign as the U.S. Germany proceeded as usual and invaded Poland in '39 - but WWII didn't fire. I suspect this was because I had cozied up to Germany with a high influence, but at any rate they got Poland and just stopped. Japan did Pearl Harbor in February 1942. I lost a lot of my navy but I eventually snagged Taiwan and springboarded from there to the Home Islands by 1944. A short campaign through Korea and China finished up that war in 1945 with Japan as my puppet.

Now, imagining that the Holocaust has been going on etc etc, it seemed prudent to liberate Poland. I declared war on Germany in 1946 - they started on the historical WWII track, smashing through the Ardennes and seizing a sizable chunk of France in a few weeks.

With the Maginot Line still intact and manned, my crafty plan was to land in Belgium, make a quick jaunt south to hook up with the Line, and thus cut off almost the entire German army in France from the Fatherland. The landings in Ghent went flawlessly - 50 divisions of my most experienced troops, crack soldiers highly seasoned from the Pacific theatre, went ashore and spread out through Belgium, liberating most of that country in a few days.

Now here's the problem: my entire army in Belgium is now unsupplied. My ultra Pershing tanks with 4 experience stars are at a standstill without oil. The entire region is red in supply mapmode. Why is this happening? They have access to friendly ports (Ghent and whatever is to the right of it), the sealane is secure (I have a flotilla standing right outside the harbour), I have tonnes of oil and supplies to spare, all my sliders are in the white, my TC is not overloaded... I am using autoconvoys but it seems as though I can't select Ghent as a destination for a convoy...

How do I supply my men? If this can't be fixed within a few days of gametime I am going to have to withdraw

PS: I'm using Doomsday 1.3a

05-09-07, 09:15 PM	#1
fatty The Old Man Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Canada Posts: 1,448 Downloads: 10 Uploads: 0	Hearts of Iron 2 - why are my dudes starving? I'm posting this here because I can't be assed to create an account on Paradox and I know some people here play this game. Playing a really fun campaign as the U.S. Germany proceeded as usual and invaded Poland in '39 - but WWII didn't fire. I suspect this was because I had cozied up to Germany with a high influence, but at any rate they got Poland and just stopped. Japan did Pearl Harbor in February 1942. I lost a lot of my navy but I eventually snagged Taiwan and springboarded from there to the Home Islands by 1944. A short campaign through Korea and China finished up that war in 1945 with Japan as my puppet. Now, imagining that the Holocaust has been going on etc etc, it seemed prudent to liberate Poland. I declared war on Germany in 1946 - they started on the historical WWII track, smashing through the Ardennes and seizing a sizable chunk of France in a few weeks. With the Maginot Line still intact and manned, my crafty plan was to land in Belgium, make a quick jaunt south to hook up with the Line, and thus cut off almost the entire German army in France from the Fatherland. The landings in Ghent went flawlessly - 50 divisions of my most experienced troops, crack soldiers highly seasoned from the Pacific theatre, went ashore and spread out through Belgium, liberating most of that country in a few days. Now here's the problem: my entire army in Belgium is now unsupplied. My ultra Pershing tanks with 4 experience stars are at a standstill without oil. The entire region is red in supply mapmode. Why is this happening? They have access to friendly ports (Ghent and whatever is to the right of it), the sealane is secure (I have a flotilla standing right outside the harbour), I have tonnes of oil and supplies to spare, all my sliders are in the white, my TC is not overloaded... I am using autoconvoys but it seems as though I can't select Ghent as a destination for a convoy... How do I supply my men? If this can't be fixed within a few days of gametime I am going to have to withdraw PS: I'm using Doomsday 1.3a