help with tankers

[asilver]

Hi everyone im new to the game but somehow i understood many aspect of the game.
Nut refuelling is making me crazy because i've trayed every possibility from puttin on auto the tanker or on manual or inside fleet or outside.
they just stay idle witout refuelling.
someone can help me?

[Ozone]

Tankers should be left automated.

When they are not in a fleet, they will try to help any ship which got out of fuel. Usually civilian or autonomous escorts.

When they are in a fleet, they will follow the fleet at a distance, refuel them when the ships are idle and go fetch more fuel when their tank is empty (independantly from the fleet's order). Having two tankers in a fleet may allow one to go fetch fuel while the other stays with the fleet.

Note that, for the tanker to refuel the fleet ships, they have to remain static for a while. Refueling takes a lot of time; so while a single tanker is okay for a very small fleet, bigger fleet will need more tankers.

[WariousGaming]

Refueling Ships are bugging out for some reason, I have 6 of them total - 3 fleets having 2 refueling ships, 4 of them works fine and 2 of them are just not doing ♥♥♥♥, won't even execute move order and I need micro manage them to do anything BUT won't refuel anyway.

[asilver]

ok thanks a lot. seems i have te same problem as WariousGaming.

[Narwhals"oh mein gott Anhalte!]

yeah refueling is a ♥♥♥♥♥, takes soo much time if you got fleets with ships that need more fuel than say others..little silly with huge fleets

[SgtScum]

Tanker logic still seems a bit wonky. They mostly do what they are supposed to do but sometimes just sit around doing nothing even if you have many ships out of fuel. I typically use them like I used resupply ships in dwu by placing them around the fringes of my empire to manually use.

[FarAwayBuyer]

I've seen similar behavior. They seem to be working better now than they were a year ago, but are still not reliable. The AI, however, seems to take greater liberties with assigning ships to new bases that are halfway across the map. Whether or not I have one or more tankers in my fleet.