Why does the AI always get unlimited Ammo?

[Leader of the Zakonistians]

The AI never has to reload their vehicles they never run out of ammo. My vehicles I have to reload and when I do they don't have nearly as much as they did at first. If I reload a tank that started with say 200 shells when it runs out and goes to reload it will only have 14 rounds. This is so unfair. Why can't I have unlimited ammo?

[Wiga]

Because AI is kinda stupid. Obvious choice to balance gameplay. In editor you can spawn your troops as AI and play with them.

[Barrelz]

Originally posted by KidAutism:

The AI never has to reload their vehicles they never run out of ammo. My vehicles I have to reload and when I do they don't have nearly as much as they did at first. If I reload a tank that started with say 200 shells when it runs out and goes to reload it will only have 14 rounds. This is so unfair. Why can't I have unlimited ammo?

By reload, do you mean re-supply?
You can cheat the system a little by resupplying your tanks until ammo is full and then swapping your rounds into the supply vehicles inventory. keep doing this as much as you want, then when you are happy with the amount, swap it all back to the tank. I actually like the micro managing involved as it sort of simulates the effort involved in resupplying ammunition. Works with infantry and pretty much everything else to.

[Leader of the Zakonistians]

Originally posted by Barrelz:

Originally posted by KidAutism:

The AI never has to reload their vehicles they never run out of ammo. My vehicles I have to reload and when I do they don't have nearly as much as they did at first. If I reload a tank that started with say 200 shells when it runs out and goes to reload it will only have 14 rounds. This is so unfair. Why can't I have unlimited ammo?

By reload, do you mean re-supply?
You can cheat the system a little by resupplying your tanks until ammo is full and then swapping your rounds into the supply vehicles inventory. keep doing this as much as you want, then when you are happy with the amount, swap it all back to the tank. I actually like the micro managing involved as it sort of simulates the effort involved in resupplying ammunition. Works with infantry and pretty much everything else to.

how do I do supply the tanks

[Barrelz]

Park near them with a supply vehicle.

[Leader of the Zakonistians]

Originally posted by Barrelz:

Park near them with a supply vehicle.

oh I've done that but that's not infinite

[Barrelz]

Originally posted by KidAutism:

Originally posted by Barrelz:

Park near them with a supply vehicle.

oh I've done that but that's not infinite

True, supply vehicles have a limited supply. But do you do the swapping trick.

For example, you have a tank with zero rounds left. You park the supply vehicle next to the tank. This auto resupplies about 30 AP and 30 HE (for example) and that's the limit the supply vehicle will give (This is actually so supply vehicles do not waste their entire supply on one unit). But the trick is, that when the tank has reached its supply allowance, press X (with the supply truck selected) which brings up the eye icon and then click the tank, this allows you swap the rounds back to the supply vehicle where they sit in its inventory (not its supply). The supply vehicle will then fill up the tank again, to 30 AP and HE, then do the same swapping over.

You can keep doing this until the supply vehicle is depleted, normally amounting to quite a few tank rounds (near 100 if its a supply truck). Then just simply give them all back to the tank.

Its not infinite, but its better than just 30 rounds.