Resource not regenerating Ammo crates and supply trucks

[Bunker (1970)]

After one battle in Conquest, and resupply all, the ammo crates and supply trucks are not at the max supplies. They remain at the same level at the end of the last battle. Is it normal?

[RyansPlace]

ammo crates/trucks behave differently in conquest and skirmish. In conquest, they have a fixed volume that is saved from match to match. There is no way to replenish them once exhausted and a new truck/crate must be purchased.

[Unembellished Genius]

Originally posted by RyansPlace:

ammo crates/trucks behave differently in conquest and skirmish. In conquest, they have a fixed volume that is saved from match to match. There is no way to replenish them once exhausted and a new truck/crate must be purchased.

Im going to be real honest here. This is one of the biggest problems I have with the game. These types of mechanics arent explained anywhere. Instead of giving tips about how to play the game during loading screens they give us famous quotes. This game has an incredible amount of depth but its all hidden behind mechanics that are ever so different depending on what mode you play.

The extras menu is just a list of units. No way to compare and contrast the units. Also since it uses the real names you have to be either a previous player or a WW2 buff to even know what youre looking for. The whole layout could be 10 times better.

This is an absolutely great game and worth the money there are absolutely places in the UI that can be improved with the onboarding of new players.

[Flan]

Originally posted by RyansPlace:

ammo crates/trucks behave differently in conquest and skirmish. In conquest, they have a fixed volume that is saved from match to match. There is no way to replenish them once exhausted and a new truck/crate must be purchased.

I'm; as I type, watching my ammo crate regenerate supply by itself in conquest.

[Griffin]

So ammo crates regenerate during battle, however do not between battles? I.E if you finish a battle with your crate at 0, it will start the next at 0 but slowly refill during the battle?

[Graf Erik]

My ammo trucks definitely regenerate during conquest battles, allways have. I'd say about one point per second.

But they are not necessarily full at battle start even after 'resuppply all'. I think its a fair guess to assume, that they maintain their supply-level from the end of the last battle. After battle start they regenerate normaly.

If thats a bug or a feature I can not say. But since they are normaly full by the time I finish my preparations it doesn't bother me.

[Herr Flick]

Originally posted by Griffin:

So ammo crates regenerate during battle, however do not between battles? I.E if you finish a battle with your crate at 0, it will start the next at 0 but slowly refill during the battle?

Yes. As soon as no units are in the supply circle, you can see the regeneration starts.

[198xAD]

You can either sell and re-buy or play slower so your trucks can regen. Doesn't bother me personally as I usually have a truck and a supply crate in every battle and play slow.

[RyansPlace]

Did they change it? In beta, there was no regen.

[Noonga]

Its stupid and fake why ammo boxes regenerate ammo, let alone a small ammo crate can constantly resupply artillery shells when in men of war it was balanced, big trucks for arty shells and tanks, etc? in men of war assault squad 2 you had a option to turn the regen off, and the crates ran actually out? why fck do the have some softy mechanic that makes them regen? that just break the game, also you can magically resupply ammo for soviet captured things or vise versa, the fck again game? why do this, its fake and not needed, why couldnt you leave it the same as men of war????

[torpex]

Originally posted by Griffin:

So ammo crates regenerate during battle, however do not between battles? I.E if you finish a battle with your crate at 0, it will start the next at 0 but slowly refill during the battle?

In the menu between battles, you have to resupply them, just like every other unit. I use supply trucks and crates and always have a full unit at the start of every conquest...maybe you dont have enough ammo points?

[Saxhorn]

Regeneration is slow.
6 supply points per minute.
The maximum the ammo crate holds is 250 ammo points.
So it takes 41 minutes to fill an empty crate up provided no ammo is being used out of it.

Its stupid and fake why ammo boxes regenerate ammo

To me the box or trailer or truck simply represents the end of a "supply chain".
One you don't need to manually fill.
Go play "Squad" and spend a whole game running a supply truck from your "main spawn" to the FOBs. You'll come back an appreciate the wonders of the magic ammo box in this game.

let alone a small ammo crate can constantly resupply artillery shells

There's no way an ammo crate will constantly resupply an artillery piece. The cost for a single round is more than 15 ammo points per round. The box runs out and because regen is so slow the ROF of the gun is reduced to basically zero.

also you can magically resupply ammo for soviet captured things or vise versa

Germany captured so many Soviet field guns of 76.2 mm calibre that when captured ammunition stocks ran out the Germans started manufacturing the soviet 76.2mm ammo themselves. So your point here is totally misguided - if you have enough captured weapons you simply make the required ammunition yourself.