Logistics for new and returning players

[Esoteric Hermit1979]

"I'll start by saying logi is not for everyone and that's okay but its vital"
"It's also a team effort with logi as there is many different types of logi"
"This is just a text based manual for the people who only see the forums not the guides"

(Will be updated as i think of more and patches update values)

LOGI KIT:
Radio x1
Revolver+Rx3
Wrench x1
Hammer x1
Diesel x1
Truck x1
Bmats x10 (for repairs)
(Remember to reload your revolver)

KEY:
Screw = Salvage (scrap)
Nut = Components
Square rock = Sulfer
Oil barrel = Crude oil
Hammer = Refinery
Two chimny = Factory
Barn = Depo
House(sheild) = Safehouse
House(2 window) = Town hall
Flag = Victory town hall
Star = Star base (Unlimited spawns)
White factory = Mines
Crane = blueprints/production
Truck = Vehicle depo
Rook = Fort
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Triangle = Vehicle
Diamond = Tower
Pentagon = Defence
Dots = People
Square = Enemy FOB

NAMES:
Bmats = Basic materials
Rmats = Refined materials
Emats = Explosive materials
HEmats = Heavy explosive materials
Uparts = Upgrade parts
SS/Shirts = Soldier supplies (tickets)
GS = Garrision Supplies (stops decay, 24h after building)
FAKS = First aid kits
GL's = Grenade launchers
1xB = Equipment boxes and number
HE's = High explosive nades
TH = Town hall
FOB = Forward operating base
LA shells = Light artillery shells
EI = Enemy infantry
CV = Construction vehicle
AC = Armoured cars
HT = Half tracks
LT = Light tanks
FA = Field arty
MBT/BT= Battle tanks
"Revolver"+R = (plus rounds for logi orders)


BUILDING A TRUCK:
You will need a vehicle factory, 100 bmats, a hammer and 1 can of diesel.

FUELING:
Equip a the diesel can, press 3 to equip, use on the truck.
Can also fuel by a fuel truck in range by pressing E on your own truck and pressing "refuel diesel" a hose should appear.


SCRAPPING:
Hammer = More tech
Sledge = More salvage
"Salvage respawns every 40min to 1h roughly"
"Try to submit to an FOB whenever possible instead of boxes, boxes decay and can be forgotten but an FOB can be seen from anywhere in the world."
"Comp mines require a sledge only. "
"You can move around while scrapping by pressing a movement key while hammering to get closer to another node"

MINES:
"These need a fuel truck to be a permanent addition, once the mines inventory is full it will stop, empty and put into boxes near the mine (better yet take to refine) "

"Click on the "refuel" button each time you pass one"


REFINERY:
Salvage = Bmats
Salvage = Fuel
Salvage = Emats
Comps = Rmats
Crude oil = Petrol (Combat vehicles)
Sulfer = HE mats
Tech = Up parts
Tech = Research parts

"Try to always have Emats in production because they take hours"

"Put things on public if you are logging off and it will give everything to the team, though if you are going to dedicate to logi for a while put your orders on private and you can get it out quicker"

"Don't submit Bmats to the refinery, put them in the storage depo (max stacks 100)"

"Don't leave crates in front of the refinery"

FACTORY:
Three bullets = Small arms
Mortar shell = Heavy arms
Wrench = Equipment
Cross = Medical
Shirt = Shirts/GS

"Say for rifles and ammo, click the weapon twice and the ammo twice then click the play button the number will count down and then click the green tick to pickup the boxes."

"If you hover over every icon in the factory it will tell you exactly how many one box converts to"

"brick of cocaine with a circle round it in the top right is everyones orders, rule of thumb is if you don't plan on being back within 5-10min or have a special order to fill you put on public using the drop down menu so others can take it"

"if you hover over the icon for the weaponry you can see who placed the order, if no name pops up they logged off/changed regions. If you desperately need the item like shirts and its ready on private, Message them privately instead of shaming them in chat and you will get a better result"

"If you see the factory inventory full of boxes, take them and put in the storage depo"

"Always bring 4xB shirts, unless they have plenty and hardly any combat."

"Try to prep 2xB Shotguns 2xB shells by 18:00 in-game for nighttime attacks"

SPECIALITY ITEMS:
Rmats: HMG, Mortar tubes, RPG tubes, GL's, Snipers
HEmats: Howie shells, Mortar shells, 40mm shells (LT's) 75mm(MBT's), Arty shells (field arty)
"dont be afraid to say, you'll see what you can do but no promises on these items, they are insanely expensive atm"


BASIC STARTER KITS FOR NEW FOB's:
4xB shirts
1xB Frags
2xB Rifle
2xB Ammo (7.62)
2xB Bandages
1xB FAK's
1xB Trauma
1xB Radio
1xS Bmats

FLATBEDS:
"These are for backline to midrange logi (must have crane to unload) to submit into a storage depo, unlock the truck, hop in the crane, pick it up and place the box in the yellow area next to the supply depo. Unpack it, click on depo and click "submit driveway equipment, this will warp everything in instantly (max stack 100) if you have 40 Bmats and the place has 66, you will need to remove the extra before it can submit"

"Flatbeds can drive at the same speed offroad"


LOGI ORDERS:
"WHERE and WHAT, "we need ammo to the front" is not helpful, there may be plenty of fronts at the time and plenty of different types of ammo"

"A perfect example of a logi request is "We need Radios to The Moors-H3K5"

"If you are taking an order, confirm you are so multiple people don't do the same order"

"If your production lines are not in the same region you need to tell people to put their requests in world chat"

"If you hover over a TH or FOB you can see whats inside it and from experience what they are missing."

"Avoid taking half loaded trucks to the fronts, fill an order and check what else they need"

"Always take 1xB binos with arty orders"

PARTISANS: (people who ambush logi):
"Always avoid if you can and see them on the map, take the long route and post the location to the team in region(team) chat"

"Avoid using roads without radio towers if possible, if the radio tower icon goes translucent, its just been killed or decayed."

"Keep an eye out for reported ambushes in chat"

"Use an enemy truck whenever possible so the newer players will hesitate for that split second and by the time you drive past you will only take a couple rounds "

"Your truck will be disabled pretty quickly (80%) if this happens and you cant kill them alone, stay inside the truck, make sure its locked and report the position to the team."

"Beware of bushes along the roads, the enemy will use them to ambush"

"Partisans will blow bridges, you need 300Bmats to repair"

"Be suspicious of trucks parked across on the bridges"

"If you see an ambush with no alternate route, report it in chat and wait for the road to be cleared"

"Pull over to the side of the road and quickly check the map every few minutes"

"Be careful at border jumps"

EVAC:
"You need at least 20-30min warning, You can only take things that stack like ammo and medical supplies, Frags/He's only take 3/4 to leave people with stuff to fight with and if they start pushing put some back"

"Priority things include stuff that will destroy your defences like HE's"
(Make sure the supply depo is empty too)

UPGRADE PARTS:
"FOB's need 10 upparts for first tier to get the defences online which don't stack, once you arrive use the FOB and right click on the button under "facilities"


SAFEHOUSES:
"You can supply a safe house in a truck from the sand bag area on the front right (if you were looking at the front)"

"Try to make sure the arty shield is upgraded before doing so (square should be orange) "

ETIQUETTE:
"Drive on the right side of the road"

"Try to avoid beeping at people, use communication instead, if you need to get in somewhere, say politely you need to get in and more times than not people will move"

"It's really bad etiquette to submit someone else's logi run but it happens, so spam your boxes as fast as possible and click submit"

"Try to avoid congestion, if you don't need to be a factory or something, park out of the way until your order is done"

"Close gates behind you unless its a solo on the road by itself or has excessive defences around it"

"With team kills, say sorry if you run someone down, but really it is their fault for running on the road. If someone continues to give you chit over it, say "You can hear my engine, but i cant hear your footsteps"

"Avoid submitting Bmats to bases, call out "I've got Bmats for builders, take em!" only submit as a last resort"

"Don't move away cranes from storage depo's they need to be a permanent addition unless the place is being overrun."

"Park on the side of the roads to message and check the map"

"Give way to vehicles on a bridge that are over half way, back up unless they are slower driving like a CV or crane"

"Be careful when driving around sandbags, one tap and it will be destroyed"

"When waiting to cross regions park your truck on the side of the road to avoid congestion"

"Don't ask for commends, be friendly and helpful you will get plenty"

GENERAL TIPS:
"Mines only hurt combat vehicles, don't worry about them with trucks."

"Communication is key!"

"Try to only supply the previous FOB's unless they are too far apart or pushing really far"

"Pick people up going the same direction as you, this will generally get you more commends than the logi itself"

"Try to always keep the previous FOB's supplied as a fallback base"

"If a vehicle is blocking the road, use your wrench and park it on the side of the road and leave it unlocked"

"Give way to faster driving vehicles"

"If someone puts their opp marker on top of a FOB or TH its hard to see whats inside and whats needed. Join their opp and kindly ask if they would move it and why."

"You can do everything from your truck by driving it up and pressing "E", LMB is 1x and RMB is 3x the amount."

"Always keep your truck locked by pressing L (you can do this from inside also)"

"Don't worry about encumbrance, your truck will just go slightly slower"

"After 5 minutes your truck can be wrenched, jump back in it every 4-5min to avoid this"

"Materials on the ground despawns after 5min"

"Check boxes for hidden goodies"

"If you need to kill defences on the roads in the backlines, give a friendly fire in region(team) chat warning so people don't come running (example: FF at Moors-J7k1)"

"When taking Bmats to the front that aren't urgent, check the health of the towers you pass and repair any in need (tilted towers need urgent repair) "

"Generally don't supply more than 300 of something unless its shirts and really heavy combat"

"If you pull too much out, it will go on the ground and become translucent under your truck, jump out, pick it up and put it back"

"Shirts are not needed in star bases, but you will spawn slightly slower"

"Try to only go AFK around friendly defences"

"You can generally unstick a truck by jumping in and before as the engine starts up. Hold W with A or D. If this doesn't work, get someone else to do the same thing, jump out and you try again. This will work 90% of the time, if this fails blow it up to avoid congestion"

"Be especially careful at night for roadrunners"

"You can wiggle through tight defences using A and D"

"If you catch your truck sliding out of control, jump out and back in"

"You can slingshot yourself off objects for sharper turns (takes practice) "

"If you find raw materials like Emats, Comps/Rmats, Sulfer/HEmats, Tech, Crude oil and Salv on the frontline, take it to be refined or made into something"

Backspace = Reply to PM's
Ctrl+LMB in map = Post location in map
Split stack = Ctrl+LMB
Drop item = Alt+LMB
Shift+E = Use multiple buildings (Perfect for if a gate is built too close to a FOB)
Region(team) = Teammates in the map
Region(all) = Everyone including the enemy in the map
World chat = Everyone in on the team in all regions, try to keep clear for questions, logi orders,
reporting partsians and reinforcements.
V in map = Enemies spotted etc
F1 = Everyone on your team, You can see your level, rank, mute voice and chat, commend and vote kick griefers (9 votes needed)
Hold Alt+RMB click on player = Quicker F1 menu (Wont work in vehicles)
If you have any issues, join foxholes discord and message "Modmail"


Feel free to comment any other helpful tips you think ive missed and ill update.

[Not an Orphan]

Holy carrots soup this is a lot. I hate logi even more now.

[IroncladLion]

Have you made a guide already? Because this would go great in a guide somewhere for people to return to. Lots of useful information in here.

[Esoteric Hermit1979]

Nah not made a guide yet, will do youtube videos eventually but this was just to get the info out there for the time being during the sale.

[Horny Rooster]

bump, hopefully it get stickied. Nice work.

[Esoteric Hermit1979]

7 bloody hours of typing haha, thanks roosty.

[Esoteric Hermit1979]

My mistake 11 hours and counting haha!

[Agmar]

Equipment:
Binoc - for navigating congested areas you are new to. Also nice when getting ready to cross an area without towers near the front.
SMG (three clips) - for removing stuck trucks blocking bridges, roads in towns, etc.

Terms:
Raider - Small groups of enemy soldiers far behind your front. Note the term 'soldiers'. Soldiers wear uniforms, Partisans do not. Since everyone in the game wears a uniform, there are NO partisans.

[The Gunslinger]

I just started playing the other day and this helped fill in some gaps in my knowledge of the game. Thanks for the info!

[Agmar]

Hauling BMATS to the front?
Good on you.

While you're driving, look at the condition of the towers along your way.
If they are drooping, ya might wanna take some time to fix them.

Towers make Goblins visible.
Goblins hate being seen.

The ambush you prevent may be your own.

[Inquisitor Stark]

And prepare to waste time

[Pickled]

Good Job !!!


You know they looking for someone to re-do the wiki ?

[Jimmiefan]

I'm glad there are others writing up information covering logistics, though I certainly recommend putting this into a Steam Guide rather than forum post. I've written one up myself, as there was many people asking questions, and no other up to date reference material for them.

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1586545212

I covered mostly general topics relating to the logistics role, having not gotten around to most of the details and tips, which I see that your post covers. I certainly would recommend reading both this and my guide, as there's great information each one has which the other doesn't.

I could also be interested in doing a collaboration for a single guide if you're interested Stabbath.

[Esoteric Hermit1979]

Sure mate! I'm just wanting to get the info out there so i dont need to keep running workshops haha!

[Jimmiefan]

Exactly the same reason I wrote up mine. Hit me up when you get time, and we can discuss it more.

[Agmar]

LOGI Orders:

When taking the order, record the name of the requester.
That way, when you have an issue before delivery, you have someone to query.