Resupply IS confusing. It is difficult to get "definitive" information about it.
(this first bit can be found at the
Aces High Strategy Guide)
ResuppliesDamaged field and city objects can be rebuilt with the successful delivery of supplies. Conceptually, the objects are being resupplied but visually they are being rebuilt. This is done by reducing the downtime by 30 minutes depending on how much of the supplies reach the destination. If only half of the supplies reach the destination, the downtime is decreased by 15 minutes.
Trains, convoys, and bargesTrains, convoys, and barges are built into the terrain. Each train, convoy, or barge has a source point and a destination point, and each can be damaged or destroyed while traveling from point to point. When a train, convoy, or barge is destroyed, they will automatically respawn every ten minutes.
Each time a train, convoy or barge spawns, it first checks to see if there has been damage to the supplier (cities supply factories and factories supply fields). The amount of supplies carried to the destination depends on the amount of damage to the supplier. If the supplier has been damaged by 50%, only one out of every six train cars or convoy trucks will carry supplies.
The destination point is where the train, convoy, or barge attempts to resupply. The destination can be either a single field, or a number of objects within a defined radius. If a destination field is captured while a train, convoy, or barge is en-route, the train, convoy, or barge continues to the destination, and resupplies from the factories of the capturing country.
Once a train, convoy, or barge has successfully reached it's destination, a new supply convoy spawns.
Supply DropsThe C-47, LVT-2, and M-3 have the capability to drop supplies on a field to repair the field or shorten the downtime. These object supplies will repair all resupply-able objects in a one mile radius from the point where the supplies land. The supplies are selected as a load-out option in the hangar, and .25 perk points are awarded to the player who dropped the supplies for every object that's affected by the resupply.
A vehicle supply type is also available to repair and supply vehicles with ordnance. When these supplies are dropped, any friendly vehicle within a half mile radius receives a Load Supplies button on their screen. Clicking this button will use the supplies to both repair and rearm their vehicle. If the supplies are unused, they vanish after 15 minutes. Vehicle supplies will not reload troops or the vehicle and object supplies.
Strategic SystemThe basic categories of strategy targets in Aces High include field targets, zone targets, city targets, and supply targets.
The field targets affect availability of field items such as planes, fuel, ammo, etc. Every tower has a chalkboard displaying the field number and the current status of the field targets.
The zone targets are the factories that affect the resupply of field targets.
The city targets are the buildings within a city and they affect the resupply of the zone targets.
The supply targets are the trains, convoys, and barges that resupply damaged fields and factories.
So what does this all mean?
Great question as there are some things I am still confused about. The following is conjecture.
When you resupply a field, you get .25 perk points PER objects affected so that suggest to me that EVERYTHING gets resupplied when you drop one Field Supply. That single Field Supply will take 15 min off the downtime of any and all damaged strat objects within 1 mile of the drop. Something about the .25 perk points per object doesn't "fit" though.
That means if a field is 100% porked, and you happen to have 12 M3's handy with Field Supplies, you will have the field back to 100% when you drop all 12. You do not have to bring 12 Field Supplies for each Strat object damaged.
The maximum downtime for a damaged Strat at a field to rebuild is 3 hours.
If a field does not get supplied at all it takes 3 hours for the Strat at the field to rebuild.
If the governing Strat and the City strat are at 0% then Field Strat will be down 3 hours. Depending on what % damaged the City and Governing Strat are it takes between 2 and 3 hours for the Strat at the field to rebuild.
You can also kill convoys/barges/trains and not allow the field to be resupplied and it will take 3 hours for the Strat at the field to rebuild.
If you are resupplying a field solo it should not take more than 8 'ish' trips to get the field back to 100% You have to factor in the drive time to the equation. Most drive times are 5-10min so eight trips will take about an hour to do give or take.
Hope this helps.
