Biggest fleet size

[tc27]

Hello,

I am thinking about starting a Royal navy Campaign but from my experience in previous attempts even the 'very large' fleet size is inadequate for the RN's tonnage requirements for foreign station and to face off European rivals.


I know the way to edit the size of the game (IE the amount of money you get) is to edit "FleetSize=" in the save file.

I am hinking of doubling the very large settings - whilst this may sound insane and means Ill be churning out ships like sausages it will also IMO give me the ability to meet FS requirements and maintain a fleet in the North Atlantic to rival France/Germany/Russia. It will also hopefully push the hull numbers to something realistic (the Grand Fleet was Huuuge in WW1).

[seawolf]

Fleet size will also multiply your enemys fleet

[tc27]

Thanks I am aware of that.

[kartaugh]

I tried 15....boy oh boy....

US eventually had something like 50 BBs and 60 BCs.

13 creates fleets larger than IRL WW1.

11 is slightly smaller than WW1.

[stevethecat]

Does the fleet size change have to be a new save or can it be done mid campaign? Ta.

[aeson]

Jan 12, 2020 7:01:11 GMT -6 stevethecat said:

Does the fleet size change have to be a new save or can it be done mid campaign? Ta.

I am not aware of any reason why the fleet size number could not be changed for an existing game as the game presently stands, other than that airbase size is limited on Medium and lower fleet size (fleet size is 2 for Small, 3 for Medium, 5 for Large, and 7 for Very Large). Be aware that the fleet size is a multiplier on the budget, so if you decide to decrease it (whether now or at any point in the future) you - and the computer players - may find yourself with a significant budget shortfall.

[stevethecat]

Jan 12, 2020 16:05:32 GMT -6 aeson said:

Jan 12, 2020 7:01:11 GMT -6 stevethecat said:

Does the fleet size change have to be a new save or can it be done mid campaign? Ta.

I am not aware of any reason why the fleet size number could not be changed for an existing game as the game presently stands, other than that airbase size is limited on Medium and lower fleet size (fleet size is 2 for Small, 3 for Medium, 5 for Large, and 7 for Very Large). Be aware that the fleet size is a multiplier on the budget, so if you decide to decrease it (whether now or at any point in the future) you - and the computer players - may find yourself with a significant budget shortfall.

Cheers, I bumped it up to 9 mid campaign and aside from having to find some tonnage for foreign stations it worked perfectly and I can get some good size fleets on the go. Will probably run around 9/10 for every campaign now.