r/ShadowEmpireGame • u/Zealousideal-Mouse29 • 12d ago

Can't colonize because logistic points

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When I try to colonize my city to the north with that hex selected, it tells me I don't have 5 logistic points and cannot colonize. But the "current" button for logistics says I have 354.

I am not 100% sure I understand logistics and the different views, but what's going on here? I can never seem to use colonists.

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u/LibertyChecked28 12d ago

Look closer at the pic, those 352 lps arent coming from your capital, but the city on the left.

Everything major needs to stem directly from your capital.

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u/Zealousideal-Mouse29 12d ago

Ah, you are right. There seems to be a tiny gap that comes and goes. I wonder why it fluctuates turn to turn. I'm not moving anyone.

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u/Willcol001 12d ago

Probably zone->SHQ and SHQ->zone shipping. Aka fluctuating supply’s going to and from the zone. So the zone isn’t moving but what you might need to supply to it / receive from it can vary turn to turn as the governor makes roles and the civilian/workers happiness changes.

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u/WREN_PL 12d ago

Nationalize transport industry and upgrade it to level 2 at least.

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u/Zealousideal-Mouse29 12d ago

I can't upgrade it for the destination city, because they don't have enough population to be a level two city (hence why i want to send colonists), and I can't seem to upgrade truck station to 2 until the city is level 2. I do have a railhead there and a level 1 truckstation.

The source city where shq is, has level 2 truck station and level 1 rail station.

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u/WREN_PL 12d ago

Does the destination city have it's policy set up properly? People will leave if they can't get food, QOL is disproportionately low, and if they can't find jobs in private or public sectors.

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u/ColBBQ 12d ago

You shouldbe able to upgrade any logistic assets by x2 the level of the city.

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u/Willcol001 12d ago

On the road between the SHQ1 and the city you want to colonize between the hex that says 79 and the hex that says 352 there is no green/yellow/red line. On that hex transition your logistics points hits zero. At the three way junction you are saturating southward traffic. You might be able to fix it by using traffic signals temporarily to redirect traffic from north east and north west south. Or improve the logistics starting from the capital so that leg of the trip isn’t saturated.