There is no actual 'max_supplies' value. There are 20 'stages' of supply. When you have the highest stage and then loose a battle your supply stage should drop down to 12. It's a bit complicated to explain without reference. Have you looked at the source code?

I have gone over the lua scripts many times. I can't quite understand where the upper bound is created. Anyways, I'm testing it right now. I won a close victory and my supplies stayed at level 1 (full) while his went down to "barely supplied". It seems to be working. I'll try to ask Ansivara more questions. Are you saying the scripts don't set an limit to supply levels? If not, where can I see it?

Can I use this mod (or an edited version of it)? I'm crediting you in the comments and trying to make it more accessible to other mods since I've learned how to combine lua scripts. Anisvara wants to use the system for his new overhaul but he has issues I"m helping him with.
Thank you for your great work!

#supply_effects is the length of the list of supply stages and therefore basically MAX_SUPPLIES
1 is the lowest supply level and therfore MIN_SUPPLIES

I think it will be your gain if more people experienced real history through this mod and attributed it to your hard work here.
Anyways, it is working for me. I don't know what the 642 team did to the script.
I sense that 20 is indeed the starting supply level because supplies drop to the lowest level after a major loss with starvation. I have pictures that I can't attach here.
His concern is that max_supplies is going above 30 or so.

It seems to work like this: There are 20 elements in the array supply_effects_army = { in lib.lua:
"bundle_army_scarce_supplies_3",
"bundle_army_scarce_supplies_3",
"bundle_army_scarce_supplies_3",
"bundle_army_scarce_supplies_2",
"bundle_army_scarce_supplies_2",
"bundle_army_scarce_supplies_2",
"bundle_army_scarce_supplies_2",
"bundle_army_scarce_supplies_1",
"bundle_army_scarce_supplies_1",
"bundle_army_scarce_supplies_1",
"bundle_army_scarce_supplies_1",
"bundle_army_well_supplied",
"bundle_army_well_supplied",
"bundle_army_well_supplied",
"bundle_army_well_supplied",
"bundle_army_fully_supplied",
"bundle_army_fully_supplied",
"bundle_army_fully_supplied",
"bundle_army_fully_supplied"

Every change will call this array and move the pointer up and down the array.
There is no actually supply quantity. Just an element in an array of 20 that seems to start at fully_supplied.

Originally posted by littleShepherd:

His concern is that max_supplies is going above 30 or so.

That is not possible if left unchanged.

Originally posted by littleShepherd:

It seems to work like this: There are 20 elements in the array supply_effects_army. Every change will call this array and move the pointer up and down the array.
There is no actually supply quantity. Just an element in an array of 20 that seems to start at fully_supplied.

That is correct.

Hello @mementomori420, the idea of the supply system is extraordinary, and I would like to integrate the scripts directly in my upcoming AD642 modmap. So I ask you for permission. Of course with reference etc., maybe in a fixed discussion with direct links to the included mods for advertising (better display with link and pic), my own included mods could need such support too.
Kindly regards
Olaf

Ok sure

Thanks a lot. I need about 14days to get ready for the public release (if not something unexpected happens, for example a crash). I am going to post the link after release here!

@mementomori420 - the release was about 15 hours ago: https://steamhost.cn/steamcommunity_com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2128069857

@mementomori420 - is it possible to change the great script that an army also gets supply in allied territories? I think this would be realistic.

I'd like to see that as well. Or at least tell us which files I would need to update to fix this feature.

That is already the case.

In all my campaigns my armies needed victories to get supply (in all not own territories). If I sent an army to protect an allied town the supply went down.