Ebbtide Supply and Logistics: Trucks, Slings and Convoys

Ebbtide, the zombie survival RTS by ProjectAlive, makes supply lines a core risk: every soldier, vehicle, and aircraft burns ammunition and fuel that can only be restored at your own bases, while walls demand building materials moved by hooklift trucks or helicopter slings—and the Nexus hive mind is written to ambush convoys and sever roads.

Start with the gameplay overview for the operations map context, then read FOB building and base defense for where depots and fuel points sit. Common questions sit in the Ebbtide FAQ.

Why does logistics matter on the Ebbtide operations map?

The Steam store page ties the Los Angeles siege to truck and helicopter convoys that haul supplies, troops, or refugees, rescue isolated units, and keep armored forces in fight. The same page notes each wall requires building materials delivered by hooklift truck or helicopter sling, and that hordes will hunt convoys and cut roads.

Developer footage from October 16, 2026 on ProjectAliveDev showed main guns stopping when ammunition is exhausted, requiring resupply—linking map combat to the logistics loop described on ground forces and vehicles.

Image: official Steam store screenshot © ProjectAlive. Early development footage — details may change before release.

How do Ebbtide trucks move cargo and civilians?

On September 25, 2026, the developer posted that trucks can pick up civilians (“Not everyone has a gun. Everyone needs a way out.”) and that tanks can push roadside props aside—both shown as work-in-progress on X.

September 30, 2026 footage introduced hydraulic hook-lift trucks that can load and unload entire flatracks with cargo, attach trailers to move more in one trip, and still needed polish (the developer joked that a three-trailer setup “occasionally dances instead of delivering” and asked whether load/unload speed felt too slow).

Those trucks feed FOB construction and district fights on the Los Angeles operations map.

Image: official Steam store screenshot © ProjectAlive. Early development footage — details may change before release.

How do helicopters sling supplies in Ebbtide?

September 29, 2026 posts stated “The FOB is built. Now it needs supplies.” and that helicopters became controllable units able to carry supplies with sling load. Deeper rotorcraft detail lives on helicopters, including Chinook transport shown later in development.

Convoy vulnerability connects to The Nexus ambush behavior and warnings before attacks on the operations map.

What happens after you evacuate Los Angeles?

People, units, gear, and stockpiles you bring to the Port of LA seed the Ark carrier task force for the wider war—see world campaign and the Ark. How many world regions or chapters exist is not announced as of 2026-10-22.

Image: official Steam store screenshot © ProjectAlive. Early development footage — details may change before release.

Sources

• Ebbtide on Steam — observed 2026-10-22
• ProjectAliveDev on X — observed 2026-10-22