Ship names lists and auto-naming of ships

By General Pants Posted September 3, 2006 14:08:49

I'm not sure it is possible to rename ships... I haven't found the command yet, but I'm new to the game. If it isn't there, that would be really cool.

Also, it would be great if we could set up (or load in) thematic lists of ship names that could be used for each class. For example, I design a cruiser, I assign the lead ship to be named Cleveland, and all subsequent ships to draw sequentially (other option is random) from my "American Cities"-theme list, with an auto-prefix of "U.S.S." and a suffix of "CA " followed by a sequential number beginning with 12. The first ship is "U.S.S. Cleveland CA 12" the next one I order built is assigned the name "U.S.S. Chicago CA 13" but I have a superstition attack two weeks later, so I cancel it and start a new one, which gets named "U.S.S. Brooklyn CA 14." You could even have a summary in the "story generator" being developed that would list:

"City Cruiser Class (that's the name I used for the design):

U.S.S. Cleveland CA 12 begun March 7 2265 completed April 4th 2266, upgraded to City Cruiser+ begun January 12th 2275, ended February 1st, 2275, destroyed in battle at coordinates 34637, 23487 on May 11th 2276.

U.S.S. Chicago CA 13 Begun March 7, 2265, cancelled March 21 2265"

etc.

Just a thought,

Jon

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I'm not sure it is possible to rename ships... I haven't found the command yet, but I'm new to the game. If it isn't there, that would be really cool.

When you select the ship, just click the little icon (looks like a page with a corner folded down) to the right of the ship's name in the info box. Same goes for fleets, stars, and planets, even if someone else owns them.

all that post just for asking how to rename a ship?

"Ship names lists and auto-naming of ships"

Yeah, player-made shiplists for each race, class etc. would add flavor to the game. Is it possible?

Ok, i've modded the: Drengin in the raceconfig.xml file to: DNE. So a "Drengin Scoutship M0-1 23" reads in game "DNE Scoutship M0-1 23". Not much, but it's a start.

all that post just for asking how to rename a ship?

No, so that you can upload a list of names and have the program name your ships automatically. Sorry for the confusion!

Jon

yes, it would be cool, just like its been done in Space Empires 4 for ages now.

Monc34

Heres my list of ShortEmpireName change:

TNA - Terran Alliance
DNE - Drengin Empire
ANR - Altarian Republic
ANE - Arcean Empire
TNC - Torian Confederation
YRC - Yor Collective
DNK - Dominion of Korx
DHL - Drath Legion
TNE - Thalan Empire
INR - Iconian Refuge

AKS - Akilians
CAS - Carinoids
SCS - Scottlingas
JES - Jessuins
PAS - Paulos
ANS - Andians
DKY - Dark Yor
SNI - Snathi
DDL - Dread Lords

It seems to work, except for some early scout ships, the flagship and space stations.

Automatic "empire short names" and ship name themes in a file that the user provides would be excellent. I'd love to see that kind of enhancement.

CAS- Carinoids

For a second there I thought, WOW, cool the Cardasians are back

, but then I remmembered, ughh, its GC2 not Star Trek, damn it...

Monc34

Oh dear, I should've searched first -- I just suggested this in the 1.6x suggestion thread. In any case -- I love this idea!

Is there any update on this matter? I was about to ask the very same question myself but saw this thread was started almost a year and a half ago. So, in that year in a half has there been any movement towards this, or has someone said anything to the effect of it being impossible/difficult? I have been playing the Twilight of Anor beta for a while and it isn't there, so I doubt it is anywhere yet.