Richard Bong
Space Marshal
I was hoping, by now, to be naming the rest of my ships.
Ship naming - "my name is..."
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My MSR is called the 'Mametz Wood'.
After the objective given to the Welsh 38th division at the first battle of the Somme.
Name sounded catchy to me
After the objective given to the Welsh 38th division at the first battle of the Somme.
Name sounded catchy to me
As the pilot of 350R I really appreciate the name of your Carrack.
Ditto. I wonder what the problem is rolling this out to other ships. Though I don't think I've ever seen my ship names on the sides of either of my named ships yet :( I'm probably looking in the wrong place or something...
Being able to name more ships would be fantastic. Come on CIG, add that to the Concierge perks for Christmas.... !!!!
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The naming thing is an integral part of a players relationship. It takes it from being 'Number 15,036 YT-1300 light freighter' to being the 'Millennium Falcon'.
Rate my ship name
If you ask me why, I have no logical answer but I regret nothing
If you ask me why, I have no logical answer but I regret nothing
My Carrack's name is 'Wu Kong' the Monkey King character from 'Journey to the West'.
My Mercury Star Runner's name on the other hand is 'Breakfast Sausage' cause why the hell not?
My Mercury Star Runner's name on the other hand is 'Breakfast Sausage' cause why the hell not?
giving our ships clever names is cool, but
on reflection, it's one more thing the Persistence Database is going to have to track
is it going to slow down or limit the number of players per instance?
on reflection, it's one more thing the Persistence Database is going to have to track
is it going to slow down or limit the number of players per instance?
As every ship is supposed to display it's unique hull number eventually anyway, I'd hope not?
I'm just worried about rendering the name or number. It should not affect the framerate. That's a strong "should not".
In the grand scheme of things, a name for a ship is the easy part as it's simply a string associated with the global ship object and thus takes up very little space. On the other hand, placing Pico in your ship is far more data as not only do you need the id object tag of Pico but you also need 5 double values relative to the ship's location (x,y,z plus direction vector) to place it inside the ship along with Pico's owner tag.
Outside of carrier-placed boxes, they are currently cheating with cargo in that they are not recording the place of every box just the total cargo load and type on the ship. But I believe the plan is to make this stored as well and not only the box but even what is in the box so you can open a box and place your own items in it. But this more than likely unlike placing Pico will be more likely an object id and an associated grid location and thus reduce the amount of data needed to be stored.
I really want to name my Carrack "HOMOS NAKED" as a reference to the scene in one of my fav movies, Joe Dirt, where the stranger tells Joe "Home is where you make it.", but through his deep southern Louisianan accent it sounds like "Homos naked". I think it's a neat tie-in to the Carrack is home tag line.
I get a "Validation Failed" error every time I try to submit it. I've entered a ticket with support, but I'm not hopeful that it will be allowed.
Link to the scene:
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1fJGMLSC7gA
I get a "Validation Failed" error every time I try to submit it. I've entered a ticket with support, but I'm not hopeful that it will be allowed.
Link to the scene:
Doubt they'll let you have that name which is a shame because it's a great scene from a great movie and its meaning is perfect.
Just call it "Home is Where You Make It", and those that know, know.
This one will do, until I hear back from support.
Here are my others.
Here are my others.
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GrumpyCat
Space Marshal
Captain_Smack
Lieutenant
Adding ship names to every ship would be a single drop in the bucket compared to all the other bandwidth woes of the game.
I think every ship should have the ability. I mean ... it literally makes sense that you could name a ship you own.
We use to call my mom's Caprice Classic with a red Firebird decal on the hood "The Flying Chicken".
Now if they want you to kick in a little money, or ingame currency to have it displayed like the ships that already come with it ... that's cool with me. Maybe they can even sell different cool fonts and style skins for the name skin or something.
I think every ship should have the ability. I mean ... it literally makes sense that you could name a ship you own.
We use to call my mom's Caprice Classic with a red Firebird decal on the hood "The Flying Chicken".
Now if they want you to kick in a little money, or ingame currency to have it displayed like the ships that already come with it ... that's cool with me. Maybe they can even sell different cool fonts and style skins for the name skin or something.
I named my 1996 V6 Pontiac Firebird "The Flaming Chicken" because it was only the V6 instead of the v8. Ironically, it periodically proved that a large part of racing victory is in the personal skill of the driver & not just the power of the vehicle.