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Firestorm
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Joined: February 26, 2003
Posts: 85
|  Posted: 2005-12-12 21:35
I've noticed that quite a few people (myself included) like to name the individual ships that they fly (i.e. I've named one my Assault Cruisers Lysander). The names mostly appear in the fan fiction forum and on their user profiles.
I was thinking that maybe you could give players the option to name their ships when they select it from their garage.
The name could then be displayed in the targeting box when somebody targets their ship.
When you target a ship, there is a line that shows you what ship type it is (like the M-192F Missile Destroyer, or whatever it actually is). Maybe you could put a dash and then the name that the player gave his ship. Or possibly it could come after the player's screenname?
I imagine the targeting window looking something like this:
Firestorm 124.4 gu
ICC - Cruiser
M-245A Assault Cruiser - Lysander
Armor: 100%
Shield: 97:
Hull: 100%
OR
Firestorm - Lysander 124.4 gu
ICC - Cruiser
M-245A Assault Cruiser
Armor: 100%
Shield: 97%
Hull: 100%
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Veronw
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Joined: December 13, 2004
Posts: 554
| Posted: 2005-12-15 14:34
would make perfect sense...but might lag the mv waaay too much to lod all the data whenever u select a ship, might end up taking so long u end up dead before u target them....
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Veronw
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| Posted: 2005-12-15 14:34
not to shoot ur post down......like the idea...just have to make them practical....
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Firestorm
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Joined: February 26, 2003
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| Posted: 2005-12-15 16:05
maybe the names could be saved on the server?
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Crim
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Joined: March 16, 2003
Posts: 1336
| Posted: 2005-12-15 19:00
The lag wouldnt be so bad, it'd probably save to the server..I want ship customizing! I want my TC red and black!
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Veronw
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| Posted: 2005-12-16 14:24
lol, ship custimization would require another coding thread, and coding takes a while....@ crim, a black BD.....hmmmm....lol
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Shigernafy
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Joined: May 29, 2001
Posts: 5726
From: The Land of Taxation without Representation
| Posted: 2005-12-17 02:42
There's actually sorta-functionality for it already.
Ship names currently just take the name of the player. But you can, in the editor, change the name of the ship without changing the player's account at all. Thus, I think it wouldn't be much work to add a bit of code that lets you change your own ship's name, and then have it display both names if they're different.
Just need it to be coded in. I don't think lag would be an issue from it.
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Crim
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| Posted: 2005-12-17 12:53
/me hugs shig the wise...
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Lacrosseian
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| Posted: 2005-12-20 19:36
I would be quite happy for this....
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From: South Philly
| Posted: 2005-12-24 16:45
OMG - I'd have to go back to ICC I could fly the Charger and everyone could see it!
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