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Ok, so the issue is if I encounter an MFM vessel it's listed by it's code, not it's type when I ident them... hence a British M30 shows up as M30B, a neutral as M30X.... kinda takes the fun out of it a bit... I remember there being a file or two you had to alter, but for the life of me the details escape me. search likewise turns up zilch... help?

In other news: Just got out of a 2 hour depth charge attack in waters only 50 m deep... that was unpleasant, even if the destroyer apparently ran out of depth charges (earlier attack elsewhere? even possible?) because he pinged and continued searching my local for another hour without any charges before he buggered off at nightfall...

Yes they can run out.

Dunno bout the rest.

Go to \data\sea\EnglishNames.cfg (or GermanNames.cfg, if you use german as your game language). Add lines for the ship, like this:

M30A=Medium Merchant 30
M30B=Medium Merchant 30
M30X=Medium Merchant 30

(or whatever name you want to use for them)

Code:

;Iambecomes MF mod

L01B=Heavy Merchant 01

L02B=Heavy Merchant 02

L03B=Heavy Merchant 03

M01B=Medium Merchant 01

M02B=Medium Merchant 02

M03B=Medium Merchant 03

M04B=Medium Merchant 04

M06B=Medium Merchant 06

M07B=Medium Merchant 07

M08B=Medium Merchant 08

M09B=Medium Merchant 09

M10B=Medium Merchant 10

M11B=Medium Merchant 11

M12B=Medium Merchant 12

M14B=Medium Merchant 14

M15B=Medium Merchant 15

M16B=Medium Merchant 16

M17B=Medium Merchant 17

M18B=Medium Merchant 18

M19B=Medium Merchant 19

M20B=Medium Merchant 20

M21B=CAM-Ship 02

S01B=Light Merchant 01

S02B=Light Merchant 02

S03B=Light Merchant 03

S04B=Light Merchant 04

T01B=Tanker 01

T02B=Tanker 02

T03B=Tanker 03

T05B=Tanker 05

T06B=Tanker 06

T07B=Tanker 07

T08B=Tanker 08

T11B=Tanker 11

T12B=Tanker 12

T13B=Tanker 13

T14B=Tanker CAM-Ship

T16B=Tanker 16

P01B=Converted Transport 01

P02B=Converted Transport 02

P03B=Converted Transport 03

L02A=Heavy Merchant 02

M01A=Medium Merchant 01

M05A=Medium Merchant 05

M10A=Medium Merchant 10

M16A=Medium Merchant 16

M18A=Medium Merchant 18

M19A=Medium Merchant 19

M20A=Medium Merchant 20

S01A=Light Merchant 01

S02A=Light Merchant 02

S03A=Light Merchant 03

S04A=Light Merchant 04

T01A=Tanker 01

T02A=Tanker 02

T03A=Tanker 03

T04A=Tanker 04

T09A=Tanker 09

T11A=Tanker 11

T13A=Tanker 13

T15A=Tanker 15

T16A=Tanker 16

T17A=Tanker 17

T18A=Tanker 18

O01A=Naval Oiler 01

P01A=Converted Transport 01

P02A=Converted Transport 02

P03A=Converted Transport 03

F01B=Steam Trawler 01

F02B=Steam Trawler 02

F03B=Steam Trawler 03

F04B=Steam Trawler 04

That's a copy-paste from that file

If I ever get a computer that will run MFM I plan to do an update based on my Ship Names mod that will make them show up as a class name. In fact I might try it anyway. I can do it, I just can't test it.

It would work better in SH4, though.

Looks like M30A, M30B and M30X are missing from the file (as are all the neutral MnnX versions). Having extra lines in that file won't hurt, so you can just do:

M01A=Medium Merchant 01
M01B=Medium Merchant 01
M01X=Medium Merchant 01
M02A=Medium Merchant 02
M02B=Medium Merchant 02
M02X=Medium Merchant 02
M03A=Medium Merchant 03
M03B=Medium Merchant 03
M03X=Medium Merchant 03
...

and so on, for all possible numbers (M01...M40), even if there actually aren't ships for every number.

You can also do the same for all possible tankers (T01...T19).