Errr...A Tanker is now a OTMS?
 

Morning gents. :)

Recently installed a mod(Merchant skins pack) w/JSGME mod installer and all my merchant ships suddenly changed names on me. I'm seeing KSS, KSL, KGN, OTMS, OTMS2, etc...

I tried disabling the mod which I thought caused this but to no avail. Any help? :)

Looks like your englishnames.cfg (or txt - I'm away from my home computer) got deleted or renamed. If you used JSGME, you should be able to restore the file. IIRC it's under the Sea folder.

Yep.Those weird names are "code-names" given for ships used in the campaign files or zones.cfg .The cause is probably,as the person above me said, deleting the englishnames.cfg file or over-writing it .The mod might have done that ,but it shouldn't really mess with that file.
In the englishnames or germannames file you should see something like OTMS=Large Tanker or ABC=X ship type.

First you have to check your EnglishNames.cfg, it should look like this

[Names]
Iceberg=Large Iceberg
IcebergM1=Medium Iceberg
IcebergM2=Medium Iceberg
IcebergM3=Medium Iceberg
IcebergS1=Small Iceberg
IcebergS2=Small Iceberg
IcebergS3=Small Iceberg
AMM=Pyro Ammunition Freighter
BBBismarck=Bismarck Battleship
BBKingGeorgeV=King George V Battleship
BBNelson=Nelson Battleship
BBRevenge=Revenge Battleship
CAHipper=Hipper Heavy Cruiser
CHH=Chatham Hospital Ship
CHT=Chatham Troop Transport
CLDido=Dido Light Cruiser
CLFiji=Fiji Light Cruiser
COT=Coastal Tanker
CVIllustrious=Illustrious Fleet Carrier
CVECasablanca=Casablanca Escort Carrier
CVEBogue=Bogue Escort Carrier
CVW=Converted Whale Factory
GeAuxCruiser=Commerce Raider
BrAuxCruiser=Auxiliary Cruiser
DDFletcher=Fletcher Destroyer
DDTribal=Tribal Destroyer
DDV&W=V&W Destroyer
DDType34=Type 34 Destroyer
DDClemson=Clemson Destroyer
DDSoldati=Soldati Destroyer
DDSomers=Somers Destroyer
DDHuntI=Hunt I Destroyer
DDHuntII=Hunt II Destroyer
DDHuntIII=Hunt III Destroyer
DDCClass=C Class Destroyer
DDJClass=J Class Destroyer
DERiver=River Destroyer Escort
DEEvarts=Evarts Destroyer Escort
DEBuckley=Buckley Destroyer Escort
DEJCButler=JC Butler Destroyer Escort
ECT=Empire Celt Tanker
FFBlackSwan=Black Swan Frigate
COFlower=Flower Corvette
PTSchnellboot=Schnellboot
PTElco=Elco Torpedo Boat
PCTrawler=Armed Trawler
LST=Landing Ship Tank
FishingBoat=Fishing Boat
FishingBoat1=Small Coastal Vessel
FishingBoat2=Trawler
TugBoat=Tug Boat
KGN=Large Cargo
KLS=C2 Cargo
KSQ=Coastal Merchant
KSS=Small Merchant
LL=Liberty Cargo
LOL=Large Old Liner
VV=Victory Cargo
C3Cargo=C3 Cargo
OTMS=T3 Tanker
OTMST2=T2 Tanker
OTSF=Small Tanker
PPL=Passenger Liner
PTR=Transport
RC=Rose Castle Ore Carrier
TR=Troop Transport

minus the ships you don´t have:) In the same folder you have the folders for all ships, open them and check that the class names in their .cfg are the same as in your EnglishNames.cfg. Then go to ..data\Roster folder and open the ..Sea folder in every nations folder to check the class names in the .cfg files. Also, if you use SH3 Commander you should go to ..SH3 Commander\!BACKUP\data\Sea and Roster to check the files there. Good luck :up:

Thanks gents. Using SH3 did the trick. ;)