I suppose I could rename my vessels as generically as possible, with all of them described as "Freighter", "Tanker", and "Ore Carrier", etc. If I'm not mistaken, wouldn't this solve the problem? I am working on a pdf merchant guidebook with historical info on my merchants - this could be the source of proper information for players who want to know the exact class for a particular vessel (Empire Freighter, WWI Standard Class, etc). IMO it's not vitally important that SH3 display M35B ingame as an "Empire Freighter" - the word "Merchant" would do just fine and would ensure that there was no conflict when slot M35B was used by a tramp steamer.
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As an aside, I have modified SH3Cmdr (for my own benefit) to allow unique ship names to be used based on the nationality of the sunken ship. It requires the user to record the nationality of each sunken ship on a piece of paper or whatever and then, once the patrol is completed, add corresponding country codes to each "Ship sunk!" line through SH3Cmdr's Patrol Log Editor.
SH3Cmdr then looks for the presence of a country code and if one is found, it pulls a name from a corresponding list of ships for that country. If there's no code, then it just does what it does now and pulls a name from a central bank of names. Too easy.
Whilst I haven't played SH3 since August, I had been following this approach earlier this year and it was working sweetly for me...my only drawback was that I didn't know for certain which ship names belonged to which country, but that's a minor data thing.
If, and only if, there is sufficient interest I might polish this up and release it as an SH3Cmdr and Patrol Log Editor update...but I would need the assistance of someone like Sailor Steve to split the ship names to each country first.
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I would very much like this feature, as well as any other modifications that would give the player more details about the vessels he has sunk (cargo, crew, and so on if feasible). I did this all the time back when I played "Aces of the Deep" in order to add more of a "role playing" element to the game.
I'll mention this to Steve when I PM him some other stuff he wanted.
Would it be possible to add any other elements with information about ships (cargo, crew, etc)? If so, I can dust off the stuff I compiled for my "Aces of the Deep" RP system.