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Beery · 10-12-05, 08:16 PM

We are planning, in SH3 Commander, to have a much greater range of tonnage variation. In the proposed mod as it is currently, the ships will vary up to 30% (+10% and -20% from their base values), and the ships will gain about 2% in tonnage each year. These settings will probably change, and are fully player-configurable.

One question I have is regarding the mass-produced ships. Were tonnage claims based on the official tonnage of the ship? Were they based on the tonnage plus cargo? If the Victory and Liberty ships were all produced based on the same plans, the tonnage would be identical unless they included the cargo weight. If these ships are all the same, and if the cargo was not a factor in tonnage claims, there's not much point in including these in the tonnage randomization file.

10-12-05, 08:16 PM	#40
Beery Admiral Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Silver Spring, MD, USA (but still a Yorkshireman at heart - tha can allus tell a Yorkshireman...) Posts: 2,497 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	We are planning, in SH3 Commander, to have a much greater range of tonnage variation. In the proposed mod as it is currently, the ships will vary up to 30% (+10% and -20% from their base values), and the ships will gain about 2% in tonnage each year. These settings will probably change, and are fully player-configurable. One question I have is regarding the mass-produced ships. Were tonnage claims based on the official tonnage of the ship? Were they based on the tonnage plus cargo? If the Victory and Liberty ships were all produced based on the same plans, the tonnage would be identical unless they included the cargo weight. If these ships are all the same, and if the cargo was not a factor in tonnage claims, there's not much point in including these in the tonnage randomization file. __________________ "More mysterious. Yeah. I'll just try to think, 'Where the hell's the whiskey?'" - Bob Harris, Lost in Translation. "Anyrooad up, ah'll si thi" - Missen.