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Originally Posted by JScones
It would be good if someone (suspiciously like Steve) could create "pre Dec 1941" and "post Dec 1941" versions of the file. Users (with the requisite skills) could then apply the pre file until the Yanks enter the war then replace it with the post file after. The pre file places emphasis on Cwlth names, the post includes Yank names. It doesn't matter how many ships are actually in the game, it just assumes that players (at least those who take the game relatively seriously) would not sink too many Yank ships prior to Dec 1941.
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This is exactly what I'm working on for myself. Altho TBH I haven't been too persnickety about whether a ship name actually IS American, or just sounds American - in most cases I don't know the difference. So it's a question of whether I just want my logs to "look right" to my own eyes, or want the pinpoint accuracy of knowing exactly where each ship was from and thus removing it from the pre-12/41 list if needed.
Fortunately the more I look at it the more I see that for a lot of the classes in there now it doesn't matter, as the classes themselves are more or less "nation specific" (or at least specific to the Americas vs. Europe, close enough for gubmint work
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Steve was kind enough to send me his "working file" as well so there's a lot of info in there re: nationalities of ships I would never have figured out on my own.
What I may end up doing is getting as far as I can on my own, and then if Steve doesn't mind, asking him about any specific ships that are "left over" and I'm unsure about.