[Gryffon300]

Thanks again for the hints.

Hey SS! I didn't say the TOTAL list was 'smallish', I was only referring to the August download of 181 names. Fair suck of the sauce bottle, mate!

I had only seen passing references to the 11,000 + "real ship names" in various posts - I had never seen the actual list, or where to get it and what to do with it once I did. Then I saw Nemo7's copy of the June download over on post 52 in "Why is SHIII+GWX the best ever in the hisyory of the Universe" (or something like that). That turned out to be a broken link, and it redirected me to the general "downloads" page, with the much-maligned 'smallish' 181 name August download buried toward the bottom of the page. I'm sure the Big (June) list is in there somewhere (SHIII/Ships?/Patches?/Game Play Mods?) - I know if I take the time to hunt around, I'll find it, and I will, but its a bit like pinning down the ferret under the blanket... It ain't easy or straight forward, and it sure as Hell ain't obvious.

Now, I'm no genius, I'll be the first to admit that, but it WOULD be helpful to us newbies if consideration could be given (by iabl?, SS? someone with an interest and current input) to ammend the current Readme file for MFM, or to put out an edit in the release notice at the top of the thread explaining the differences between the "display Class Names" englishnames.cfg tweaks and the "real ship names" additions, where to find both of the above, and what to do with them when you have them. (I note in passing that it appears at least one of these issues IS covered by iaml in a readme for the Beta Lite version).

I have a similar suggestion for the GWX 3.0 release notes at the top of THAT thread where it strongly tells SH3 Commander users (in bold, yellow, italics, no less!) NOT to use the malfunctions &/or Sabotage Mod, something that JScones says is Looooong since resolved.

Just some thunks to help make the best even better (from a noobie, user friendliness point of view).