FK, I'm thinking of doing a quick & dirty scope ident name test.
Last night (post ammending the cfg list per your instructions), I got, "Medium Merchant 10" in the scope display. It was British, so my thinking is that it was an "old" list M10B. On the other hand, just before that I found a "Medium Merchant", showing Norwegian colour on the hull. So, my guess is that it was a "new" list M10X, and, prior to last night, would have been named in the scope as, "SHIP: M10X".
Now, here is my thought on a trial. If I go back into the .cfg list, and ammend all the suffix numbers in the "old" list by, say, adding a "Z", then if I ever get a "Tanker 13Z" show up in the scope, we will know that the scope display names are definately being drawn from the englishnames.cfg file.
If this proves to be the case, is there any value in retaining the numerical suffix, or are these invaluable in aiding quick(er) look-ups in the ship register for purposes of Manual firing solution calculation? (I had been considering going in and deleting all the suffixes, but hasten slowly, or, as I say to my XO all the time, "Measure twice, cut once!"
As a further thought, if the suffixes ARE of benefit in the id manual look-up, I would probably go back in and ADD suffixes to the "new" list to give them similar numerical identifiers, and so harmonise the display characteristics across the fleet. All 'in', or all 'out'. Thoughts, people?
