[jmjohnson36]

OH I was not saying you copied me, that was not my intent...what I was trying to say, is that there are so many mods flying out there that people are bound to come to the same idea and create the same thing....I made several carriers the first the Akagi...the first japanese ship mod about 2 months ago...thats been posted...and some else came to the same idea...and was going to do it till they saw mine and emailed me...
Again, Beery if it came across I was accusing you I certainly apologize.

Originally Posted by Beery

I simply went to Wikipedia, got the dates of service for Japanese ships, checked them against other external sources when the info was vague, and plugged them into RFB. I certainly didn't use any other member's work - if I had I would have given them credit in the readme file. Although I'm sure I make mistakes of omission from time to time, anyone who knows me can attest to the fact that I'm VERY careful to give full credit when I use anyone's mods, info or tools. I would never knowingly use anyone else's work without giving them proper credit - that's just not my way of doing things. I do plenty of my own work on the game so I'm not the sort of guy who needs to be looking to take credit for anyone else's work, as many of the folks whose work I've used will no doubt confirm. I can only assemble the RUb and RFB mods with the goodwill of the community, so if I claimed ownership of other people's mods I'd be cutting my own throat.

As I wrote before on this issue, I participated (a couple of weeks ago) in a discussion about the Yamato popping up numerous times in people's list of tonnage and I figured I'd do something about it. I didn't even think anyone else would have bothered looking at it so I didn't look for older posts on the issue.