help: Every ship named "contact" !

buntmann · 12-13-06, 05:17 PM

Hi,

I installed GW 1.1 last night on my SH3 install.
Now every ship is named "contact" !

I think it has something to do with the optional "generic ship names" addon.

Any easy way to get names back to normal ? (instead of reinstalling the whole game, updating and install GW again)

thanks in advance,
Buntmann

bigboywooly · 12-13-06, 05:22 PM

Hi and welcome to subsim

Just reinstall GW straight over the top of your install
No need to uninstall or anything else just reinstall without the generic ship names checked

Best make sure you are in port first in case of any problems

Swooth · 12-13-06, 05:24 PM

Yeah I had the same problem, and it seems that you have to reinstall GW and avoid ticking that "Generic Ship Name" thing.

Edit: Guess he beat me to it...didn't press post and had the post sitting there for like 3 minutes lol

Boris · 12-13-06, 06:53 PM

... or just stop being noob and identify ships by using the recognition manual

Corsair · 12-13-06, 06:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Boris

... or just stop being noob and identify ships by using the recognition manual

:rotfl::rotfl:

AVGWarhawk · 12-13-06, 07:50 PM

It is simply a part of the realism that many wanted and received with GW. Vanilla version not only told you what kind of ship but also, color, how many aboard, what port it was heading to, what movie was playing on the fantail and who is dining with the Captain tonight. It just added some realism and makes you have to make an approach like the u-boat to identify friend or foe.

Monocell · 12-14-06, 01:19 AM

I don't really get it. Maybe I have installed GW the wrong way somehow, but in my game unidentified ships show up as "troop ship" or "cargo" or "destroyer", but when I use the recognition manual they only show up as "contact". Wouldn't it make more sense the other way around?

12-13-06, 05:17 PM	#1
buntmann Nub Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 3 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	help: Every ship named "contact" ! Hi, I installed GW 1.1 last night on my SH3 install. Now every ship is named "contact" ! I think it has something to do with the optional "generic ship names" addon. Any easy way to get names back to normal ? (instead of reinstalling the whole game, updating and install GW again) thanks in advance, Buntmann

12-13-06, 05:22 PM	#2
bigboywooly Rear Admiral Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Swindon, England Posts: 10,151 Downloads: 35 Uploads: 0	Hi and welcome to subsim Just reinstall GW straight over the top of your install No need to uninstall or anything else just reinstall without the generic ship names checked Best make sure you are in port first in case of any problems __________________ My mediafire page http://www.mediafire.com/?11eoq19bq9r41

12-13-06, 07:50 PM	#6
AVGWarhawk Lucky Jack Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In a 1954 Buick. Posts: 28,276 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	It is simply a part of the realism that many wanted and received with GW. Vanilla version not only told you what kind of ship but also, color, how many aboard, what port it was heading to, what movie was playing on the fantail and who is dining with the Captain tonight. It just added some realism and makes you have to make an approach like the u-boat to identify friend or foe. __________________ “You're painfully alive in a drugged and dying culture.” ― Richard Yates, Revolutionary Road

12-13-06, 05:24 PM	#3
Swooth Mate Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 57 Downloads: 3 Uploads: 0	Yeah I had the same problem, and it seems that you have to reinstall GW and avoid ticking that "Generic Ship Name" thing. Edit: Guess he beat me to it...didn't press post and had the post sitting there for like 3 minutes lol

12-13-06, 06:53 PM	#4
Boris Sea Lord Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Hamburg, Germany Posts: 1,691 Downloads: 41 Uploads: 0	... or just stop being noob and identify ships by using the recognition manual

12-14-06, 01:19 AM	#7
Monocell Watch Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 17 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	I don't really get it. Maybe I have installed GW the wrong way somehow, but in my game unidentified ships show up as "troop ship" or "cargo" or "destroyer", but when I use the recognition manual they only show up as "contact". Wouldn't it make more sense the other way around?