Ship names

[VONHARRIS]

I have a situation here.


The ship has no name.
Background: I have downloaded the Jap Handelskreuzerr (Thank you rowi58) and I liked it very much. So , I added it the British Fleet renaming it as AMC Armed Merchant Cruiser (see picture)
I can not make the SH3C to give a name to that ship.
How can this be done?
Thank you all.

[Gerald]

Good question, which I do not have an answer to

[Jimbuna]

Using the US BB Nevada as an example:

Go to the English names CFG in data\sea folder and enter BBNevadaA=Nevada class

Now go into your data\Roster\American\Sea folder, open up the BBNevada CFG and type the details ie:

[UnitClass]
ClassName=BBNevadaA
UnitType=11
AppearanceDate=19140711
DisappearanceDate=19480301
DisplayName=Nevada Class
[Unit 1]
Name=USS Nevada
DOC=19140711
DOD=19480901
[Unit 2]
Name=USS Oklahoma
DOC=19160502
DOD=19411231

Of course your AMC details will alread be in the appropriate folders but I think you have the idea/principle now.

If your using Steves ship names mod be sure to check his entries to ensure no clash or overwriting of information.

[Sailor Steve]

1. Open Silent Hunter III/Data/Roster/British (I assume it's only in the British section)/Sea/"whatever that ship class is", and copy the "ClassName" exactly.

2. Open SH3 Commander/Cfg/Ship Names. Near the top you'll see [ClassMap]. At the bottom of the list add a new line:

"The ClassName you copied"=BrAuxCruiser

Now when you sink one of your new AMCs it should give it a name off the BrAuxCruiser list, which contains all the AMCs they had (as far as I know).

@ Jim: I'm pretty sure that since SH3 itself can't give names, that whole individual in-game ship name thing doesn't matter. I could be wrong, though.

[VONHARRIS]

Thank you both very much.
I am starting the procedure Sailor Steve described.
I will let you know if it is correct.

Edit: Yes it works just fine. Here is the new report



Thank you all once more for your help.

[Sailor Steve]

Good to hear it.

[Jimbuna]

Originally Posted by VONHARRIS

Thank you both very much.
I am starting the procedure Sailor Steve described.
I will let you know if it is correct.

Edit: Yes it works just fine. Here is the new report



Thank you all once more for your help.

SINK EM ALL!!

[Jimbuna]

Originally Posted by Sailor Steve

1. Open Silent Hunter III/Data/Roster/British (I assume it's only in the British section)/Sea/"whatever that ship class is", and copy the "ClassName" exactly.

2. Open SH3 Commander/Cfg/Ship Names. Near the top you'll see [ClassMap]. At the bottom of the list add a new line:

"The ClassName you copied"=BrAuxCruiser

Now when you sink one of your new AMCs it should give it a name off the BrAuxCruiser list, which contains all the AMCs they had (as far as I know).

@ Jim: I'm pretty sure that since SH3 itself can't give names, that whole individual in-game ship name thing doesn't matter. I could be wrong, though.

You may be right....it's been a while since I looked at that area....getting too long in the tooth now

[frau kaleun]

Originally Posted by jimbuna

You may be right....it's been a while since I looked at that area....getting too long in the tooth now

I remember asking about that once myself, I think that was the answer I got - that the list of names in the game's folders for ship classes seemed to be an "unfinished" feature and the alternate names would never appear in the game.