[REL] Merchant Fleet Mod for Silent Hunter 3

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Originally Posted by Robin40

That's non right imho

There is no list already provided for M01A in the Ship Names cfg....that's why I put "M01A=GenericMerchantsAndTankers" in the [CLASSMAP]

Um, yeah, there kinda is:

[M01A]
CrewRange=35|80
CargoTyp=1,2,3,3,3,3,3,3,4,4,4,5,5,5,6,6,7,7,8,8,9 ,9,10,11,12,13,14,15,16,17,18,19,20,21,22,23,24,25
0001=SS Abangarez
0002=SS African Monarch
0003=SS African Prince
0004=SS African Sea
0005=SS Agwidale
0006=SS American
0007=SS American Fisher
0008=SS American Oriole
0009=SS American Robin
0010=SS Aneroid
0011=SS Ann Skakel
0012=SS Barroso
0013=SS Bonita
0014=SS Brandywine
0015=SS Bushranger
0016=SS Cartago
0017=SS Cavalcade
0018=SS Chattanooga City
0019=SS Commandante Pessoa
0020=SS Doña Aniceta
0021=SS Doña Nati
0022=SS Emilia
0023=SS Ensley City
0024=SS Exchester
0025=SS Exilona
0026=SS Heredia
0027=SS Jean
0028=SS Kahaku
0029=SS Kaimoku
0030=SS Kainalu
0031=SS Kaipara
0032=SS Midosi
0033=SS Mobile City
0034=SS Montanan
0035=SS Munaires
0036=SS Mundelta
0037=SS Munindies
0038=SS North King
0039=SS Patricia Skakel
0040=SS Rosemont
0041=SS Santa Marta
0042=SS Tivives
0043=SS Torres
0044=SS Turrialba
0045=SS Typhoon
0046=SS Yarmouth
0047=SS Zacapa
0048=SS Zarembo

However, if you have mapped that class to the list for GenericMerchantsAndTankers in [CLASSMAP], Commander will not bother to use the names provided specifically for class M01A. It will use a name from the list for GenericMerchantsAndTankers instead because that's what you told it to do. And it will do the same thing for every other class that you entered in the [CLASSMAP] that way, no matter how many names are listed for each of those classes in the sections below it. Commander will ignore all the names provided specifically for AK01A, AK02A, AK03A, and so on, and you will only see names from the GenericMerchantsAndTankers list every single time.

That is what Steve meant when he said you would lose all the names provided for those classes. You are telling Commander to ignore those lists and use only the list for GenericMerchantsAndTankers instead.

If the Shipnames.cfg you are using does not have lists for M01A, AK01A, etc., then you are not using the most recent version of the file. Steve updates it on a regular basis, the current version (I believe) is the August 2010 update. If you search in this forum for 'Ship Names' you will find a thread about it - if you search in the Downloads section you will find the file itself available for download.