[Question] What do SH3/4 ship names mean?

tater · 07-30-10, 09:59 PM

NKMSS

WTF?

MKFKM would make sense (Mast, Kingpost, Funnel, Kingpost, Mast).

Just curious. I hate the fact that new ships just borrow from the parent's name, even if they are altered...

Ducimus · 07-30-10, 10:20 PM

Some initials in romanian maybe? If you dig around the game files long enough, you'll find all sorts of node names that are ( I believe) romanian, only in shorthand.

Jan Kyster · 07-30-10, 10:43 PM

Google says the answer is on... lemme see... some lame site... http://174.123.69.202/~subsimc/radio...=159891&page=3

WTF? Sorry, can't really help you there... banning reasons...

tater · 07-30-10, 11:41 PM

Cool.

Makes me want to change the lot of them, lol.

Sailor Steve · 07-31-10, 01:00 AM

It's just the code they came up with to work with different models.

@ Jan Kyster: Thanks for the link. I've probably read that thread before, but didn't pay attention. I work with ship names and use those categories every single day, but I've never even wondered what the designations meant, much less thought they might mean something that specific.

Learn something new every day.

07-30-10, 09:59 PM	#1
tater Navy Seal Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: New Mexico, USA Posts: 9,023 Downloads: 8 Uploads: 2	[Question] What do SH3/4 ship names mean? NKMSS WTF? MKFKM would make sense (Mast, Kingpost, Funnel, Kingpost, Mast). Just curious. I hate the fact that new ships just borrow from the parent's name, even if they are altered...

07-31-10, 01:00 AM	#5
Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	It's just the code they came up with to work with different models. @ Jan Kyster: Thanks for the link. I've probably read that thread before, but didn't pay attention. I work with ship names and use those categories every single day, but I've never even wondered what the designations meant, much less thought they might mean something that specific. Learn something new every day. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo Last edited by Sailor Steve; 07-31-10 at 01:39 AM.

07-30-10, 10:20 PM	#2
Ducimus Rear Admiral Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 12,987 Downloads: 67 Uploads: 2	Some initials in romanian maybe? If you dig around the game files long enough, you'll find all sorts of node names that are ( I believe) romanian, only in shorthand.

07-30-10, 10:43 PM	#3
Jan Kyster Ace of the Deep Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 1,151 Downloads: 152 Uploads: 0	Google says the answer is on... lemme see... some lame site... http://174.123.69.202/~subsimc/radio...=159891&page=3 WTF? Sorry, can't really help you there... banning reasons...

07-30-10, 11:41 PM	#4
tater Navy Seal Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: New Mexico, USA Posts: 9,023 Downloads: 8 Uploads: 2	Cool. Makes me want to change the lot of them, lol.