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Thanks for all that info Andres. It will be useful when negotiating new filenames.

I've come to some conclusions:

I think I will also be using some mod-specific terminology. I see your point S_J but I have several reasons for this:

1> the naming conventions in SE4 aren't particularly logical anyway (ie carrierlight but lightcruiser)

2>I imagine the majority of additional ship sizes will be mod-specific. Shared images won't be all that common, except for fighters and infantry, which everyone wants.

3>Making the table compatible with mods rather than forcing mods to be compatible with the table means less work and restrictions for modders.

4>Imposing arbitrary guidelines may give modders the impression that I am trying to control their creativity.

5>Giving modders the opportunity to make their filename the "official" one adds incentive and character to the table.


Also I'm splitting up the battlemoons and the giant baseships because they are very different in appearance (one is big, round and planet-like and the other would probably be more spaceship shaped.) Death Stars and battlemoons could share images, since they would look quite similar (big, round),

I believe the standard, devnull, P&N and SW sizes will form a good foundation for my table - other mods are unlikely to include much that isn't included in the above, and if they do then I have left room to accomodate them.

I therefore suggest the following set of filenames:

all standard filenames (obviously)

transportcourier

carrierescort

colonyark
miningship (resource ship, remote miner)
miningstation (resource station, mining station)
barge (Stellar manipulation barge. I considered putting this under small death star, but one is a warstation and the other a contruction ship, so I decided they were too different.)

3 larger fighter sizes, not sure about the filenames yet. (These will cover all the heavy fighters, fighter bombers and TIE fighters)

troopinfantry (SW infantry and P&N drop pod)

corvette
heavydestroyer
heavycruiser
superdreadnought
supermonitor
battlemoonsmall (small death star)
battlemoon (medium deathstar, P&N battlemoon)
battlemoonlarge (large death star)

Andres - note I have used battlemoon rather than Death Star. Malfador/ Shrapnel are unable to include Star Wars/ Trek etc mods for copyright reasons. I thought it would be a good idea if I followed the same rules.

Once these filenames have been agreed on (after debate and adjustment if necessary) I will update the website and start to integrate some other mods.

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