Major Modification

[Noble713]

Also:

http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~tpope/misc/ha...ious-list.html

[SirDarwin]

Thanks a lot you two!

[SirDarwin]

Ok I need a suggestion from you guys. After visting the two webpages listed previously I've started adding the ships. Now since I don't want people to be able to modify the ships (you can of course modify this later) do you think it would be better to list all Destroyers as "Destroyer", or to give them class names? (with a list given out as well).

Right now you get like 5 Destroyer in your list

[Phoenix-D]

I think you'll have to make sizes for each major class.. remember, for example, that the Mars class is bigger than most pre-war battlecrusiers.

Phoenix-D

[SirDarwin]

Yeah they do have different sizes

here is how it looks right now

Destroyer 65
Destroyer 75
Destroyer 79
...

Or should I do it this way

Hawkwing 65
Minstrel 75
Linet 79

[Warlord Adamus]

Hmm...so you're going to model each ship design and save them so they are selectable by the player ? How are you going to model tech advances, by having incompatible components until each tech on the saved ship is researched ? So for instance when DS tech is researched you get every RMN destroyer you can ever get, but only the ones you have tech for will be usable ? This is interesting, maybe i'll give it a try too.

[SirDarwin]

I figure thats the best way of doing it...since basically a destroyer hull is the same as the next one, with little tweaks.
Now the Minatour, Mars BC, HH SD, will have their own tech levels, as these are special designs for a ship.