I constantly run into AI ships named "Nimbus" or some other nerd reference piloted by "Zap Branigan". At least when I see some player flying " The Fart Ship" it will provide variety and be original.
Can we turn off seeing Commander Ship Names..?
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I constantly run into AI ships named "Nimbus" or some other nerd reference piloted by "Zap Branigan". At least when I see some player flying " The Fart Ship" it will provide variety and be original.
^This^
Because of this game I've massacred weddings, slaughtered russian presidents, exploded sci-fi writers and all because they were annoying.
You know you're on a game forum right? :x
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We're discussing potentially obnoxious ship names while this can happen ?
Anyone really still believes FD is applying any sort of filters, let alone effective ones ?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zgHefI1cjhY
Anyone really still believes FD is applying any sort of filters, let alone effective ones ?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zgHefI1cjhY
I do not exactly what you mean, but i am not started that thread, just i wrote my opinion in thread already started
1. Someone asked for a small modification to an upcoming feature, the ability to turn off ship names.
2. You enter the thread and say parents should be paying attention to what their kids play. I don't care what someone names their ship. I don't care about anyone else's brats. I don't want my UI cluttered with a bunch of useless information.
3. You say that the ability to turn off ship names is a waste of developer time. To me wings, PP, cqc and multi-crew are a waste of time (and probably took more time than the requested feature) so perhaps I should start threads about those things then?
You are entitled to your opinion. I am just trying to clarify where I'm coming from on this subject. If you ask anyone who knows me in real life I am one of the most twisted foul mouthed human beings so I could care less if someone names their ship something I consider stupid. I don't need that information on my screen - at all. It doesn't add anything for me but a small distraction from my instrument scan that I could do without.
I would not mind these in the options menu:
(*)Do not show CMDR ship names
(*)Do not show CMDR first discovery tags
(*)Do not show CMDR avatars (or some variant of this)
Not everyone wants these, but I would say they are worth the minor development effort that they require. I don't expect FD to agree with me. They probably want everyone to have the "same experience".
(*)Do not show CMDR ship names
(*)Do not show CMDR first discovery tags
(*)Do not show CMDR avatars (or some variant of this)
Not everyone wants these, but I would say they are worth the minor development effort that they require. I don't expect FD to agree with me. They probably want everyone to have the "same experience".
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I would be down with all of those options. Perhaps first discovered by x just said discovered so I knew not to waste my time?
My thoughts as well. I've seen a system called "Inhers" and stations called, "Yang's Wong" and similiar. Even if there is a way to switch off ship names, you'll still have CMDR names. So you switch off a ship name called say "Hidden Enis" and then the CMDR name turns out to be "Allota ina". Whoops...
Much like taking kids to see a film: parental discretion is advised. If you want to show the kid space then show them space. If you want to show them a crowded system then either do it in Solo or don't scan other commanders and pick a station/system that is appropriately named.
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Sometimes I question my own sanity, I really do, I would never question the sanity of the honored members in here.:x
We have now had tread both long and tear inducing about "why must we pay for ship naming" page up, page down, one more hearth cringing than the next, melodrama not seen the latest Oscars, rage quits, death threats, the whole shebang.
And now I see a thread advocating turning of CMDR names.... I am spechless (type capable less)
How about we next week have a "No Demands Day" sharply followed by a "No Petitions Day" succeeded by a "No Polls Day" with a "I Have Not Been Griefed Day" biting the formers heels. If we made it a weekly occurrence, it would be even greater.
Ohh I forgot a "No Whine Day" it should come first.
Lets make a poll, ohh ok Facepalm.
Cheers Cmdr's
We have now had tread both long and tear inducing about "why must we pay for ship naming" page up, page down, one more hearth cringing than the next, melodrama not seen the latest Oscars, rage quits, death threats, the whole shebang.
And now I see a thread advocating turning of CMDR names....
I am spechless (type capable less)How about we next week have a "No Demands Day" sharply followed by a "No Petitions Day" succeeded by a "No Polls Day" with a "I Have Not Been Griefed Day" biting the formers heels. If we made it a weekly occurrence, it would be even greater.
Ohh I forgot a "No Whine Day" it should come first.
Lets make a poll, ohh ok Facepalm.
Cheers Cmdr's
Yes, thats right. Now i got it. Thank You for explanation.
In fact i don't care what you want to turn off, what you need and don't need and would like to see, and I served an opinion about how i see it - a waste of resources, because for me it is not necessary to turn it off
You are seeing this differently than me, and thats fine
We both are entitled to our opinion, an i am pretty sure we both can agree maybe not on that (turning off a name), but maybe on other matters, because i think i can be at laest or even more twisted than you
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As I have stated in this thread already as far as I'm concerned this has nothing to do with ty names and children it has to do with screen clutter I and others could do without. In addition my daughter is allowed to play this game but as you said "parental discretion".
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Yes, thats right. Now i got it. Thank You for explanation.
In fact i don't care what you want to turn off, what you need and don't need, and I served an opinion about how i see it - a waste of resources, because for me it is not necessary to turn it off
You are seeing this differently than me, and thats fine
Sadly these forums won't let us have a twisted off. Oh yeah twisted off.
There's lots of options on controls. And many filters on display of some things, so I think a detail filter on ship scans would be a good idea.
Throw in filtering out Avatars on coms panel. (Still in beta, but they have now removed them for for general coms chatter at least, which is am improvement.)
As for stupid names for npcs, I'm not sure if many of the names aren't derived from players names and are just in the mix with misnamed stars for films etc.
So now and again you get a suggestive or rude one.
They're not usually too bad unless you look close.
Throw in filtering out Avatars on coms panel. (Still in beta, but they have now removed them for for general coms chatter at least, which is am improvement.)
As for stupid names for npcs, I'm not sure if many of the names aren't derived from players names and are just in the mix with misnamed stars for films etc.
So now and again you get a suggestive or rude one.
They're not usually too bad unless you look close.
I have, it was an NPC called Michael Gove. He was wanted, so I wasted no time in dispatching him!
Ironic, I wish we had something else of Carlin's on these forums.
So it is also about "Offending Names" what century of the middle ages do some of you live in?
Especially Americans make me laugh, Their kids can shoot guns at 12, but Jeebus if they say ,(four letter word starting with F) , ehhh where are the levels. My girls dont use swear words, because it is not necessary. it is a bad habit. They are not even 13 yet, but they know all about[woah] S E X , of course we dont talk about it as such.. But they know.
It is as if The Inquisition [where is it] has hit the western part of the western world... Cant you just sail of the planet in the horizon...
Any form of censorship does the opposite. Knowledge spreads virally. Kids are not stupid. Teach kids instead of hiding facts. Bad language is a result of poor education.
I find censorship rules utterly ridiculous.
(Denmark made legal in 1973) But Hill was legal in 1967, you know Hill, dont you ? Give it to you kids. Or Chaucher.
Cheers Cmdr's
Especially Americans make me laugh, Their kids can shoot guns at 12, but Jeebus if they say ,(four letter word starting with F) , ehhh where are the levels. My girls dont use swear words, because it is not necessary. it is a bad habit. They are not even 13 yet, but they know all about[woah] S E X , of course we dont talk about it as such.. But they know.
It is as if The Inquisition [where is it] has hit the western part of the western world... Cant you just sail of the planet in the horizon...
Any form of censorship does the opposite. Knowledge spreads virally. Kids are not stupid. Teach kids instead of hiding facts. Bad language is a result of poor education.
I find censorship rules utterly ridiculous.
(Denmark made legal in 1973) But Hill was legal in 1967, you know Hill, dont you ? Give it to you kids. Or Chaucher.
Cheers Cmdr's
Wait a minute there that's a broad brush you be painting us muricans with. My daughter can use four letter words with the understanding that it is NOT for all situations. The guy at our comic shop was leery about recommending some titles to my daughter because of violence, sex and drugs. Now that he knows my kid and the fact that I read them first he feels free to point out good story arcs to her.
Yes censorship is ridiculous. G.G. Allins expose yourself to kids probably sounds offensive to people who don't understand the context but it describes this perfectly.
I am going to try to pound this into every ones head though, it isn't about offensive names for me it is about letting useless MMO garbage clutter up parts of my screen.
Good call, I plan to do the same thing if I ever see Katie Hopkins.
Yeah, I just thought the idea of charging to suppress some bytes was an amusing concept coming on the back of the kerfuffle over nameplates and scans, and what some have perceived as FD's aborted attempt to charge for the exact opposite.i'm guessing tongue in cheek, if not outright sarcasm dude?
(FWIW there is no doubt in my mind that that is exactly what they were considering, but you have to be careful in these threads not to mix the objective and the subjective in the same sentence or bad things happen).
I do like the idea of a series of (free!) toggles to turn this stuff on and off. Personally I plan on leaving everything on for a laugh but then I don't have any sensitivities, my own or anyone else's, to protect. I might feel differently if I had very young charges, and there is a certain amount of sense in allowing players to turn this stuff on and off for that or any other reason as long as gameplay isn't affected. If we ever get ship reputation, and news feeds start warning us to be on the lookout for the dread CMDR Enis Penvy flying the battle cruiser Norma Speen, that may have to change. But from Sandro's comments on the Live Stream I don't think we have to worry about that for a while, if ever.
As for immersion, strange or amusing CMDR names have not bothered me at all on either ship scans or First Discovery tags, which surprised me because I did worry about the latter when it was first proposed. But then I'd hardly be in a position to criticise, having one account with a serious name and one with my forum name. I do the bulk of my exploration when flying as "myself", but I'm sure CMDR Jack Schitt may have accidentally bagged a few First Discoveries while unlocking some of the higher-tier Engineers. But while seeing things like First Discovered By Hugh Janus hasn't been as game-breaking for me as I thought it might be, giving players the option to hide the names seems like a harmless enough thing to request.
I imagine my ship names for both CMDRs will remain relatively serious, as it's something I enjoy playing with. In beta my mining ships are named for historical Earth mining towns, my general purpose freighters for Japanese mountains (mainly so I can hang the suffix -maru on them) etc. and I'll probably carry on in that vein once 2.3 goes live.
I also have an unarmed passenger-fitted DD5 Asp called the Sir Robin which, athough probably very unoriginal, may keep its name post-beta. And a combat FAS called the Schitty Death, which probably won't.
But the OP is concerned about looking at immature names and not about UI clutter, thus my response to the OP. There's a whole galaxy of immature names out there so I don't really get the point of this thread. Either develop a sense of humour for yourself or if young children are the concern (as the OP has stated) then simply exhibit some parental discretion when letting them watch. Simple common sense in my opinion.
If UI clutter is your primary concern I suggest making a separate thread about it because this one isn't about that.
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