Not quite ship naming, but can be an avenue to it.
But by having the game assigning our ships a Unique Ship Identification Number(USIN), we can do all sorts of things with it.
A random USIN is assigned on purchase of a ship, AND on destruction/rebuy.
Here's a few quick examples;
1) ATC can use that, instead of our CMDR name to instruct us when docking.
2) Stats for that specific ship can be logged.
You can see how much profit for example you've made in that since buying it, or how many kills, systems discovered, etc etc.
3) We can more easily identify our stored ships from other stations, for example, if you had 2 Pythons stored at another base, which one do you want transferring? USIN can solve that to a degree. Though you do have to remember it. Lol
4) USIN could eventually be displayed on the ship itself, as a decal.
5) We could pay real money, to convert the USIN to a custom USIN or even name.
6) Bounties could eventually be assigned to USINs directly. Meaning no more suicidewinders.
But this would mean USINs would need to be assigned from the server, and checked for current usage. Quite advanced.
That's about all I can think of.
It only has to consist of a collection of 4-5 numbers and letters.
It could follow a system, like Uk vehicle registration, but random is probably easier to develop.
A-BC-123 or whatever can make enough combinations to cover every player owned ship in ED.
Thoughts?
CMDR CosmicSpacehead
But by having the game assigning our ships a Unique Ship Identification Number(USIN), we can do all sorts of things with it.
A random USIN is assigned on purchase of a ship, AND on destruction/rebuy.
Here's a few quick examples;
1) ATC can use that, instead of our CMDR name to instruct us when docking.
2) Stats for that specific ship can be logged.
You can see how much profit for example you've made in that since buying it, or how many kills, systems discovered, etc etc.
3) We can more easily identify our stored ships from other stations, for example, if you had 2 Pythons stored at another base, which one do you want transferring? USIN can solve that to a degree. Though you do have to remember it. Lol
4) USIN could eventually be displayed on the ship itself, as a decal.
5) We could pay real money, to convert the USIN to a custom USIN or even name.
6) Bounties could eventually be assigned to USINs directly. Meaning no more suicidewinders.
That's about all I can think of.
It only has to consist of a collection of 4-5 numbers and letters.
It could follow a system, like Uk vehicle registration, but random is probably easier to develop.
A-BC-123 or whatever can make enough combinations to cover every player owned ship in ED.
Thoughts?
CMDR CosmicSpacehead
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