Ship name auto update when upgrading |
| Project: | Space Empires V |
| Version: | 1.17 |
| Component: | Code |
| Category: | feature |
| Priority: | normal |
| Assigned: | Unassigned |
| Status: | active |
Description
I did an advanced search for similar feature requests but did not see any existing items referencing 'ship name'. Hope this is not a duplicate.
It would be extremely desirable that when using ships design names of the standard form that works for design name auto-updates when upgrading a design: and when retrofitting a ship to a new design mark/level, that it's name is auto updated too, if it's name meets the above criteria.
Actually that restriction isn't really necessary either.
e.g. A ship is named: 'Cobra III 0004' and there is a newer design called 'Cobra V', then after upgrading the ship to that design, it would automatically have the new name: 'Cobra V 0004'.
BTW, there is no ship name uniqueness enforcement yet in SE5, but if and/or when there is and there is a name conflict due to the above new algorithm, then a simple user single-line-edit dialog could be presented to allow immediate and easy correction.
Also it would be nice to see text selection/copy/paste UI capability in SE5, of course.




Good option
It would make a good empire option. Just have to be careful and make sure it's an option as some players like custom names for all their ships.
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