Solved Class/rate which one?

[Jonesie85]

Im sure people have tried to make it work but i must ask. I hate the class method os explaining ship levels. I have awats prefered rate. By this i mean i would prefer 1st rate rather than class 1. If it is possible could somebody lead me by the hand in the general direction of where i should begin tweaking away.

Thank you for your time and patiece.

 

[Officerpuppy]

I thought the ships were already organized by class.

 

[Armada]

The classes should be defined in Ships_init.c under the 'refShip.Class' lines. The text describing ships as "class #" in-game would be elsewhere, though.

I would advise against changing the class system into a rating system, mind. We tried it for the Build Mod, and have since completely reworked it into a 'tier' system based on crew size.
Ratings work fine for navy ships, but many vessels are merchants, so applying the rating system to them will not work so well.
What we tried to do in the Build was use three separate class systems simultaneously: naval, merchant, and "balanced" classes, with the former based on ratings.
It turned out to be too confusing, having the same numbers meaning different things, so instead the tier system was a good trade-off for all vessels under one roof.

You can experiment anyway if you wish; I just wanted to let you know how it worked out for the Build Mod.

 

[Jonesie85]

The classes should be defined in Ships_init.c under the 'refShip.Class' lines. The text describing ships as "class #" in-game would be elsewhere, though.

I would advise against changing the class system into a rating system, mind. We tried it for the Build Mod, and have since completely reworked it into a 'tier' system based on crew size.
Ratings work fine for navy ships, but many vessels are merchants, so applying the rating system to them will not work so well.
What we tried to do in the Build was use three separate class systems simultaneously: naval, merchant, and "balanced" classes, with the former based on ratings.
It turned out to be too confusing, having the same numbers meaning different things, so instead the tier system was a good trade-off for all vessels under one roof.

You can experiment anyway if you wish; I just wanted to let you know how it worked out for the Build Mod.

rightio, thank you for your response. It is quite useful