Ship Naming - 22 character limit

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Ship Naming - 22 character limit

Postby de Carabas » Mon Feb 27, 2017 2:45 pm

As just seen on Reddit there's a 22 character limit for ship names coming in 2.3 so start getting your candidate names ready......
https://www.reddit.com/r/EliteDangerous ... rator_v20/

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Re: Ship Naming - 22 character limit

Postby Tifu » Mon Feb 27, 2017 3:05 pm

Ouch. Good thing I have a list of short names ready. Thanks for the heads up!

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Re: Ship Naming - 22 character limit

Postby TorTorden » Mon Feb 27, 2017 3:13 pm

Names arent passwords.

8-10 would have been fine.
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Re: Ship Naming - 22 character limit

Postby Judson » Mon Feb 27, 2017 3:22 pm

Does anyone know if names will be unique?
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Re: Ship Naming - 22 character limit

Postby Roger Wilco Jr » Mon Feb 27, 2017 3:26 pm

Judson wrote:Does anyone know if names will be unique?

They can't be - that would be ridiculous (not that I haven't had the thought myself). ;)

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Re: Ship Naming - 22 character limit

Postby Roger Wilco Jr » Mon Feb 27, 2017 3:29 pm

TorTorden wrote:Names arent passwords.

8-10 would have been fine.

I need 15 :P

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Re: Ship Naming - 22 character limit

Postby TorTorden » Mon Feb 27, 2017 3:30 pm

Judson wrote:Does anyone know if names will be unique?


There is absolutely no technical reason for them to be.
Unless they add role playing limits, but honesty that would be a HUGE complication on what would otherwise should be a fairly simple addition.

Personally I do wish there would only be one "python mcpythonface". If there ever has to be one.
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Re: Ship Naming - 22 character limit

Postby TorTorden » Mon Feb 27, 2017 3:30 pm

Roger Wilco Jr wrote:
TorTorden wrote:Names arent passwords.

8-10 would have been fine.

I need 15 :P

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Re: Ship Naming - 22 character limit

Postby Roger Wilco Jr » Mon Feb 27, 2017 3:35 pm

TorTorden wrote:
Roger Wilco Jr wrote:
TorTorden wrote:Names arent passwords.

8-10 would have been fine.

I need 15 :P

Feel The Thrill

That's not a name, it's a statement.

Ok, how about the most famous name plying the space lanes? - The Aluminum Mallard - that takes 20!
It's time to give this another go.

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Re: Ship Naming - 22 character limit

Postby Cometborne » Mon Feb 27, 2017 3:56 pm

I just felt a terrible disturbance in the force, as if thousands of readers of Ian M. Bank's Culture novels cried out in frustration and started looking for new ship names.
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