Elite: Dangerous PvE - Mobius

Lanceor wrote:OP has been updated with the suggestions. I'm assuming that MOO (Mobius Order O?) and HESTKUK (Horse ...thingy) weren't intended to be taken seriously (but they're free to use of course ).

Currently I'm leaning towards two short, simple ones: MS or OMS.

MOO Mobius Order Ordinance. I was Serious.

Lanceor wrote:I like YOURD34D's idea of function based prefixes, but think it would only work if there were enough Mobius ships using them to make each prefix common on its own. Therefore I'd probably just stick with OMS which seems to be the frontrunner at the moment.

I get what you are saying. Maybe people could add a hyphen with the function prefix after, if they want to, like OMS-C or OMS-E. If there is a defined list somewhere, they could choose.

TorTorden wrote:I vote.

HESTKUK

I Googled this on a work computer, so thanks for that

RD-83 wrote:

TorTorden wrote:I vote.

HESTKUK

I Googled this on a work computer, so thanks for that

I'm here all week, tip your waitress.
Lord knows the cook don't deserve it.

AND DON'T ASK ABOUT THE SECRET SAUCE!!

RD-83 wrote:I get what you are saying. Maybe people could add a hyphen with the function prefix after, if they want to, like OMS-C or OMS-E. If there is a defined list somewhere, they could choose.

Just keep in mind that the name is limited to 22 characters. If you lose six of those (OMS-C plus a space) then it could be tight for some ship names.

I'm not near my games PC at the moment but I've got this vague memory of there being an 'ID' field as well as a name. Maybe the ID field should be for the Order identifier?

Of course I'm now wondering if I just dreamed the existance of an ID field.

de Carabas wrote:

RD-83 wrote:I get what you are saying. Maybe people could add a hyphen with the function prefix after, if they want to, like OMS-C or OMS-E. If there is a defined list somewhere, they could choose.

Just keep in mind that the name is limited to 22 characters. If you lose six of those (OMS-C plus a space) then it could be tight for some ship names.

I'm not near my games PC at the moment but I've got this vague memory of there being an 'ID' field as well as a name. Maybe the ID field should be for the Order identifier?

Of course I'm now wondering if I just dreamed the existance of an ID field.

Nope not dreaming, there are Name Plates and ID# plates.

ScytheKnight wrote:

de Carabas wrote:

RD-83 wrote:I get what you are saying. Maybe people could add a hyphen with the function prefix after, if they want to, like OMS-C or OMS-E. If there is a defined list somewhere, they could choose.

Just keep in mind that the name is limited to 22 characters. If you lose six of those (OMS-C plus a space) then it could be tight for some ship names.

I'm not near my games PC at the moment but I've got this vague memory of there being an 'ID' field as well as a name. Maybe the ID field should be for the Order identifier?

Of course I'm now wondering if I just dreamed the existance of an ID field.

Nope not dreaming, there are Name Plates and ID# plates.

Yeah, ship id is a separate field and limited to six characters.

TorTorden wrote:Yeah, ship id is a separate field and limited to six characters.

So we could go for that then. Is the ship ID visible in the HUD when ship is scanned or is it only visible on the ID plate?

de Carabas wrote:

TorTorden wrote:Yeah, ship id is a separate field and limited to six characters.

So we could go for that then. Is the ship ID visible in the HUD when ship is scanned or is it only visible on the ID plate?

I don't know, from what we tried in beta neither shipname or id showed up, so I guess it's bugged.
And we tested with nice names too.

TorTorden wrote:

de Carabas wrote:

TorTorden wrote:Yeah, ship id is a separate field and limited to six characters.

So we could go for that then. Is the ship ID visible in the HUD when ship is scanned or is it only visible on the ID plate?

I don't know, from what we tried in beta neither shipname or id showed up, so I guess it's bugged.
And we tested with nice names too.

Its technically not in the game yet according the answer on the Bug Report about that.

RD-83 wrote:

Lanceor wrote:I like YOURD34D's idea of function based prefixes, but think it would only work if there were enough Mobius ships using them to make each prefix common on its own. Therefore I'd probably just stick with OMS which seems to be the frontrunner at the moment.

I get what you are saying. Maybe people could add a hyphen with the function prefix after, if they want to, like OMS-C or OMS-E. If there is a defined list somewhere, they could choose.

TorTorden wrote:I vote.

HESTKUK

I Googled this on a work computer, so thanks for that

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