Two Ships called Solar Liner?

[slawyer]

I just noticed there are two consecutive Merchant ships in the catalog with identical stats (except for picture) named Solar Liner.

Name	Type	Speed	Agility	Hull	Armor	Engines	Sails	Crew	Hold	Guns	Torps	Cost
Solar Liner	Merchant	Slow	Slow	20	3	14	18	55	70	16	6	$78,725.00
Solar Liner	Merchant	Slow	Slow	20	3	14	18	55	70	16	6	$78,725.00

Is one of those supposed to be a different Merchant ship?

[slayernz]

One is for general faction use, and the other is produced just for Steel Song. You can't really see it, but there are a number of very large target markings on it, and there are also a few torpedo-attraction-beacons (TABs) included in the superstructure of the hull.

[athios]

Since you are bringing up the issue, I also saw two different Pirate Battlecruisers during the last community challenge. In this case they have different images and stats too. Funnily, how the name is centred on screen is different too.

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[slayernz]

In all seriousness, what may have happened is that Cory tweaked/changed the ship design and graphics during an update. The update only affects new ships, not ships that you already own. It's one of those things specific to ST. If you find the older design better than new, keep it, otherwise if the new is better, do the trade in.

Cory's already advised he's modified a number of ships - and this is something he does periodically in order to readdress balance issues.

[slawyer]

Seems there are 12 duplicate ship names in the catalog:

Name	Type	Speed	Agility	Hull	Armor	Engines	Sails	Crew	Hold	Guns	Torps	Cost
Sword Class	Bounty Hunter	Fast	Medium	7	3	10	14	23	10	13	2	$68,057.00
Sword Class	Bounty Hunter	Fast	Medium	17	7	24	34	54	36	26	4	$159,524.00
Drifting Space Hive	Hulks	Medium	Medium	30	15	50	50	50	400	10	10	$574,721.00
Drifting Space Hive	Hulks	Medium	Medium	25	12	30	30	84	600	0	0	$1,351,089.00
Solar Liner	Merchant	Slow	Slow	20	3	14	18	55	70	16	6	$78,725.00
Solar Liner	Merchant	Slow	Slow	20	3	14	18	55	70	16	6	$78,725.00
Tiberia Liner	Merchant	Medium	Slow	32	9	26	40	100	112	20	4	$160,794.00
Tiberia Liner	Merchant	Medium	Slow	32	9	26	40	100	112	20	4	$160,794.00
Jump Frigate	Military	Slow	Medium	18	7	28	18	40	60	14	12	$105,817.00
Jump Frigate	Military	Medium	Medium	18	6	26	20	42	58	14	12	$123,459.00
Pirate Crossbow	Pirate	Fast	Quick	10	5	22	22	80	20	18	4	$152,556.00
Pirate Crossbow	Pirate	Fast	Quick	12	6	24	24	55	35	19	5	$161,476.00
Pirate Star	Pirate	Medium	Medium	12	4	13	16	35	50	12	5	$99,893.00
Pirate Star	Pirate	Medium	Medium	11	5	14	15	36	42	12	5	$99,818.00
Pirate Battlecruiser	Pirate	Medium	Medium	20	10	31	31	70	70	10	20	$182,421.00
Pirate Battlecruiser	Pirate	Medium	Medium	22	8	23	30	110	55	20	20	$203,245.00
Pirate Cutter	Pirate	Medium	Medium	12	5	13	16	40	45	20	6	$134,266.00
Pirate Cutter	Pirate	Medium	Medium	19	10	22	28	60	65	26	10	$202,107.00
Pirate Ranger	Pirate	Medium	Medium	15	15	18	17	55	55	16	13	$253,945.00
Pirate Ranger	Pirate	Medium	Quick	20	10	40	22	101	55	26	12	$217,538.00
Star Runner	Smuggler	Fast	Medium	9	4	11	18	28	44	12	4	$124,822.00
Star Runner	Smuggler	Medium	Medium	11	5	15	20	40	34	22	2	$113,019.00
Nova Jammer	Smuggler	Medium	Medium	16	12	20	20	40	52	21	3	$164,707.00
Nova Jammer	Smuggler	Medium	Quick	16	6	32	17	50	50	18	7	$138,849.00

Solar Liner and Tiberia Liner are the only ones with exactly duplicated stats. Those seem more likely to be mistakes that were intended to be different ships.

The other ones are quite different though they share the same name and type.

The above data comes directly from the ship catalog in version 5.0.32.

[Cory Trese]

working on getting these fixed for upcoming releases

[Cory Trese]

fixed in next