Restricting certain types of goods to certain types of ships

[jm]

Hi everyone

This might be a simple question, but I'm rather new to creating add ons for POC so here goes:
I'm in the middle of a project, creating a few heavy lift vessels and some belonging cargo. Is there anyway to restrict the cargo I create to the heavy lift vessels? It would be rather unrealistic, seeing a containership carrying gantry cranes ex.

[rdklein]

yes I have used the special codes for this purpose, liek for the gas,oil etc. but part of this is hard coded.
Thanks for the hint I will take a look for a easy way to generalize this.

[Zootier]

That is a point we are waiting for implementation for a long time.

We have Containerships carrying a load of bulk cargo like iron ore and coal,
Capesize Bulker carrying a load of Electronics or Tropical Fruits,
ULCC Crude Oil Tanker carrying Liquefied Gas, Chemicals and Oil refinery products,
LNG Tanker carrying Crude Oil,

and than we have user made freights like Livestock, Fruit Juice or Heavy Lift Cargos that are not really good to implement in the game.

It would be soo nice to have more freight codes to implement this in a realistic way.
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[rdklein]

yes one of the next steps I do.
-- as I now have moved to a new developement system we can implement things much faster - the moving was difficult to be compatible with older systems (removing the ocx I mentioned...)..

[Sparky]

As long as this new freight system is not implemented I follow my own guide lines, i.e.

- never ship bulk cargo with a container vsl
- never ship reefer cargo with bulkies or general cargo ships,
- never ship crude oil with a gas tanker, etc.

Sometimes it is hard to remain honest, because the best freight rate is always paid for cargo your ship cannot carry. But I feel that the game is more realistic and more satisfying this way.

But I am not a wealthy ship owner yet ...