consistency between pc2.3(Hull ID) & npc1.7(Vessel type)

[StarryWisdom]

both of these fields refer to the same thing - logically they should have the same name (another logical name is uniqueID - taken from vessel data)

imo any name just one thats consistent would be nice

[NoseyNick]

Mission scripts call it...

<create type ="enemy" hullID="4001" />

vesselData.xml calls it...

<vessel uniqueID="1000" />

To add to the confusion, my parser.pl calls them PlayerShip.ShipType and NPCShip.VesselType 😞
I'll switch to whatever we choose here... and cast one vote for hullID, as it's "official" and not as vague as "uniqueID"

[NoseyNick]

See also Base.VesselType (bit 1.5)

[NoseyNick]

Also AllShipSettingsPacket Ship type (int)

[NoseyNick]

Also SetFighterSettingsPacket Vessel type (int)
[yeah I think I'm done for now 😜 ]

[NoseyNick]

Anyone know of a good way to vote on GitHub?
I think my preference would be for hullID, from mission-file-docs.txt
The only other "semi-official" one would be uniqueID but that feels potentially confusing in protocol descriptions.