For the ships under construction it may be good to add a completion percentage, otherwise it may be unclear to the developer what to do exactly. (Especially in the '39 scenario)
For France, we can add that the first Dunkerque class ship should be practically finished in 1936 (launched October 1935, into service May 1937), while in the game it is barely started.
While several people have noted this, we couldn't agree internally on what exactly construction represents IRL.For whatever reason (and not one I agree with, this is just what I've heard, and is generally consistent with the start-of-game builds, although I think more inconsistencies were introduced with MtG), the current design only puts ships into the production only after they're launched, so the 20 per cent completion reflections the portion of the time between Oct 1935 and May 1937. I agree it should be more like 69 per cent complete, but to make the OOB's consistent, making this change would require significant changes to pretty much all the OOBs of major naval nations (which is what I did in my pre-MtG naval mod, and fate permitting will again in the distant, darkest future).
We shoul ask the community what's Your opinion? Hopefully this will allow us to reach a consensus.
Currently it seems to be based on launch date (ships in construction are the ones already launched.)
However, from being laid down to bein launched a ship consumes resources and worktime. we think this should be represented as under construciton.
But should it be added when laid down or when ordered?
A ship in-game can be added to queue without any progress bein made. This could represent a ship that was ordered but not laid down yet.
And what readiness should it have when launched?
reference:
Most ships launched without armament, and often a bunch of other key systems - the time spent fitting out (post-launch, pre-completion) was often as long as the time spent pre-launch.
Here's a picture of Bismarck launching - the keen eye may spot one or two things missing that would substantially reduce her combat effectiveness
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so please help us to improve the guide, what precentage should the ships under construction have and should ships that were ordered but not laid down be included?