Wait, is this why I'm having trouble with coloring separated objects different colors, they have the same name? Off to do some testing...
Hm, nope, that does not seem to do anything with regard to the problem I'm having.
I've merged my hull with saved selections from other ship models I've worked on, and now when I try to assign materials to some of the objects, nothing happens, but when I assign materials to one object, several of the others change to that color, as well. I've tried selecting everything as objects and separating them all, and still, coloring one object (and only that one object) by assigning a different material changes the color of 4 others (but changing the colors of those does nothing).
Hm, nope, that does not seem to do anything with regard to the problem I'm having.
I've merged my hull with saved selections from other ship models I've worked on, and now when I try to assign materials to some of the objects, nothing happens, but when I assign materials to one object, several of the others change to that color, as well. I've tried selecting everything as objects and separating them all, and still, coloring one object (and only that one object) by assigning a different material changes the color of 4 others (but changing the colors of those does nothing).