Modify objective flags - mod request

[void1984]

Great idea and execution.
Can you just think about it for WinSPMBT?

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Originally Posted by void1984

Great idea and execution.
Can you just think about it for WinSPMBT?

Thanks

I don't play SPMBT that much, preferring to play WW2 when I have the time, but I'd be willing to help out.

Ideally, someone else will take my idea, and any useful artwork, and make a SPMBT version of the mod. I would volunteer technical and artistic assistance if needed.

A second option, would be for someone to do the research, so they know which flags should be replaced by which roundels, and provide the original art from websites like these:

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Roundel

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_air_forces

Then I'd just need to convert the images to miniature BMPs and those to SHP files.


You could start a thread over on the SPMBT site and see if anyone wanted to take on the project.

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[void1984]

I can gather the information on Monday.
I just never used to modding tools.
Is there only one objective flag possibility for a whole 1946-2020 period, or several are allowed?

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Originally Posted by void1984

I can gather the information on Monday.
I just never used to modding tools.
Is there only one objective flag possibility for a whole 1946-2020 period, or several are allowed?

The mod can only replace existing objective flags.

If a nation/OOB only uses one flag from 1946-2020 then they can only have one roundel.

If a nation uses one flag up to 1960 and then another from 1961 to 2020, that nation could have one roundel up to 1960 and another roundel from 1961 to 2020. Or both flags could be replaced by the same roundel - if appropriate - then the nation would only have one roundel from 1946 to 2020.

In most cases roundels change when flags change, because roundels usually represent the flags/heraldry in some way.

Nations sometimes change roundels even though their flags have not changed. Which will likely be more of an issue over the 75 years of SPMBT than it is for the 17 years of SPWW2.
But in those cases you'd have to decide to go with the most recognisable, longest serving, or perhaps the most recent roundel.

With a project like SPMBT (with almost 100 nations) you may want to just create a mod for the most used OOB.


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