Flag MOD Request

[rhinobones]

Appreciate having historical flags represented, but I hope this new graphics set is provided as an alternative and not as the default set.

Regards

[Cabido]

ORIGINAL: Curtis Lemay

Well, he hasn't logged in in over a year. And there is no other contact path given. I think we have to give up on Cabido.

Have been traveling for work. Little time to play the game. I'll place a disclaimer in the original thread renouncing the rights for any of my work, so that it can be used by other modders or even commercially if wished.

[Cabido]

Wasn't able to find the thread. Will make a new one with just the link.

[molotovinkoktail]

To me personally Swastika brings joy and happiness

[Adamrf3r]

Can someone add the Sri Lankan flag and the flag of the Tamil tigers?

[Adamrf3r]

Can someone add the Sri Lankan flag and the flag of the Tamil tigers?

[RedAss]

Can someone add the Sri Lankan flag and the flag of the Tamil tigers?

Here you go -- not that the Sri Lankan flag has unusual dimensions that make it incompatible with the constraints that the graphics file demands, but I trust it's close enough.
All I ask in return is that if you have some kind of Tamil Tigers scenario that's been cooked up, I want a copy!

These files are for everybody -- THERE ARE FLAGS AND ROUNDELS IN HERE THAT MIGHT HAVE MASS APPEAL. Or Not.

Added are:
Flag/Roundel of Nazi Germany
Flag/Roundel of CSA ("Stainless Banner")
Flag/Roundel of Final CSA Flag
Flag/Roundel of Historial WWII German Army
Flag/Roundel of Al Qaeda
Flag/Roundel of Isil
Flag/Roundel of Taliban
Flag/Roundel of Sri Lanka
Flag/Roundel of Tamil Tigers
Flag/Roundel of Italian Social Republic

You're welcome to them if you want them.

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[RedAss]

Forgot the German flag of WWII in one of the images.

[Curtis Lemay]

How do you make a flag roundel?

[RedAss]

How do you make a flag roundel?

Ain't rocket science by any means.

If you have paint.net or photoshop, do the following:

1. Google the artwork you'd like to be in the background of the roundel.
2. Use the roundel template attached to this message and open it in your favorite graphics program (photoshop or paint.net).
3. Create a new layer and place it UNDERNEATH the template.
4. Resize your artwork to 42 px in height and paste it underneath the template
5. Erase everything that is outside the circle of the template.
6. The game is partial to national flags in the roundels. But if you come across a flag that doesn't lend itself to the template, like say, Sri Lanka:

A great source is to google "Sri Lanka Air Force roundel", which gives you the insignia they put on their aircraft, which is usually round and based on the flag:

7. Then open the H_flag_roundels file and your new roundel over one of the blanks.
8. Reduce the image size of your roundel by 50% and open the flag_roundels image and do the same thing.
9. Note your roundels do NOT need to be round -- the game will place anything that fits in an area slighly larger than 42 px (say 45 px), no matter the shape (unlike flags, which must be rectangular and in thr exact dimensions of every other flag).

[RedAss]

FLAG AND ROUNDEL UPDATE:

Had a few requests via PM, and updated the flags and roundels with those suggestions and others.
You should be able to copy this into your Graphics Override folder without affecting any of your previous scenarios with the following exceptions:
1. Scenarios featuring the fake and unhistorical German Army flag will be replaced by the historical flag of Nazi Germany.
2. For some reason, there were two United Nations flags and roundels. I replaced the second one with an "Inherent Resolve" flag and roundel. This may affect certain scenarios involving the UN, but it should be fixable by simply selecting the first UN flag and roundel.

The Flags and Roundels on the new files are as follows:

1. Copied OVER the fake German army flag and roundel is the historically accurate flag of Germany from WWII.
2. Copied OVER the 2nd UN flag and roundel is the "flag" and insignia of the insignia fron Operation: Inherent Resolve
Added are:
3. Flag/Roundel of Confederate States of America from May 1, 1863 - March 4, 1865 "The Stainless Banner"
4. Flag/Roundel of Confederate States of America from March 4, 1865 - Surrender "The Blood Stained Banner"
5. Historically accurate flag/roundel of German Army in WWII
6. Flag/Roundel of al-Qaeda
7. Flag/Roundel of The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL/ISIS)
8. Flag/Roundel of the Taliban
9. Flag/Roundel of Sri Lanka
10. Flag/Roundel of the Tamil Tigers
11. Flag/Roundel of Italian Social Republic 1943-1945
12. Flag/Roundel of Mordor (Lord of the Rings)
13. Flag/Roundel of the Free Peoples of Middle Earth (Lord of the Rings)
14. Flag/Roundel of Rhodesia
15. Flag/Roundel of Zimbabwe
16. Flag/Roundel of the Viet Cong
17. Flag/Roundel of the 7th Cavalry, 1876 (Little Bighorn)
18. Flag/Roundel of Lakota, 1876

My attempt was to be as historically accurate as possible. Evil is evil, but what was, was: if it had a flag, I tried to nail it.

[Curtis Lemay]

How do you make a flag roundel?

Ain't rocket science by any means.

If you have paint.net or photoshop, do the following:

1. Google the artwork you'd like to be in the background of the roundel.
2. Use the roundel template attached to this message and open it in your favorite graphics program (photoshop or paint.net).
3. Create a new layer and place it UNDERNEATH the template.
4. Resize your artwork to 42 px in height and paste it underneath the template
5. Erase everything that is outside the circle of the template.
6. The game is partial to national flags in the roundels. But if you come across a flag that doesn't lend itself to the template, like say, Sri Lanka:
A great source is to google "Sri Lanka Air Force roundel", which gives you the insignia they put on their aircraft, which is usually round and based on the flag:
7. Then open the H_flag_roundels file and your new roundel over one of the blanks.
8. Reduce the image size of your roundel by 50% and open the flag_roundels image and do the same thing.
9. Note your roundels do NOT need to be round -- the game will place anything that fits in an area slighly larger than 42 px (say 45 px), no matter the shape (unlike flags, which must be rectangular and in thr exact dimensions of every other flag).

Thanks. That's the first hint I've had about it.

[RedAss]

Thanks. That's the first hint I've had about it.

Would be lying if I said I didn't brag to my lawfully wedded wife that 13K post Curtis LeMay asked a question on the TOAW forums and I answered it. "Kind of like showing Jimmy Page a guitar lick," I explained helpfully.

Her reaction fell something short of the ecstatic high fives I felt I was richly deserving of.

I guess I should just take the win when that she accepts "Working from home, dear!" as an answer to "What are you doing on the computer?" when 50% of the time I'm playing TOAW.

[Curtis Lemay]

Thanks. That's the first hint I've had about it.

Would be lying if I said I didn't brag to my lawfully wedded wife that 13K post Curtis LeMay asked a question on the TOAW forums and I answered it. "Kind of like showing Jimmy Page a guitar lick," I explained helpfully.

Her reaction fell something short of the ecstatic high fives I felt I was richly deserving of.

I guess I should just take the win when that she accepts "Working from home, dear!" as an answer to "What are you doing on the computer?" when 50% of the time I'm playing TOAW.

[Curtis Lemay]

FLAG AND ROUNDEL UPDATE:

Had a few requests via PM, and updated the flags and roundels with those suggestions and others.
You should be able to copy this into your Graphics Override folder without affecting any of your previous scenarios with the following exceptions:
1. Scenarios featuring the fake and unhistorical German Army flag will be replaced by the historical flag of Nazi Germany.
2. For some reason, there were two United Nations flags and roundels. I replaced the second one with an "Inherent Resolve" flag and roundel. This may affect certain scenarios involving the UN, but it should be fixable by simply selecting the first UN flag and roundel.

The Flags and Roundels on the new files are as follows:

1. Copied OVER the fake German army flag and roundel is the historically accurate flag of Germany from WWII.
2. Copied OVER the 2nd UN flag and roundel is the "flag" and insignia of the insignia fron Operation: Inherent Resolve
Added are:
3. Flag/Roundel of Confederate States of America from May 1, 1863 - March 4, 1865 "The Stainless Banner"
4. Flag/Roundel of Confederate States of America from March 4, 1865 - Surrender "The Blood Stained Banner"
5. Historically accurate flag/roundel of German Army in WWII
6. Flag/Roundel of al-Qaeda
7. Flag/Roundel of The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL/ISIS)
8. Flag/Roundel of the Taliban
9. Flag/Roundel of Sri Lanka
10. Flag/Roundel of the Tamil Tigers
11. Flag/Roundel of Italian Social Republic 1943-1945
12. Flag/Roundel of Mordor (Lord of the Rings)
13. Flag/Roundel of the Free Peoples of Middle Earth (Lord of the Rings)
14. Flag/Roundel of Rhodesia
15. Flag/Roundel of Zimbabwe
16. Flag/Roundel of the Viet Cong
17. Flag/Roundel of the 7th Cavalry, 1876 (Little Bighorn)
18. Flag/Roundel of Lakota, 1876

My attempt was to be as historically accurate as possible. Evil is evil, but what was, was: if it had a flag, I tried to nail it.

Could I interest you in a few more requests? All I can offer in return for now is recognition in the Credits file.

[RedAss]

Could I interest you in a few more requests? All I can offer in return for now is recognition in the Credits file.

By all means, request away! If there are a lot, let me know which ones you are not interested in and I can delete them to make room (Mordor or Inherent Resolve, for instance, might be niche flags).

[Curtis Lemay]

Could I interest you in a few more requests? All I can offer in return for now is recognition in the Credits file.

By all means, request away! If there are a lot, let me know which ones you are not interested in and I can delete them to make room (Mordor or Inherent Resolve, for instance, might be niche flags).

Well, I'm trying to add some pre-19th century flags:

[Curtis Lemay]

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