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Originally Posted by tater
BTW, when it comes to "accuracy" I think it's important to realize that aside from PORT, you should not see flags at all. Did u-boats surface, and put out a nazi flag? No. Did ships run with flags on the jackstaff? Not at sea, except maybe special cases for photos. In SH4 I was thinking of an accurate flag mod---it would remove all the %@!$%! flags.
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Of course that is true for submarines, which is why I use Anvart's Up/Down mods for SH3. I only fly the flag in port (except for when I'm playing the month before the war, then it's up all the time).
But surface warships have nothing to hide, and characteristically fly the flag from the stern flagstaff during the daytime while in port, and from the mast when at sea all around the clock, and especially when in combat. They want to know who is who.
I don't know if merchants did the same during the war, but I do know that attacking submarines were usually aware of the nationality of the ships they were attacking, so it wouldn't surprise me.
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So I have to sort of wonder about "accurate" flags that fly on u-boats on patrol, since if those who use them really wanted accuracy, they'd really have no flag at all.
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Very true, which is why I'm bugged that there is no Up/Down mod for SH4 or SH5.