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Originally Posted by Castorp24
But as you can see, I couldn't figure out how to make that flag get some stars and stripes (I'd like to release a RN version, too).
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Just above the ship image, click on "Linked 3D Model". A box will show that has the 'Material ID" and "Name". Under "Name" should be "American.tga", under the Material ID should be the ID for the node that is called "American.tga" (near the top of you list on the left.)
If that info is not there, just click on the "Add" button and it should show a list of the available materials. The materials/textures are those nodes with the four colored circles in front of them. When you click 'Add' it shoud show the two that say "<empty>" and the one the says 'American.tga', and there may be others if there are some not showing in your image. Select the one that says 'American.tga" and it should give you the flag.
You also commented you would like a RN version, I don't know why you want one for a Registered Nurse....
. (kidding of course)
Here is a little trick you may or may not know, depends on if you read about S3D. What you need to do is get the material for the Flag from library/flag.dat. There are two materials:
1. British.tga
2. British_M2.tga
If you open the node and look at the child node embedded image you will see one is white, one is red. I know for some countries one is commercial ships, one is military. i do not know if that is correct for the British.
Now for the little 'trick'. You need to copy and paste it into the ship.dat file. If you use 'copy' you only get one line, there are three nodes to the material.
1. Material
2. Embedded Image
3. Label
To get all three use the keyboard, hold Shift+Ctrl and press C. That will copy all three lines. Come back to the ship.dat and Paste. Then open the "Linked 3D Model" and delete the American.tga and 'add' the British.tga. Done, new flag.
Then if you want to, you can go to the Roster and change American to British, and then change it in the ship.upc file (Nationality=) It is not a big deal except the US did not enter the war until Pearl Harbor was attacked, but that is when the game starts unless you use a MOD that changes that to an earlier date when British ships would be hostile to Germany but the US ship would not be.
Hope that helps.
Peabody