I like the idea of having a red light over the keyboard - I play the game within the confines of my real life boat (usually with earphones plugged in) so this would only add to the immersion effect!
Identification is not that difficult if you get up close and this is what the most courageous commanders would have done. Darkened ships are less of a problem than those with illuminated flags - the effect of the in-game illumination graphics usually obscures the flag - in real life, many neutral ships had large painted flags and even their country of origin painted on the hull sides. In the game, some illuminated ships are legitimate targets but, if I am not sure I let them go. In real life unarmed neutral ships would have been stopped and boarded - and if found to be carrying supplies for the enemy, they would have been evacuated to the lifeboats and sunk with carefully placed explosive charges - something that is not possible in the game.
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