[Sailor Steve]

Originally Posted by Solyom2

So, I finished my 1st aptrol. These neutral ships seem too much lucky for me.

I encountered 7 ships, most of them haven't got any flag. Is it okay? It seems ahistorical for me, however, Im not an expert.

You don't say what period you're playing in. If it's the beginning of the war then there will indeed be a lot of neutrals. Part of the problem was that German High Command were still unclear on their policy. One day the U-boats would receive orders to sink only British warships. The next day it would be merchants, but not passenger liners. They were still hoping they might convince Britain to stay out of the war. The policy on French shipping was even worse. It took awhile for them to decide on one thing or the other, and the kaleuns received a lot of conflicting orders.

Basically, if it has a flag and a name painted on the side, leave it alone.

Anyway, I met 3 ships, without any flag, or even hull paint, they were darkened. They were headingtoward english ports, so I sank them. They were 2 allied, and 1 neutral ship.
But I don't know how I should figure it out.

Nor does anyone else, myself included. I consider it to be part of the fun. By and large, if I can't identify the ship from the periscope I let it go. There will always be others. Then again, I've been playing subsims since 1987, and I no longer feel the need to beat the game. A great many U-boat skippers never even saw an enemy ship, let alone sank one. If I come home with only one kill, or sometimes even none, I live with it. That's what feels realistic to me.

But that's just me, and I don't expect anybody else to feel that way.

There's any way to put national flags on these MFM ships? Any setting in the files?

Not that I know of, or IABL would have put them on his ships. That said, I know next to nothing about how the game does what it does, so it may just be that no one has ever bothered.

Do you have some tricks to recognize the neutral ships?

Nope. Other than what I said about the flags on the hulls, I can't think of a one. As I said, if I don't know for certain it's an enemy, I let it go.

Anyway, nice mod, and You did a good job with those ship names!

Thank you. I still have several thousand names in my lists, and I do mean to get back to it someday. I've just been so busy the last couple of years that I haven't had time.