how to add new flags to files called flag.dat & flags.d

[strelnikov]

Dear all!

sorry for question but ... does somebody know how to add new flags to files called "flag.dat" and "flags.dat"?

I made many new flags (for such countries as eg. Lithuania, Lotwa, Estonia, Ecuador, Chile, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, etc.) however I have a serious problem with adding them to orginal game files called "flag.dat" and "flags.dat" (of course my new .tga flags are in correct dimension, colour, etc.). I tried to make it with software like "UBISoft Texture Extractor" and "Timetraveller's SH3 Unpacker - build 1.40" but without positive results. Always every operation ends with information (more or less) as this: "Import failed: file is not a part of DAT file". This type of announcement appears always when my new TGA files with new flags having a different name than any of the textures included in the orginal game .DAT file.

However I see that some people know how to add it correctly - eg. Spain, Portugal. What kind of tools I need and/or how to do it correctly???