Question on naval flags on allied ships

Redbear · 09-13-10, 08:48 AM

Hi all. Somewhere along the way I got modified flag.dat and flagS.dat files. (Can't remember where, right now) The files have naval as well as civilian flags for many nations that have only a single civilian flag in stock SH3. Problem is, when a warship appears from one of the 'new' nations, it still always shows the civilian flag. (e.g. A norwegian warship has the full rectangular flag vs. the 'triangular' naval flag.) The same ship shows the proper naval flag for, say Germany, so it seems the ship file identifies it as a warship in the game. Can someone tell me what I'm missing?

Redbear · 09-13-10, 11:11 AM

After posting my question and doing more searching, I answered my own question. Well, actually, DivingDuck answered my question without really knowing it. In the installation instructions for his flag mod v1.1, he mentions that the new flag.dat and flagS.dat files can be renamed or not, and that the game 'finds' the files regardless of the file name. That was my clue. When I installed the new flag.dat and flagS.dat files into my library folder, I re-named the original files old_flag.dat and old_flagS.dat, in case I wanted to go back. I wondered if the game was ignoring the new files and 'finding' the old ones. Sure enough, when I deleted the old files from the library folder, and tried the game again, two Norwegian warships had the proper 'triangular' naval flag! It's an old lesson I need to keep relearning - SH3 has a tendancy to locate old data even if renamed. Hope that helps someone out there haveing a similar issue, and thanks DivingDuck!

09-13-10, 08:48 AM	#1
Redbear Engineer Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Pennsylvania, USA Posts: 208 Downloads: 33 Uploads: 0	Question on naval flags on allied ships Hi all. Somewhere along the way I got modified flag.dat and flagS.dat files. (Can't remember where, right now) The files have naval as well as civilian flags for many nations that have only a single civilian flag in stock SH3. Problem is, when a warship appears from one of the 'new' nations, it still always shows the civilian flag. (e.g. A norwegian warship has the full rectangular flag vs. the 'triangular' naval flag.) The same ship shows the proper naval flag for, say Germany, so it seems the ship file identifies it as a warship in the game. Can someone tell me what I'm missing?

09-13-10, 11:11 AM	#2
Redbear Engineer Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Pennsylvania, USA Posts: 208 Downloads: 33 Uploads: 0	After posting my question and doing more searching, I answered my own question. Well, actually, DivingDuck answered my question without really knowing it. In the installation instructions for his flag mod v1.1, he mentions that the new flag.dat and flagS.dat files can be renamed or not, and that the game 'finds' the files regardless of the file name. That was my clue. When I installed the new flag.dat and flagS.dat files into my library folder, I re-named the original files old_flag.dat and old_flagS.dat, in case I wanted to go back. I wondered if the game was ignoring the new files and 'finding' the old ones. Sure enough, when I deleted the old files from the library folder, and tried the game again, two Norwegian warships had the proper 'triangular' naval flag! It's an old lesson I need to keep relearning - SH3 has a tendancy to locate old data even if renamed. Hope that helps someone out there haveing a similar issue, and thanks DivingDuck!