Flag size

Mylander · 03-10-07, 08:37 PM

What do you think of the flags on the ships in SH IV? Refer to this thread for reference photos and discussion: http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=107273

StandingCow · 03-10-07, 08:40 PM

I think flags were more important in SH3, because there were so many different enemies, and earlier in the way you had to make sure they were not neutral to you.

So, I guess, a bit smaller would be fine... doesn't bother me. What is kinda silly is them waving underwater. :p

Paajtor · 03-10-07, 08:45 PM

I think the SH4-flags wave in a weird way...I like the SH3-ones more.
And yeah...the underwater waving is silly, lol.

Iron Budokan · 03-10-07, 09:26 PM

I think they're way too big and I don't like the way they wave.

Safe-Keeper · 03-10-07, 09:34 PM

Have them be of realistic size, and move or remove them where they don't fit in (fishing boats didn't fly huge flags from their mast-tops, for example).

Prof · 03-11-07, 04:08 AM

I think the biggest problem with the flags is not the size but how bright and colourful they are. The merchants in the MS video look very nice and weathered, but they're flying a bright white flag from the mast! The first mod I attempt is going to be toning down the flag colours.
The waving motion is pretty terrible but I only see that as an issue for movie-making...looking through the periscope I don't expect to be able to see the fluttering of the flags.

View Poll Results: Waht do think of the size of the flags on surface ships in SH IV?
Way too small	0	0%
Too small, but OK	1	1.79%
Just right	14	25.00%
Too big, but OK	22	39.29%
Way too big	19	33.93%
Voters: 56. You may not vote on this poll

03-10-07, 08:37 PM	#1
Mylander Torpedoman Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: New Bern, NC, USA Posts: 120 Downloads: 21 Uploads: 0	Flag size What do you think of the flags on the ships in SH IV? Refer to this thread for reference photos and discussion: http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=107273 __________________ Periscope depth... Up Scope... Last edited by Mylander; 03-11-07 at 07:23 AM.

03-10-07, 08:40 PM	#2
StandingCow Weps Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 355 Downloads: 17 Uploads: 0	I think flags were more important in SH3, because there were so many different enemies, and earlier in the way you had to make sure they were not neutral to you. So, I guess, a bit smaller would be fine... doesn't bother me. What is kinda silly is them waving underwater. :p __________________

03-10-07, 08:45 PM	#3
Paajtor The Old Man Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: The Dutch mountains Posts: 1,551 Downloads: 64 Uploads: 1	I think the SH4-flags wave in a weird way...I like the SH3-ones more. And yeah...the underwater waving is silly, lol. __________________

03-10-07, 09:26 PM	#4
Iron Budokan Sea Lord Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Texas Posts: 1,778 Downloads: 32 Uploads: 0	I think they're way too big and I don't like the way they wave. __________________ "You will take on England wherever you find her ships, and you will break her power at sea." --Iron Coffins, Herbert A. Werner http://kennethmarkhoover.com

03-10-07, 09:34 PM	#5
Safe-Keeper Ocean Warrior Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Norway Posts: 3,234 Downloads: 11 Uploads: 0	Have them be of realistic size, and move or remove them where they don't fit in (fishing boats didn't fly huge flags from their mast-tops, for example). __________________ First Strike Mod tester. Hardcore sub skipper.

03-11-07, 04:08 AM	#6
Prof Medic Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Cambridge, UK Posts: 167 Downloads: 2 Uploads: 0	I think the biggest problem with the flags is not the size but how bright and colourful they are. The merchants in the MS video look very nice and weathered, but they're flying a bright white flag from the mast! The first mod I attempt is going to be toning down the flag colours. The waving motion is pretty terrible but I only see that as an issue for movie-making...looking through the periscope I don't expect to be able to see the fluttering of the flags.