Flag identification at night: *impossible!*

[schlechter pfennig]

I understand that night at sea is, well . . . dark. But the sky was clear, with unlimited visibility, and I was within 100 meters and I still couldn't see the flag as anything other than a waving black banner. I could see colours everywhere else on the ship: funnel, cargo, etc., but not the doggone flag.

I'm basically running GWX 3.0, except for a few other mods, but even when running unmodded it was still the same. Is it supposed to be this blasted hard?

[toodrunk]

Totally an allied ship man, it's a little "quarter-British" flag. FIRE!

[h.sie]

There is a flags enlighten mod for GWX somewhere. Use search function

[sergei]

Rubini's Flag Enighten Mod
http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/show...ighlight=flags

[conus00]

Does anybody know what was changed in Flags.dat?
I am using SH4 flags for SH3 and it would be nice to replicate that effect...

[Reece]

Originally Posted by conus00

Does anybody know what was changed in Flags.dat?
I am using SH4 flags for SH3 and it would be nice to replicate that effect...

If it was me I would open both the GWX and Rubini versions with S3d and compare entries or use a file compare program with a hex editor, just a thought!

[SquareSteelBar]

Originally Posted by conus00

Does anybody know what was changed in Flags.dat?...

Yes, I do.
When you click the link above posted by sergei you'll find this:

Originally Posted by Rubini

Mod Contents and comments:
This mod uses only two files (Flag.dat and FlagS.Dat) and have only one byte per flag adjusted (emission propertie*). The stock value was 0 (max 255). I adjusted the more lighten flags to 30 and the more dark ones to 50. This way, at clear nights, GWX3.0 stock environment, using a 4.5 magnification is now possible to identify any flag at 500m, using 10x the idenfication is well done at 900m. Take in mind that these results depends on your monitor adjusts, how dark is your environment in use and obviously the weather state.

*'Emissive' in S3D