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Icekill -> German flag mod (12/8/2010 6:45:23 PM)

Here is a little graphical mod to replace the German iron cross fag with the swastika one in the game interface for added realism.

Disclaimer and note for moderators: I just designed this for myself to add historical realism when playing, and as i saw others asking about this in the past, i have decided to make it public. But this is the first time i create and release a mod for a matrix game, and i also know that the symbol used is banned in Germany, so if there is any problem with it being published here even hosted by me, please let me know asap and feel free to delete this thread.

Click here to download the mod and unzip both files (overwriting current ones) into the folder named:
C:\Matrix Games\Gary Grigsby's War in the East\Dat\Art\Gui

In the zip i'm also including both original files in case you want to go back to those, i have renamed them to:
infopanel-WH.old.bmp
German chip.old.tga

In game screenshot with the new graphics:
[img]http://www.managersims.com/wite/screen1.jpg[/img]

UPDATE:

I have re-done now all the vehicles/weapons/aircrafts pictures and all the leader ones with the swastica flag.

You can download them here: Click here to download the pics

Unzip them in the folder: C:\Matrix Games\Gary Grigsby's War in the East\Dat\Art\photo\ and overwrite the current ones if asked. In the same zip i'm also including a folder named "german_default" with all the default pictures just in case you want to get back to them.

Here are some samples, i have added some dust to the flag to look like the old pictures, what i couldn't do is to add transparency as else the original tricolor flag would appear under the new one.

[img]http://www.managersims.com/wite/GP0030.bmp[/img]

[img]http://www.managersims.com/wite/Ld0088.bmp[/img]


Feel free to ask or suggest any other graphical mod and i'll give it a try. While i'm new to Matrix games graphical modding, i have plenty of experience designing mods and even full interfaces for other games (specially sports sims).



Helpless -> RE: German flag mod (12/8/2010 6:51:35 PM)

It should be ok to stay..

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ORIGINAL: BaronVonDuncs
Also I would hope that such mods will be posted in the forums soon enough without a problem. I know some other companies (paradox) have a really strict no swastikas and no talking about swastikas policy but that doesn't seem to be the case here (as an email warning me about my conduct comes whizzing in!).




No problem with us, feel free to post your mods in the Mods and Scenarios sub-forum. We're limited in what we can do because of German laws, but there's no restriction on mods.

Regards,

- Erik



ComradeP -> RE: German flag mod (12/8/2010 8:35:50 PM)

The first mod one day after release, nice. Thanks for the effort Icekill.



Cavalry Corp -> RE: German flag mod (12/8/2010 9:23:24 PM)

If the axis win the hammer and sickle will be illegal :)



BaronVonDuncs -> RE: German flag mod (12/8/2010 9:54:29 PM)

nice job I like yours better than mine I have to say. Now if you would just do the 400 odd pictures as well that would be golden!



Rosseau -> RE: German flag mod (12/8/2010 10:48:41 PM)

I'm sure there will be a lot of activity here. Thanks for the flag, guys.



Krupinski -> RE: German flag mod (12/8/2010 11:08:33 PM)

Thank you very much, mr. Icekill !



Mus -> RE: German flag mod (12/8/2010 11:12:41 PM)

Anyone else find it ironic that a law banning the display of the swastika, etc., is so damn nazi-like? The fact that this anti free speech law results in the entire rest of the world having to play games without swastikas even worse?

Wish the Germans would change this stupid law as I find it very cheesy indeed to see all these WW2 games without swastikas in them. Particularly since it has been nearly 70 years...



Hertston -> RE: German flag mod (12/8/2010 11:13:34 PM)

Ta muchly. [:)]



fsp -> RE: German flag mod (12/9/2010 12:48:02 AM)

Ta! I just hate having these artificial flags... kills some of the immersion for me. 



Erik Rutins -> RE: German flag mod (12/9/2010 2:01:11 AM)

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ORIGINAL: Mus

Anyone else find it ironic that a law banning the display of the swastika, etc., is so damn nazi-like? The fact that this anti free speech law results in the entire rest of the world having to play games without swastikas even worse?

Wish the Germans would change this stupid law as I find it very cheesy indeed to see all these WW2 games without swastikas in them. Particularly since it has been nearly 70 years...


This is not the place to debate this political issue, please. There are many reasons why people would rather not see it, but ultimately is is a historical flag and we have no problem with posting mods that include it for historical accuracy.

Regards,

- Erik



Templer_12 -> RE: German flag mod (12/9/2010 2:46:07 AM)

Nice job Icekill [:)]

But I think the lenght of the flag infopanel is a bit to short.

Change for an update?



Ginella1946 -> RE: German flag mod (12/9/2010 8:54:22 AM)

please take it easy guys.
too many people have to much reasons to be schoked and offended by viewing this damned flag, my father had fighted 2 years against nazis armies but here we are playing a wargame and there is no matter with flags or type of units we play with ,isn't it?
with an other wargame i'm playing japan side , i kwow they were criminals of war but it's not the way i take pleasure to play the amazing wargame war in the pacific !!



Icekill -> RE: German flag mod (12/9/2010 7:09:57 PM)

Initial post updated with all the vehicles/weapons/aircrafts and leaders images using also the nazi flag.



fsp -> RE: German flag mod (12/9/2010 8:16:53 PM)

Link to the unit pics seems to be broken. 



Icekill -> RE: German flag mod (12/9/2010 9:30:20 PM)


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ORIGINAL: fsp

Link to the unit pics seems to be broken. 



Oops, fixed.



fsp -> RE: German flag mod (12/9/2010 10:59:17 PM)

Thanks for your efforts. 



Tzar007 -> RE: German flag mod (12/10/2010 3:35:38 AM)

Thank you very much Icekill for these mods![sm=happy0065.gif]

It adds to the immersion and historical feeling of the game.



grab -> RE: German flag mod (12/10/2010 9:24:37 PM)

Thanks for the mod.



Cavalry Corp -> RE: German flag mod (12/10/2010 9:39:56 PM)

Thank you , nice mod



CarnageINC -> RE: German flag mod (12/11/2010 12:59:53 AM)

Bravo sir, I was just thinking about tinkering with this idea [;)]



WilliePete -> RE: German flag mod (12/12/2010 6:00:00 PM)

Hi Icekill - thanks for the mod! By the way, I wonder how easy would it be to darken the light woods on the map. I noticed that heavy woods are only found at the extrene north of the map, which is fine but I like how the darker(heavy woods) contrasts with the rest of the map.

Without changing hex values, I simply thought the map would look a little more pleasing to the eye to have certain areas of light woods made a little darker. Strictly a cosmetic change. How difficult would it be to do this? Is it even possible?

Thanks!
WP



yoshino -> RE: German flag mod (12/13/2010 3:12:57 AM)


quote:

ORIGINAL: dirtyharry

with an other wargame i'm playing japan side , i kwow they were criminals of war but it's not the way i take pleasure to play the amazing wargame war in the pacific !!


You are wrong.
Soldiers were not criminals.
They just served the nation.



Ginella1946 -> RE: German flag mod (12/13/2010 10:33:30 AM)

sorry,Yoshino, i've great respect for japanese people but history speaks!
it's a fact universally known, during world war 2 ,japanese army did genocide in China against civilians and many crimes known as crimes of war like rapes,torture, medical tests ,executions of prisoners of war and so and!
my father did the world war 2 against nazis and myself ,i'm a retired soldier,fighting in differents operations in Africa
i know things are not white or black but sometime fade to grey, everyone knows what i mean !
so it's not the place to argue but things must be said.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_war_crimes



yoshino -> RE: German flag mod (12/14/2010 5:40:23 AM)

I knew sad facts.really sad.
However, even though,your comment sounds like all Japanese soldiers are criminals.I think it's too offensive.
Some soldiers(and officers and generals) commit ugly criminals for sure.but orher soliders didn't.
My grandfather served the nation.so I have to save his honor.



stewartbragg -> RE: German flag mod (12/14/2010 2:32:47 PM)


quote:

ORIGINAL: yoshino

I knew sad facts.really sad.
However, even though,your comment sounds like all Japanese soldiers are criminals.I think it's too offensive.
Some soldiers(and officers and generals) commit ugly criminals for sure.but orher soliders didn't.
My grandfather served the nation.so I have to save his honor.



My German Grandfather fought in Russia during the war. One of the lucky one's to survive capture. Did he do what he was ordered to do...sure. That in and of itself did not make him a bad man. Luckily he was in the artillery and stayed, kind of, behind the front.



Ginella1946 -> RE: German flag mod (12/14/2010 8:04:03 PM)

dear yoshino
as i said ,i have great respect to the memory of you grand father who was a brave soldier, i'm sure, this is the way we must remember them.
On the french flag i've served during 26 years and my father before me ,The order's motto is Honneur et Patrie ("Honour and Fatherland")
each soldier must keep in mind this words ,even on the battlefield! not easy sometime !



Rasputitsa -> RE: German flag mod (12/16/2010 1:58:22 PM)

Just installed Flag Mod, thanks. [:)]



Rhetor -> RE: German flag mod (12/23/2010 9:24:43 PM)

Thank you for the mod. With Soviet hammer and sickle freely used in the game I don't see why should there be no Nazi flag.

PS. Hope to buy the game soon. I have been waiting for a long time, but, sadly, I have got no time to play :(



verte -> RE: German flag mod (12/24/2010 9:20:10 PM)

quote:

with an other wargame i'm playing japan side , i kwow they were criminals of war


Oh, americans, so innocent, so fast to call anyone a "criminal" or a "terrorist"...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_war_crimes

My deepest respect to the Japan war heroes, whose souls live in the Jasukuni shrine. And my deepest contempt to the war criminals from every side of the conflict.



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