German Flags

[Osymandias]

since some of those were requested in the german civforum i decided to post them in the english forum, too.

17.06.06: Update!

those are older german flags. on the pic from the left to he right:

1. Prussia [update]
2. Black-Red-Gold with Iron Cross [update]
3. War Flag of the Weimar Republic (used 1919 - 1921) [update]
4. War Flag of the Kaiserreich [update (only button)]
5. Black-White-Red
6. Black-White-Red with Iron Cross
7. German Eagle (Weimar Republic and FRG) [update]
8. Prussian Eagle [update]


to 7.: the yellow background is actually white, but i used till a week ago the hrrdn-eagle (holy roman empire of german nation) and therefor the hrrdn-yellow (R,G,B 255,207,0 = 1, 0.81, 0). As i tested this flag i forgot to set bWhiteFlag = 1 and discovered that the white was yellow but the black eagle and his red claws and beak stayed as they were. As this looked good i decided to not change it. If you want also use a yellow background with this eagle (and so a yellow civ-colour for germany) you have to change the CIV4ColorVals.xml and add the colours:

<ColorVal>
            <Type>COLOR_PLAYER_hrrdn</Type>
            <fRed>1</fRed>
            <fGreen>0.81</fGreen>
            <fBlue>0</fBlue>
            <fAlpha>1.00</fAlpha>
        </ColorVal>

then add the COLOR_PLAYER_hrrdn (or how ever you will name it) in the CIV4PlayerColorInfos.xml or overwrite the existing one. and don't forget to leave the bWhiteFlag = 0.

but on request i could also make the background simply yellow and you can play with germany with it's usual gray


/edit: as maxriga posted, the FLagDECAL_SWR_EK.dds was bugged. i fixed it so it should show as it was ment to.


left: OLD, right: NEW

 

[MaxRiga]

excelent ..which one do u want me to use in my upcoming 1901 scenario? prussian?

 

[Chamaedrys]

1901? I would suggest flag 4 or flag 5

 

[Osymandias]

since in 1901 prussia was part of the Kaiserreich i would say flag 4, 5 or 6. and thanks that you use my flags in your mod you do a great work with your scenarios and mods

 

[MaxRiga]

FLagDECAL_SWR_EK.dds
for some reason this flag doesn't work with me!

P.S. they delited my request for chinese empire flag plz, send it to me or make sam tread as this one - chinese flags! )))

 

[Osymandias]

ok, try this one. for some reason the flag was allways black....but now it have to be fixed. and don't forget to set the bWhiteFLag = 1.

i will try the one with the dragon. i don't know if i have time tomorrow, but i think on wednesday i can do it. do you want it with or without teamcolor? and when, which color? then i can do the button in the same color as the flag will have.

 

[MaxRiga]

now it works k i keep this flag for 1901 ))

i will try the one with the dragon. i don't know if i have time tomorrow, but i think on wednesday i can do it

i really need it NOW, pleas,e try as soon as possible!

 

[Chamaedrys]

Oh, I found your picture of the dragon flag so beautiful that I made flag and button immediately. I hope that I don't bother anyone.

Dragon Flag and Button

 

[Duke van Frost]

Hm,

The Buttons and flags from both of you look very good

Maybe just one thing though:

The flags that are used ingame look somewhat stretched, maybe you should rescale the .dds file. This is a problem I encountered myself when I was doing leaderheads for the Warhammer Fantasy Battle Mod - I had to do the .dds files in 512X512 but in the game they seem to be around 512X650 (resolution 1024X768) so I ended up doing the files in 512X650 and then, when they were finished I scaled them to 512X512, without keeping the proportions.

 

[Osymandias]

generally all the flags and leaderhead-pics has to be stretched by 20-30% in the width and to get a square picture you have to adding the picture in height and then resized to the 128x128, 512x512, what ever-format.

example: a normal-looking pic which i will use as a flag will have the dimensions of 230x230. to get the same look of the pic as flag i have to add 20-30% in width, i use allways 30%, wich makes the picture to 299x230. to get a square picture i add in heigt 96 pixels. as a flag-picture has to be more in the underpart i add...lets say...54 pixels above and the rest 42 pixels under the picture. then i have a 299x299 pic, resize it to 128x128 and test how it looks in the game.

i learnd this technique in the adding a civ-tutorial.
with this technique i try to get the best looking results. if you look at the original flags they are also stretched by 20-30% in the width.

 

[Commander Bello]

Very nice flags!

 

[Rabbit, White]

These flags look great Heck, I'm half tempted to put them in game for several different (non-German) civs just to see them all in action. Awesome job.

 

[MaxRiga]

Oh, I found your picture of the dragon flag so beautiful that I made flag and button immediately. I hope that I don't bother anyone.

Dragon Flag and Button

excelent ...inserting into my mod it now

 

[Osymandias]

@rabbit: thanks a lot!
hehe.....just use them as you want

 

[Osymandias]

since i had a little bit time i have done a little update at the graphics!
-> first post