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Is there a mod that removes flags from map?

Posted: Sat May 24, 2014 11:49 am
by GlobalExplorer
As the title says.
I am trying to get into CW2 but there are still things about the interface I can't put up with.

Terrain saturation and and window backgrounds have been handled by mods, cool.

But one thing I cannot handle is the animated flags. I just cannot stand looking at a strategic map with 30 flapping flags.

Is there a mod that removes them completely or at least makes them really small, and stops the animation?

Posted: Sun Aug 24, 2014 1:30 am
by Bleedinbob
I second this idea and would be in favor of more interface options in general.

Posted: Wed Aug 27, 2014 2:32 am
by Lindi
I guess remove the picture of flag that can work, but not sure, do a backup, and maybe crahs the game or maybe not ^^.

Posted: Wed Aug 27, 2014 9:07 am
by PhilThib
An easy trick is to replace the graphic file (back it up before) by one of the strictly same name, but which is just empty...so the engine will 'find' the file, and display........nothing :)

Posted: Sat Sep 06, 2014 10:02 pm
by EOOQE
An more elegant solution for the "flickering flags" is to change the the XXX.ini Files in :

Graphics/Factions/Cityscape Flags

From :

Code: Select all

Sprite = 1
Frame  = 6
Pace  = 30
PivotX=0
PivotY=32


To:

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Sprite = 1
Frame  = 6
Pace  = 0
PivotX=0
PivotY=32


The Flags than just change their "frame" very slow , hardly noticeable.

Posted: Mon Sep 08, 2014 3:01 pm
by Pocus
That's the best solution indeed.

Posted: Fri Nov 21, 2014 4:29 pm
by Taillebois
Hey that worked - brilliant - I bleated about this flag irritation a year or so ago.

Note to non-modders (like me) - there are several flag files - I changed two - CSA and USA so I guess the others will wave if I come across them, but the calmer flags (they still twitch a bit) are for me an improvement.

Posted: Fri Dec 26, 2014 10:53 am
by Cardinal Ape
I edited myself some USA and CSA flags that are completely static - no twitching. If you would like to use them as well then place the contents of the .zip into your Civil War II\CW2\Graphics\Factions\Cityscape Flags folder. Don't forget to backup the old ones and all that jazz.

[ATTACH]32703[/ATTACH]

Anyone can do this to any of the flags by using an advanced paint program like gimp (its free). Open the .png of the flag you want to change, zoom in, drag select over all but the leftmost flag and hit delete. Then go into the matching .ini file and change the frame value to 1 and the pace to 0.