ORIGINAL: bairdlander
It is illegal in Germany as well as offensive to some.Its your choice if you want it in your game though,so at least we have a choice.
I can completely understand why some (hell, probably a lot of) people would be offended by the inclusion of a Swastika in a game. The Nazi regime was a brutal dictatorship that was responsible for the murder of millions and I am glad they lost the war. In fact, I wish there was never a war to begin with. And if anybody wants to defend the Nazis, I don't want to hear it, take your opinions elsewhere where you can be among other like minded crazies (although I hope nobody here is among those crazies).
However, the war is a part of history and part of the reason people like us play these games is because of the historical aspects. One of Vic's other games, Advanced Tactics, is a more general game engine that can be used to simulate many different types of battles, but I never could get into that game because it was a little too abstract. I like history and the chance to replay history is one of the reasons I like WWII games so much.
I personally would rather play a game that recreates history somewhat faithfully and using an ahistorical flag for the Germans detracts from that historical flavor for me. Using a historical flag for the Germans also tends to remind me that the Germans were the bad guys.
For a funny video about the SS being the "baddies", see this video from a British show called
That Mitchell and Webb Look.
ORIGINAL: Borsook
Thank you a lot for this. Current flags are not only ahistorical but also just strange.
one little comment - it would be much easier if the files provided had the same file names as the files to be overwritten.
Glad you like the mods Borsook. There are two reasons I didn't name the mods the same name as the files to be overwritten. The first is that I do that with all my mods so people don't accidently overwrite their original files. The second reason is because I included two sets of flags in this mod and I couldn't name them the same thing without doing two different downloads.
I worked myself to the bone to provide these mods for you guys, the least you lazy bastards can do is change a few file names! [;)]
Anyway it's not the amount of work necessary just it took a little while before I figured what to overwrite with what and in what folder... but the end result was more than worth it!