Remove Flags on the back!

[zyko]

Hi

Please could somebody do a mod to remove those annoying flags (shiminao or whatever the name is, can't find it again). I don't want to discuss about historic accuracy or realism or whatever. It's just that the flags are so annoying and making it hard to see the soldiers. I like to watch my battles in a very close zoom, with all those flags it is like someone would stand in front of you waving a flag and bashing your face with it all the time. ing annoying.
So please could anybody do such a mod? That would be awesome!

Zyko

[Temuzu]

I doubt anyone is going to start making something as silly as this.

[zyko]

Anybody got a suggestion how to do such a thing? If I only knew how I'd do it by myself. If removing the Horo is possible, I think this could also work with those silly flags. Any ideas?

[SonOfCrusader76]

In The Last Samurai, most of the units had a flag on their back - I believe it happened historically as well.

[Ii Naomasa]

HAHA!!

The Last Samurai, the place to get all information on Fuedal Japan.

And whats wrong with the flags? They are;
1) Historically Accurate
2) Look fecking awesome
3) I zoom in on battles too and they dont get in the way.

[Birk]

Play CoD they don't run around with flags there

[a tw player]

In real life the soldiers would all have different coloured armour, as a result it would become very difficult to distinguish who was who on the battlefield. To overcome this, certain clans had particular coloured sashimo(?) on their backs to act as uniform. Personally I don't see anyone who will get rid of such an important piece of Japanese sengoku uniform, so you'll have to try and find out how to do it yourself I guess

[SonOfCrusader76]

HAHA!!

The Last Samurai, the place to get all information on Fuedal Japan.

And whats wrong with the flags? They are;
1) Historically Accurate
2) Look fecking awesome
3) I zoom in on battles too and they dont get in the way.

Since you just said they're historically accurate, it would appear that The Last Samurai got that fact right as well. No one said that it's the place to get all information.

[SonOfCrusader76]

Play CoD they don't run around with flags there

Most of the time.

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[Chevalier IX]

Hell why dont we just remove Samurai altogether from the game,for clearly if they dont live up to anime expectations they are not L33t enough...it blows my mind how much people don't like the reality of Samurai,just the fantasy

[wolfbane751]

the sashimonos are amazing and i can actualy tell the difference from my troops from enemy troops being so far zoomed out makes it hard to see your troops but i llike zooming close as well and they never get in the way

[zyko]

you are all so funny!
"historical accuracy" and "total war". aaaaallright...

any real suggestions would be welcome.

[Chevalier IX]

you are all so funny!
"historical accuracy" and "total war". aaaaallright...

any real suggestions would be welcome.

CA has been doing an excellent job starting with Napoleon of putting serious academic research and consideration into their unit and historical designs...are they perfect??/no...but then again no source is 100% accurate including books and studies of the subjects..so as far as a game goes..they do a Hell of a job...and as well at least they know what the "little flag" is called unlike a few posters I could name...

[CoconutFred]

Here it is. Extract the .pack and put in your data directory.

I haven't tested it yet so I don't know if it works though.

Personally, i have no idea why you want to remove the flags. They look nice imo and add to the immersion.

[Ultraman]

Seriously folks, the OP is NOT asking for CA to remake the game without them... he's here in the MOD section asking if a mod can be made to remove them. He specifically stated he's not concerned about historical accuracy because he would simply enjoy watching his units fight without them and people are jumping on him as if he asked the impossible. MODs are made to fit people's preferences for accuracy OR fantasy, so while I can't answer his question because I'm not a modder, maybe someone with know how can.

*** edit ***

Thanks CoconutFred, you beat me to it.

[KozCDVI]

HAHA!!

The Last Samurai, the place to get all information on Fuedal Japan.

And whats wrong with the flags? They are;
1) Historically Accurate
2) Look fecking awesome
3) I zoom in on battles too and they dont get in the way.

And
4) Its pretty much the only way of telling which Samurai are with which army.

[zyko]

@Ultraman: 90% of the internet traffic is just useless "noise". Nothing I would care about. We should avoid feeding the trolls

@CoconutFred: I just tried it in my new Date campaign. I started a battle from the campainmap against uesugi, but I didn't recognize any change. So it doesn't seem to work so far. I appreciate the work you have done by now and if you would share your work I maybe able to complete it and make it functional.

[SonOfOdin]

Why are people trying to make the game less and less historical? Sure the Horo isn't really as perfect as it was in real life, sure there are too many flags(I reckon there would have been like 1 flag for every 2 soldiers or so. At least that's what my idea was from Ran) but at least CA are trying.
Gosh some people are just never happy

[Ultraman]

Why are people trying to make the game less and less historical? Sure the Horo isn't really as perfect as it was in real life, sure there are too many flags(I reckon there would have been like 1 flag for every 2 soldiers or so. At least that's what my idea was from Ran) but at least CA are trying.
Gosh some people are just never happy

Case in point- some guy posts saying he wants to make a tiny change to a game so he can play it how he wants and other people pipe in just to express their upset about his desire.

Gosh some people are just never happy

[Keczapifrytki]

I agree with Zyko. The flags are annoying and I also don't care for historical accuracy or any other reason you want to keep the flags. If someone could come up with a way to remove them, I would greatly appreciate this. Thank you!