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Improved Colonial Flags [ON HOLD]
   
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Improved Colonial Flags [ON HOLD]

Description
Improved Colonial Flags (henceforth icflagsmod) is a mod that aims to improve the flags (and in some cases names) of major nations to work better with the autonomy system introduced by Together For Victory. While the mod will work without the DLC, it won't be entirely historically accurate, (For instance, Australia and South Africa weren't republics in 1936, but will be without TFV).

Changes
While I made many of the icflagsmod flags myself using GIMP, Some you may recognise as real flags, historical flags or recently proposed but rejected flags. RIP New Zealand. :,-(
The independent communist flags for the UK, the Raj, New Zealand and Canada were kindly provided by the fabulous StanOnWheels, and if you only want his flags they can be found here.

You may notice that I've just updated the mod. I've changed the supported version to 1.5.4, because I know how annoying that "outdated mods enabled" warning can be. Sorry it took me so long.

So far I've included new flags for:
  • Australia (as a republic, ie. independent)
  • British Malaya (as a subject state of fascist or democratic Australia)
  • British Raj/India (will now have independent flag when non-aligned if independent)
  • Dutch East Indies (as a subject state of fascist or democratic Australia)
  • Japan (as a subject state of the UK or communist Australia, since both these countries can get a puppet focus on Japan)
  • New Zealand (as a republic and as a subject of communist Australia)
  • South Africa (as a republic, and as non-aligned)
  • Angola, Botswana, Congo, Egypt, Ethiopia, Kenya, Libya, Liberia, Mozambique and Zimbabwe (as subjects of communist South Africa)
  • Belgium, Denmark, Germany, The Netherlands, Italy, Norway, Russia and Sweden (as subjects of democratic United Kingdom)
  • Belgium, Belarus, Czechoslovakia, Estonia, Greece, Kenya, Latvia, Libya, Lithuania, The Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Turkey, Yugoslavia and Zimbabwe (as subjects of the fascist German Reich)

And new-and-improved country names for:
  • Australia (Commonwealth of Australia)
  • South Africa (Union of South Africa, after I'd done some reading up on their history)
  • Germany (Just for historical accuracy, renamed "German Republic" and "West Germany" to "Federal Republic of Germany," while "Socialist Republic of Germany" and "East Germany" are now "German Democratic Republic." The reason for this is that that is what the country called itself under those governments. Also rebalanced their ideology to fit more with that of the March 1933 election, though I combined the democratic parties uder Zentrum.)
  • Any new subject/independent nation

Note that the Communist Commonwealth Flags included in this mod work with British Raj, (independent) Canada, New Zealand and the United Kingdom itself.

Note
While this mod does aim to be comprehensive and extensive, so far it only really covers the Pacific and Africa, as well as subjects of the UK as comprehensively as I'd like, and is therefore a WIP. I'm planning on expanding on likely American, French, Italian, Japanese, Canadian and Indian subjects (essentially this means countries affected by "puppet" war aims)

Compatibility
This mod, due to messing with some focus trees and cosmetic tags meddles with the checksum like a little cheeky bugger. Essentially this means you won't be getting any achievements while using it, and if you plan on playing multiplayer games, the other players will need it too. Additionally, some of the fancy new names won't work properly with a mod that changes localisation files (basically language mods that mess around with English).
136 Comments
Red_Demon Nov 29, 2024 @ 12:29pm 
https://www.flagsaustralia.com.au/designsnewflag.html if you want more ideas for australia you can go here also I think the one with this description: Tone Moore 2010 - The design was developed after numerous concepts were conceived and tested on social media during 2010. The design was promoted online on Australia Day 2011 and copies of the flag were also made available to supporters. Might be a better option as a democratic nation while the other one could be better as a non aligned flag.
Red_Demon Nov 29, 2024 @ 12:20pm 
Can the author of this mod please make a fix so it can be used with the dlcs past 2018 as the advisors and extended focus tree mods dont work with this on. Also I got a better Australian flag idea that I found on the wiki https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Under_the_Southern_Cross_Flag_%282017_Australian_Flag_Proposal%29.svg
Gameboi08XD Apr 14, 2024 @ 5:02am 
Does it work in Millenium Dawn?
realhamburglar Feb 12, 2023 @ 1:07pm 
Update
Westerncow Dec 20, 2022 @ 5:19am 
please update
Walk blesseD™  [author] Mar 21, 2022 @ 3:39pm 
It's been years since I've worked in this so I can't remember the specifics but it uses cosmetic tags. By all means, go though the mod folder and try to figure out what I've done.
Dutch Viking Mar 19, 2022 @ 3:44am 
Hello, I don't know whether or not you still read these, I do have a question to ask, Now I want to change Australia, South Africa and New Zealand's flags with my own custom flags. However for example I have no idea how to set a flag to a puppeted nation. For example upon South Africa getting independent by UK (democratic South Africa) I would like them to have their modern day flag, but being puppeted by the UK I want them to have their colonial flag.
Walk blesseD™  [author] Dec 20, 2021 @ 6:49pm 
Nah, sorry. I haven't really been playing much HoI over the last year or so, and the mod's been on hold for a while now.
Your Local Democracy Officer Dec 19, 2021 @ 4:11am 
any plans to update this? Love the flags
Luftwaffe_1946 Sep 14, 2019 @ 8:29pm 
UPDATE THIS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!