Can I turn off city flags?
Can I turn off city flags?
Is there a way to turn off the flags behind each city? The flag blocks half a tile and makes it difficult to see if the tile has been improved. Thanks!
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I think it is at "View ", you change the order "city name".
I use Chinese edition, this is what I can find.
I use Chinese edition, this is what I can find.
Re: Can I turn off city flags?
谢谢 (I hope that translates to "Thank you" ) I tried most of the selections available in View and Options, but the only way I have found to not display the flag behind the city is to turn off the city display. I want to keep the city display on, but turn off the flag. Thanks!
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I find those city flags a bit big as, you said, they hide what's hiding behind them.
Maybe there's a way to tweak the flags and flags-large specs, I tried but failed.
EDITED next day :
I went to BOTH the flags.spec AND flags-large.spec and changed them into "flags/<country>_old-shield-large" and lo! City flags showed the shield.
Not great but at least it's better. Remember that the flags show elsewhere than the view window (F1)
Maybe there's a way to tweak the flags and flags-large specs, I tried but failed.
EDITED next day :
I went to BOTH the flags.spec AND flags-large.spec and changed them into "flags/<country>_old-shield-large" and lo! City flags showed the shield.
Not great but at least it's better. Remember that the flags show elsewhere than the view window (F1)
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Thanks for the followup. I didn't see your edit until today. I would like to try your change, but I do not know how to access or change a ".SPEC" file.
The best solution for me would be to turn city flags off. I can easily identify the nation the city is located in by the color of its boundary, so no need for flags too.
The best solution for me would be to turn city flags off. I can easily identify the nation the city is located in by the color of its boundary, so no need for flags too.
Re: Can I turn off city flags?
Just one of the flags and flags-large is in use. Try listing "flags" instead of "flags-large" in the filelist of .tilespec and you should get the smaller flags.Arbogast wrote:Maybe there's a way to tweak the flags and flags-large specs, I tried but failed.
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good old Cazfi !
That trick works just as well.
Jim-11 : It's very easy, even for me.
Just open the data folder and choose the tileset that concerns you with any text editor.
find "misc/flags-large.spec" and change it to "misc/flags.spec" as Cazfi said and Presto. A little flag shows and you can see anything behind the city.
I don't think that leaving that line empty is a good idea, as the flag shows elsewhere like in the nations tab and elsewhere.
That trick works just as well.
Jim-11 : It's very easy, even for me.
Just open the data folder and choose the tileset that concerns you with any text editor.
find "misc/flags-large.spec" and change it to "misc/flags.spec" as Cazfi said and Presto. A little flag shows and you can see anything behind the city.
I don't think that leaving that line empty is a good idea, as the flag shows elsewhere like in the nations tab and elsewhere.
Re: Can I turn off city flags?
After wasting a lot of time (that I could have been wasting playing the game ), I found a solution that works OK for me. I opened ...\data\flags\usa-large.png into a graphics edit program (Irfanview). Then I resized the image from 44X30 to 4X3 pixels, and saved the new tiny image back into the same file name. Now when I open Freeciv, the USA city flags are almost invisible because they are so small. Other nations still have large city flags, but that is not a problem for me because I play only the short game http://forum.freeciv.org/f/viewtopic.php?f=17&t=192 so I don't need to see the tiles behind enemy cities.
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What a waste of time !
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I should add a note of thanks to Arbogast and cazfi for pointing me in the right direction. I also found that I can easily make the USA city flag smaller by
(1) rename usa-large.png to xusa-large.png (so I can restore it later if desired);
(2) make a copy of usa.png and rename the copy to usa-large.png to get a smaller flag; or
(3) make a copy of usa-shield-large.png and rename the copy to usa-large.png to transform the city flag into a shield that is smaller than the small flag.
This easy process takes just seconds to do, but only after spending days searching for the solution!
(1) rename usa-large.png to xusa-large.png (so I can restore it later if desired);
(2) make a copy of usa.png and rename the copy to usa-large.png to get a smaller flag; or
(3) make a copy of usa-shield-large.png and rename the copy to usa-large.png to transform the city flag into a shield that is smaller than the small flag.
This easy process takes just seconds to do, but only after spending days searching for the solution!