[Mod Announcement] Reichkommissariat Flag Mini-mod

[HMAS-Nameless]

REICHKOMMISSARIAT FLAG MINI-MOD​

Hey I am here to announce a mini-flag mod for Darkest Hour that I will be working on that will mainly fix up the some-what rushed looking Reichskommissariat flags that were shown in the Developer Diary on December 22nd. I will also be fixing up any other Fascist countries with more pretty and suitable flags that I have created myself for the alternate history factor. Reichskommissariats will follow a common scheme. That of appearing on the background of the German Nazi War Flag (google it, against rules to link). Now it seems that each (european) country has a new country tag depending on who rules it I may branch off to include other custom Fascist flags for a-historical Fascist Dictatorships set up in countries i.e. Greece, Netherlands etc.​

Here's a little taste of what's to come these are still works in progress and am open to suggestions at any time.

REICHSKOMMISSARIAT NORWEGEN​

REICHSKOMMISSARIAT UKRAINE

More flag previews soon!

 

[CaptRobau]

Very nice. A lot better than the standard ones.

 

[Kung Zog]

Looking great. And more importantly, looking a lot better. Great job!

 

[Fernando Torres]

Looking great!!

 

[Fulmen]

Nice.

But I'm not sure what's the logic behind having each Reichskommissariat a puppet instead of just a part of land owned by Germany? Whatever that logic may be, it conflicts with how the USSR and many other countries in DH administrate their territory.

 

[Kung Zog]

Nice.

But I'm not sure what's the logic behind having each Reichskommissariat a puppet instead of just a part of land owned by Germany? Whatever that logic may be, it conflicts with how the USSR and many other countries in DH administrate their territory.

India is a separate country in DH. Also, maybe it's not historically correct but it is historically plausible and would be an interesting choice for a human player. E.g. the AI has 85%-100% chance of annexing while the player can choose. It's great that the support exist.

 

[HMAS-Nameless]

Hey Fernando I was wondering so that this mod may come out on release (if possible), does the flag, shield and counter files stay the same as they are in AOD, HOI2? etc. or are they different sizes/resolution?

Also I am looking for a keen designer to actually make the flags in-game that I design. From what I hear it is not a long process and I feel after a design all these flags I will be left with no-time to actually make the flags, shields and counters etc. If any one is interested in doing this little section of the mod I would be greatly pleased and will send u a rar of all my flag designs for you to incorporate into the game. I am yet to finish the design phase.

 

[Fernando Torres]

The size and format have not been modified.

 

[Fulmen]

India is a separate country in DH. Also, maybe it's not historically correct but it is historically plausible and would be an interesting choice for a human player. E.g. the AI has 85%-100% chance of annexing while the player can choose. It's great that the support exist.

I know. Note that I mentioned the USSR. If the Reichskommissariats and India are independent, why aren't the SSRs?

Or the Generalgouvernement?

EDIT: Hell with this logic we might as well divide USA into 48-50 states... Doesn't make too much sense.

 

[HMAS-Nameless]

I know. Note that I mentioned the USSR. If the Reichskommissariats and India are independent, why aren't the SSRs?

Or the Generalgouvernement?

EDIT: Hell with this logic we might as well divide USA into 48-50 states... Doesn't make too much sense.

This isn't really the place to argue Darkest Hour's direction choices. This thread is about the mod. I'd head over to the original dev diary to voice your opinon

 

[Meadow]

Excellent flags so far! Will you do one for Denmark? I know in the war Denmark had almost Vichy status until about 1943 and no kommissariat was introduced for it, but it would still be very interesting to give the player that option - I know the option itself isn't your call, but whatever flag you come up with would be excellent I'm sure. Is the nordic 'runic' Swastika (the one with the curved 'arms') permitted on this site and in Paradox Games? Perhaps that could fit in somewhere.

EDIT: Oh, and if there's Reichskommissariats England, Scotland and Wales I will probably cry with happiness. So bizarrely counterfactual but creepy to consider.

 

[unmerged(190594)]

The first flag has a little white showing from where you inserted the emblem into the flag, but other than that, nice job!

 

[Fulmen]

This isn't really the place to argue Darkest Hour's direction choices. This thread is about the mod. I'd head over to the original dev diary to voice your opinon

You're right, sorry.

About the mod: I think a more appropriate arrangement would be for each Reichskommissariat to have the German flag and have its own emblem in the canton. This is common practice throughout the world to distinguish territories from the "mother country".

EDIT:

Excellent flags so far! Will you do one for Denmark? I know in the war Denmark had almost Vichy status until about 1943 and no kommissariat was introduced for it, but it would still be very interesting to give the player that option - I know the option itself isn't your call, but whatever flag you come up with would be excellent I'm sure. Is the nordic 'runic' Swastika (the one with the curved 'arms') permitted on this site and in Paradox Games? Perhaps that could fit in somewhere.

EDIT: Oh, and if there's Reichskommissariats England, Scotland and Wales I will probably cry with happiness. So bizarrely counterfactual but creepy to consider.

Unfortunately no swastikas whatsoever are allowed by Paradox. Then again they are known to make exceptions (mainly with mods and in AARs admins often don't even notice it - it's usually the politically correct brat who complains).

That wouldn't make much sense since "The sole exception to this rule was England and its British Empire which was never projected as being reduced to a German province, but to instead become an allied sea-faring partner of the Germans.[5]".

 

[Easy1]

IMO this mod should be incorporated into the game when its finished

 

[HMAS-Nameless]

You're right, sorry.

About the mod: I think a more appropriate arrangement would be for each Reichskommissariat to have the German flag and have its own emblem in the canton. This is common practice throughout the world to distinguish territories from the "mother country".

I plan to expand from Reichskommissariats to "Vichy"-like governments as well. For the Reichskommissariats I think the German war-flag is the better option as they are technically under military occupation. For other Fascist collaboration governments I would gladly incorporate a few more German icons.

Also one more thing Fernando Torres if possible could I get a list the Reichskommissariats that will be included in the game?
Also possible the names any Nazi (Vichy-like) puppet states that are able to be setup?
If not then its all good.

 

[Fernando Torres]

Reichskommissariat Ostland
Reichskommissariat Ukraine
Reichskommissariat Kaukasus
Reichskommissariat Moskowien
Generalgouvernement Polen
Reichskommissariat Norwegen
Reichskommissariat Niederlande
Reichskommissariat Belgien-Nordfrankreich
Reichskommissariat Turkestan
Italian East Africa
Principality Pindus

 

[HMAS-Nameless]

Reichskommissariat Ostland
Reichskommissariat Ukraine
Reichskommissariat Kaukasus
Reichskommissariat Moskowien
Generalgouvernement Polen
Reichskommissariat Norwegen
Reichskommissariat Niederlande
Reichskommissariat Belgien-Nordfrankreich
Reichskommissariat Turkestan
Italian East Africa
Principality Pindus

wow thats great! thankyou so much
Take this as a list of nations a plan to produce new flags for.

 

[Easy1]

From wiki

During the Nuremberg Trials in 1946, Sir Hartley Shawcross said that in March 1941, as well as administrative divisions previously created, the following divisions in the Russian East were planned:

* Reichskommissariat Ural (central and south Ural and nearest territories, created from planned east Russian European territorial reorganization
* Reichskommissariat West-Sibirien (future west Siberia and Novosibirsk held lands, eastwards to 70º east longitude)
* Reichskommissariat West-Nordland (Russian European Arctic north coasts).)
* Reichskommissariat Ost-Nordland (northwest Siberian Arctic north coasts, eastwards to the Ob River estuary and the Yamal Peninsula on the Russian Arctic coast).

 

[Grimlin]

In my opinion the Reichskommissariate shouldn't have their own flag since they weren't planned to be countries but instead just administrative divisions like the Reichsgaue. But maybe there is the option to release them in which case a flag comes in handy so I agree with Fulmen saying:

About the mod: I think a more appropriate arrangement would be for each Reichskommissariat to have the German flag and have its own emblem in the canton. This is common practice throughout the world to distinguish territories from the "mother country".

The swastika was the symbol of Nazism, why should they replace it with symbols of the "untermenschen" they plan to subdue? You should keep the warflag because of the military occupation, just like you said and place the specific symbol in the canton.

 

[Fulmen]

The swastika was the symbol of Nazism, why should they replace it with symbols of the "untermenschen" they plan to subdue? You should keep the warflag because of the military occupation, just like you said and place the specific symbol in the canton.

Actually the swastika is the world's oldest complex symbol, over 8500 years old, and has been used world-wide by countless civilizations often as a symbol of good fortune. Especially Asian cultures also draw the swastika as a sauvastika (left-facing), with the same meaning, but in a few cultures the sauvastika is evil while the swastika is good. It remains very widely used in Asia, and in some Western countries depending on context, but this has considerably decreased thanks to most ignorant people who believe it's exclusively a Nazi symbol.

But yeah I agree that perhaps at least the Slavic symbols are inappropriate in the flags.

During the Nuremberg Trials in 1946, Sir Hartley Shawcross said that in March 1941, as well as administrative divisions previously created, the following divisions in the Russian East were planned:

* Reichskommissariat Ural (central and south Ural and nearest territories, created from planned east Russian European territorial reorganization
* Reichskommissariat West-Sibirien (future west Siberia and Novosibirsk held lands, eastwards to 70º east longitude)
* Reichskommissariat West-Nordland (Russian European Arctic north coasts).)
* Reichskommissariat Ost-Nordland (northwest Siberian Arctic north coasts, eastwards to the Ob River estuary and the Yamal Peninsula on the Russian Arctic coast).

These were just plans. I think in the event of a successful Barbarossa the border would've been at the Urals. Hitler also toyed with the idea of creating a permanent border war with the rump-USSR or partisans or something like that to make sure the German youth would be of the finest quality (according to this idea the weak would die in conflicts like this and only the best and strongest would survive). But I'm pretty sure there would've been a peace-deal.