Historical Flags Mod

[Fred Bob]

Thankee thar, Fab! Dat St. Anthony's cross flag be lookin' like a good one tew make yer ship stand out! <img src="http://www.piratesahoy.com/forum/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/icon_mrgreen1.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid="" border="0" alt="icon_mrgreen1.gif" />

 

[v_Grimmelshausen]

<!--`QuoteBegin-Fab`+--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Fab)</div><div class='quotemain'><!--QuoteEBegin-->
As for the Pirates! Gold Spanish flag, that was really the flag of Leon and Castille, not Spain, and would have gone out of use in the 16th century I believe.  Though to be honest, the flag I have now as the Spanish town flag isn't right either (that was a naval flag also).  I wish someone could find out what flag would have flown over a Spanish town in the 17th century.  I'd add that flag to the flag pack in a heartbeat.

As for my little town information guy avatar, it's buried in the fpk files that came on the Pirates! CD.  They're just not used by the game.  There's lots of stuff in there, from picture of big purple ape costumes to a picture of a little white kitten and stacks of images from Pirates! Gold like all the daughters, ships, and so on.[/quote]

As for the flag, I think the Leon & Castille flag was used up to 1700, thereabout, though I´m most certainly no expert. However, it looks impressive and important, just as the Spaniards behave, and seeing it always gets me into a plundering mood <img src="http://www.piratesahoy.com/forum/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/dev.gif" style="vertical-align:middle" emoid=":d:" border="0" alt="dev.gif" />