Separate out ship decal and the flag used for actual flags.

[BudgetHedgehog]

I want to be able to able to place a ship decal that looks nice (like, the NASA one, or indeed my own custom one) and be able to plant a flag that actually looks like a flag (eg, the Default design or a custom one that has the fabric wrinkles) on the same mission. Apollo 11 didn't plant an eagle flag on the Mun and they didn't have the US flag as a mission patch.

One way to do this is rename the Mission Flag option in the editors to Mission Patch and apply it to the vehicles/parts/EVA kerbals/IVA views etc. Then, when you plant a flag, it could come up with the current text box and the flag selection box as well so you can decide on which one to plant there and then.

I ask for this mainly because designs that look good as a decal on a ship (transparent backgrounds, look clean and sharp etc) look bad as a flag and vice versa (fabric wrinkles and plain white background look out of place on a ship).

Thanks for reading.

[Wanderfound]

Supported; good idea.

I'd actually like to see the option to put both on a vessel, so I can use one for the Kerbodyne logo and the other for my racing number.

Really, what we need is an improved and stockified Kerbpaint. Allow the user to fiddle with the paintjob of their rockets/planes as much as they like.

[iStickyDuck]

I support this idea!

[Boomerang]

Sounds good to me!

[Unabled]

I hadn't even thought of that until now! But somehow I've always known I wanted it...

Brilliant suggestion!