Separate "mission badges" and "flags"

[Sidereus]

I would like the game to allow you choose one graphic to put on your craft (a "mission badge"), and then use a different graphic for the flags you plant in the ground. Mostly because I like how non-rectangular graphics look on craft, but I don't think they make good flags, and vice versa.

ETA: Implementing this would actually be ridiculously easy. Simply set it so that instead of the planted flag using the current mission badge, it uses whatever you have setup as the default mission badge instead.

Edited February 2, 2015 by Sidereus

[prophet_01]

I like this and agree that mission badges can loog rly strange on flags and vice versa. I would 'hide' that option in the selection menu within the VAB, though. There is no need to confuse people on the start of a new career with an otherwise nice feature

[BudgetHedgehog]

Are.. are you me? O.o

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).