[WMCoolmon]

If we do it that way, we'll have to make it a dropdown box with "Automatic", "Trails on", and "Trails off". As long as it's fit in the Mission Specs dialog and somewhere it's noted that "automatic" gives control to the nebula flag, no complaints.

[EdrickV]

Originally posted by Inquisitor
To enable ship trails in a mission:
1) Open the mission file in a text editor
2) Add 32 to "+Flags:"

I would read that as: "To turn ship trails on in a non-nebula mission" or "To force ship trails on" since nebula missions using the original exe would already have had them on and backwards compatability has always been one of our goals.

(I may be in the minority, but the way I see things backwards compatability doesn't just mean compatable with the original exe, but with the missions/MODs designed for the original exe, though missions/MODs would be a secondary thing and probably not actively tested. Or, put another way, if it works right with the original exe then it ought to work right with the fs2_open exe. The exceptions to that are, of course, the things like PXO and MVE movies.)

And that drop down (or radio boxes/check boxes) sounds fine to me.

[Inquisitor]

Sounds like we have a plan.