Nicholas Bell

For placenames, there is supposed to be a way to put an "include" command in cpp file which reads the hpp file. I couldn't figure it out, so simply included the names in the cpp file directly. Please see the Schmalfelden source files: http://www.sendspace.com/file/ajnv6m The road type Silnice that comes with the Visitor install is not usable. I have not the slightest clue on how to fix that, but others with knowledge of Oxygen and modeling might be able to help you one that by using the BIS release of all the model data some time back.

I have not found what I need yet (I'm willing to pay for it). Hoping someone might have the answer. I've downloaded and tried a lot of demos. What I want is the ability to drape the satellite image over the heightmap and edit it in 3D. Why? Because the 90 meter resolution SRTM misses a lot of detail. See how the DEM misses the ravines for example: I can't edit 100 sq km in Bulldozer I did look at L3DT and it does drape in 3D, but it is clumsy and does not provide the fine control.

Two possible results: If the extra color is close to another "good" color it will display the "good" color. This can be hard to spot, which is why creating a satellite image from your mask image can be useful. I had white, yellow, red, green and blue in a segment and the program decided that the white was yellow (the predominant color). More typically, the segment with more than 4 colors will be pure white.

Excellent. These will be useful in future map/island projects.

I can relate to that! Really nice looking terrain, Opteryx. Using 10 meter DEM? Nice.

I set up a grid in Paint Shop Pro to match the segment size. I'm sure you can do this in your graphic editor too. Because of the segment overlap, you have to stay away from the edges of the grid lines, or you'll run into the 4 color limit conflict. I also check after V3 chops up the mask file - I look at the individual "m" .png files in the Data/Layers folder. The 5th color usually ends up looking a brown-grey color in the rendered png. It definitely does not look like the other pure colors V3 uses. Very tedious work, but sometimes the only way I could find the wayward mask color. Another interesting method I accidentally discovered to help see how the mask was working on map is to import the mask_loc.png instead of the sat_lco.png when V3 asks for the satellite image. Pretty wild looking in Buldozer or in game, but was helpful in seeing how the game engine renders the mask file in true relationship to objects.

Thanks, Opteryx! Great stuff for map nuts like myself. Too bad we can use it as is for ArmA. Well, I guess we could if it were an itty-bitty map From what I read WV is the "first" state to offer this data, which indicates there will be others in the future. Even if we can't use 3 meter cells, resizing the 3 meter data to 10 meter will still be more detailed than just the 10 meter NED.

I found what I need - it's the Daylon Leveller. Although it cost $150 it's well worth it from my perspective. Not only does it do everything I need, the owner has made several improvements for me specifically in how it works and what it does. In a matter of hours in each case. I am able to drape the terrain image and work in both 3D and 2D at the same time: I can also drape the terrain on the 2D and can control the transparency. Also has a bunch of plug-ins and features. What you see in the images above is my experimentation with roughly cutting in the ravines that do not appear on the SRTM DEM and then letting erosion plug-in do it's thing. It creates erosion that nearly matches the actual. madine75- I agree that no one program does it all, but this one comes close. Wilbur and MicroDEM are stables for me. As far L3DT goes, I'm not saying it's a bad program. Just not my style in how it handles things. Each to his own

Not sure how layers figure into this. Maybe you're thinking of the fact that the mask_lco.png can only have 4 colors in segment, which is set when you first setup the island? Segment size is under Project parameters | Satellite grid calculator. When you import the mask and the satellite png files, Visitor chops them up into pieces the size specified by the segment size (usually 512 pixels square). I resegmented Schmalfelden into 256 pixel segments which allowed be to better avoid the 4 mask color per segment limit. I was able to squeeze another texture in some segments, given Schmalfelden a total of 7.

The misplaced stray buildings found by Legislator have been removed. XHV version only updated to v1.1. Download files on page 1 (or here): http://mihd.net/z5rcefu http://www.sendspace.com/file/1p15s0 Sloppy proofing on my part. Not sure how I missed them, but I did. My apologies.

WTF? Freakin' gremlins I tell you! Will address tonight. Interesting - no one else saw this? Guess XHV isn't used much

Please explain what the problem is - I didn't know there was one. Thanks.

Really? I used what was provided in the BIS sample map, - you are saying that this is incorrect and not official? If so, what problem is it causing? I am not inclined to fix non-existent problems, but if there is a real one, I will adjust. Ah yeah - and people complain now about the forests in Schmalfelden The Fulda-Hunsfeld area would be great, and I have the maps too. But it would run like crap on most computers, so I can't consider it.

I'm not sure what to make of the propensity of requests I've received here and via pm for maps of people's home areas! Does everyone except me like the idea of shooting up their own town? I've got to get to work on some non-ArmA related projects, but I'm mucking about with ideas for future ArmA map projects for sure once I make some headway on those "other" responsibilities.

Might be easier for me to re-paint the heightmap given my total lack of real knowledge of bump files. Nope. I displayed the contours only to show how the 90 meter SRTM data misses the "important terrain" details. But between you and Opteryx's comments I think I have a fairly "doable" solution in my head. Tried the demo. It only layers heightmap data - no draping of terrain imagery function. However, it looks to have some very impressive erosion routines which might work well to improve the smooth SRTM DEMs we have to work with, even if the results are not exactly true. I stumbled on this site which has a wealth of information: http://www.vterrain.org/index.html This page in particular: http://www.vterrain.org/Elevation/contour.html There is a wealth of terrain editors out there for different games & MS Flight Simulator which may work if they can export to something I can use.

Thanks! Not a very elegant way to finish this project. Fixed HV and XHV versions also posted on first message here: http://www.flashpoint1985.com/cgi-bin....13;st=0

Could someone check these files out by themselves (no other versions of Schmalfelden installed) and report back? Heavy Vegetation: http://mihd.net/6svnbzq http://www.sendspace.com/file/ab22cj Extra Heavy Vegetation http://www.sendspace.com/file/8ndtlw http://mihd.net/rioypu9 Hopefully this fixes the satellite image - it does for me. But then I had that wrong too! Thanks!

I guess the temporary solution (apart from using the v.94 version) then is to install all three PBOs until I figure out what the problem is. All directory references in the rvmat's appear to be correct. I'm working on it.

Sorry about the lack of satellite image - not sure what the problem is. I just downloaded the HV map from all the locations except MIDH which would not give me a ticket, and the primary download at Armaholic which didn't work (secondary was fine). All HV PBO's worked fine for me. Maybe a corrupted download? The file properties should read: 93.0 MB (97,591,130 bytes) Modified: Today, June 27, 2008, 11:11:28 AM Not sure what else it could be - you may want to D/L again from a different source.

Version 1.0 available at the bottom of the first post here: http://www.flashpoint1985.com/cgi-bin....1240365 Not sure if I can ever consider this map truly done, but I know I am "done". Of course if there are any significant problems (like a tree in the middle of a road) I will correct them

Try podesta_s10. I had the same problem in April.

I finally got around to reinstalling everything on the C: drive and I was correct. No problems anymore binarizing, although I'm still working within the CA folder.

I continue to like what I see in my use of this script. Curious about the officer impact on troop morale. Does rank improve the effect of the officer? How close does the officer have to be a unit for the officer to influence the unit's morale? Is officer effect randomized? Thanks again!

It's great to know that people are actually using and enjoying the map. How did your escort mission proceed, IceBreaker? BTW, I'm curious as to which version of the maps folks are using in MP? Too funny! Excellent! Get in line, buddy You and 12 others, plus a few mod groups! But can you one up Legislator, who has offered to walk the actual ground and send me photos? (another area of Germany)

If I take I break I now I'll get too involved in some other project to ever get back. Still planning on end of June "final" release. Hopefully I won't mess up anything. Yes, I finally figured this out and it is fixed. Still too much dust, and changing the values has no apparent effect.