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FS2004 Could not find the following map?

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Haven't ran SBuilder in years (that's the FS2004 version). So I re-installed, started a new project, Clicked on 'Map', selected a bitmap and get the "Could not find the following map" error.

I see the map but not in SBuilder. It's in 24bit format. Tried a few locations to load it from but no luck. Is there something I am forgetting with SBuilder?

Is there a bmp size limit in SBuilder? In SbuilderX the image shows up fine. Size is around 430MB in 24bit format.
 
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Ive had a similar error and I was never 100% sure, but I believe it was the map being too large for SbuilderX to handle. Took roughly 26 (more or less, cant remember that far back) map screens at 1280*1024 hi-res bitmaps and stitched together into one large file. It was a few hundred MB's when finished and covered the entire surface area of the class B airport plus some overlay I was working on. It was 278,784,000,000 square feet of land unless my math is off, which is usually the case. Center base up to approximately 10 miles out in a square basically
 
Thx for the response Kevin,

I did try a small bmp, like under 100kb and got the same error message so that sorta lead me to believe it was not a size issue. But got a little frustrated as SBuilder seemed to crash no matter what i did so I put it away last night. May attempt again tonight.

Could be the install, seemed pretty straight forward, not really an "install" to me. Location? Could be some paths? I read where the bmps have to be in the SBuilder root directory?
 
Try using a different image format. I think I use JPG or png in sbx. cant remember as havent opened it in 2 months. been playing with the new blender releases.



I read where the bmps have to be in the SBuilder root directory?
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Definately not true. My project files and sbx are in different locations on my hd. Only the output goes to the root dir for sbx on my machine.
 
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Having the same issue as well. I had to do a reinstall of Windows anyway, so I did that, tried Sbuilder again and still getting the same error.

It's pretty baffling to be honest :confused:
 
Hi guys,

For me I think it was one of two things.

1. Map was too big 430MB was more than SBuilder could handle. It works fine in SBuilderX.

2. May be just a bad image file. Try another one.

Hope that helps.
 
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still unsure, filetype format and size can be the issues
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Went down to 800x600 (about as small as it can go while still being useful) and still no luck. Tried moving Sbuilder to various folder locations, still no luck.

I've given up trying to use background images, and have resorted to the somewhat less precise method of slewing around in FS, and then tabbing into SBuilder to mark the spot. Time consuming as heck, but there's just no other way.
 
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