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FS2004 Island tutorial...stuck on land class

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Island tutorial...LWM vs VTP

Note: I edited the title of this post but it didn't change the main title, sorry for the misleading title.

While following the SBuilder tutorial on how to create an island I got to the part where it says to create a land class. However that step is necessary only when the island is surrounded by LOD's of water class. That might be obvious to some but not to the SBuilder beginner I am.

I created islands on a lake, didn't add a class to them and they inherited of the surrounding land class. They show in SBuilder just as gray patches, no cute lands on them.

Where I am confused and would love for someone to give a clear explanation is to when to use LWM vs VTP.

Thus far my understanding is that the whole earth is covered with water. Placing a LWM poly and changing the class to land type will display land instead of water. Since I don't quite know the difference I don't understand why not using a VTP poly?
Basically what are the differences of usage between LWM & VTP?
Are VTP patches that only go on top of LWM?
 
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