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FS2004 Sbuilder map calibration help

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Hi there! I'm new to scenery design and I installed Sbuilder v2.5.0.6 and have been using the island tutorial in FS9. I have followed all the steps carefully but :banghead: When I get to the step where a window opens and I have to click on the button that says 'calibrate main map' (as shown in the tutorial) I instead see a button that says 'calibrate photomap' You see, it's not like what appears in the tutorial. From there, I am lost and frustrated. If I click on calibrate photomaps, then it gives me a different result from what I see in the tutorial. I really wanted to practice at this and I thought that following the tutorial would be without any surprises like this. Do I have the right version of Sbuilder or did I go wrong somewhere. Can anyone help Please?
 

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Did you work it out?
I want to add an airfield plan over my main map hoping the tutorial would tell me how to do it but it doesn't......
 
Tockertive said:
Hi there! I'm new to scenery design and I installed Sbuilder v2.5.0.6 and have been using the island tutorial in FS9. I have followed all the steps carefully but :banghead: When I get to the step where a window opens and I have to click on the button that says 'calibrate main map' (as shown in the tutorial) I instead see a button that says 'calibrate photomap' You see, it's not like what appears in the tutorial. From there, I am lost and frustrated. If I click on calibrate photomaps, then it gives me a different result from what I see in the tutorial. I really wanted to practice at this and I thought that following the tutorial would be without any surprises like this. Do I have the right version of Sbuilder or did I go wrong somewhere. Can anyone help Please?
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what are you trying to do?
which tutorial are u using?
go here for some tutorials.
http://www.ptsim.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=55&Itemid=53
or here
http://www.scruffyduck.org.uk/scenery/tutorials.html
 
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I this were FSX related I could help in a heartbeat. For FS9 there are a few extra steps involved. Maybe you could try to by-pass this and not calibrate. often you get t he message 'this map might need calibration' when perhaps it doesn't. Worth a shot anyway. :) Bob
 
I used this method until I found an easier way for calibration:

1. load the same picture into ADE, then go with the mouse pointer to a
corner and read the coords.

2. type the coords into sb9 ...

3. repeat for the other 3 corners ...

:)
 
Quite an amazing set of steps! Kudos to all who find success. FSX is so much easier. Photoreal for FSX (using SbuilderX) uses few steps, easier steps. Location of airfields and shorelines more precise. Can then move and align rwys, taxiways, etc to proper positions.

Someone describe to him how to get rid of the airport boundaries. That will make things look more natural as well.

Notice in the pdf tutorial the end result with the creek going through the rwy?
Perhaps that would be the next step. Not sure of the procedure in Sbuilder to lose it, but it SbuilderX .... no more VTP stuff. Just draw a small box around a section of that stream and choose 'exclude_all_streams' same with roads... 'exclude_all_roads'.

Anyway- again kudos to the new guy- welcome to the family. :) Bob
 
hgschnell said:
I used this method until I found an easier way for calibration:

1. load the same picture into ADE, then go with the mouse pointer to a
corner and read the coords.

2. type the coords into sb9 ...

3. repeat for the other 3 corners ...

:)
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only works if the image is accurately sized, but its another method. I use both
 
jyarddog said:
Quite an amazing set of steps! Kudos to all who find success. FSX is so much easier. Photoreal for FSX (using SbuilderX) uses few steps, easier steps. Location of airfields and shorelines more precise. Can then move and align rwys, taxiways, etc to proper positions.

Someone describe to him how to get rid of the airport boundaries. That will make things look more natural as well.

Notice in the pdf tutorial the end result with the creek going through the rwy?
Perhaps that would be the next step. Not sure of the procedure in Sbuilder to lose it, but it SbuilderX .... no more VTP stuff. Just draw a small box around a section of that stream and choose 'exclude_all_streams' same with roads... 'exclude_all_roads'.

Anyway- again kudos to the new guy- welcome to the family. :) Bob
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not my tutorial, just one i used to learn this step long ago.
 
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