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SbuilderX map .BGL won't create

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I am really stumped. I purchased a large piece of Sat imagery for a healthy sum of money. The reason for the purchase is the license to use it in a product for resale. I am trying to import it into SbuilderX as a map, and then create a .BGL.

I got it to work once, but that's it. I calibrated it, I set the xdim and ydim coordinates , and created the required .txt file. I even renamed it to the required photo 1.

During this time, I do not have my flight simulator running.

Now it creates the .ini file, and the text file, and yada yada yada, but no .BGL.

It's not in the work folder where it always goes. When I click compile, i check photo scenery, and the create .BGL box. All I get is a quick flash of a DOS screen, and no running compiler that I usually see in the DOS screen. And most importantly. NO .BGL.

What am I doing wrong? I searched the forums, and found a topic, where a guy was having the same issue, but a couple threads later, he said he figured it out, and they were off to talking about something else, with no resolution.

PLEASE HELP, I'm SERIOUSLY STUCK...
 
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Just a couple things off the top of my head that might be the issue:

1)Is the SbuilderX installation complete (have you installed all files and followed instructions)
2)Is the photo located in your \Tools\Work folder (I think they need to be there in order to be compiled).
 
OK. Maybe (however unlikely) there is a problem with the INI. Post the code here and also run it through resample using the command line so that it stays on the screen and you can see the error message it spits out.
 
Okay, I will try and do that when I get back home. I tried dropping it on Resample.exe, but I just saw a quick flash of the dos window, and then nothing else happened. I put resample.exe, and all the other files together, in the same folder.
 
run it through resample using the command line so that it stays on the screen
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I'm assuming you are unsure of how exactly to do this.

Open the command line and enter this:
Code: 
"[COLOR="Red"]C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Games\Microsoft Flight Simulator X SDK\SDK\Environment Kit\Terrain SDK\[/COLOR]resample.exe" "[COLOR="red"]C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Games\Microsoft Flight Simulator X SDK\SDK\Environment Kit\Terrain SDK\[/COLOR]photo[COLOR="Red"]_your_file[/COLOR].INF"

Where what is in red will change according to your paths and filenames. You should be able to see the error code then.
 
hmmmm

Ah, okay, won't have time to do that today, but I will try it on Monday. Thanks for the tip and I'll get back to you with the results.

Thanks
 
Your tip did the trick!

Well, I followed your instructions by running it in DOS. And bingo...Error said it was not a 24 or 32 .BMP. I went to Photoshop and changed the image to 24bit. AND BAM...It compiled. Days of worry and heartache solved. Thank you mousy....
 
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