Ground2k starting for CFS2

[rhumbaflappy]

Hi all.

Ground2k is the only program we have to draw roads, shorelines and streams in CFS2. The program works fairly well, but sometimes crashes while scrolling the background image. This is a fault of Visual Basic 6.

I've written a small C# loader program that will change the desktop to 16 bit color depth, run Ground2k, then return the desktop to 32 bit on exiting Ground2k.

The loader is made to run on WindowsXP, and may need service pack3. It may also run on Vista.

Another help is to use 8 bit images for background bitmaps in Ground2K.

http://webpages.charter.net/ludowr/G2kStarter.zip

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Another useful tool for terrain work is LEC.

http://webpages.charter.net/ludowr/LEC.zip

( LOD Extents Calculator )

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Where to get Ground2K?

Ground2K at AVSIM Library:
http://library.avsim.net/esearch.php?CatID=fs2002util&DLID=33006

Ground2K runtime DLLS at AVSIM Library:
http://library.avsim.net/esearch.php?CatID=fs2002util&DLID=33007

Ground2k author = Christian Fumey

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A problem with VTP1 polys is present in CFS2, causing artifacts... the fix is to run the assembly file through a fixer program:

http://webpages.charter.net/ludowr/VTP1Fix.zip


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Dick

 

[simonu]

Cheers Dick, :ernae:

 

[Jean Bomber]

Once again Thanks ! Maitre Rhumba
Cheers :ernae:

JP

 

[MaskRider]

Thank you, Dick!

 

[xavierb]

Thanks a lot, Rhumbaflappy!

 

[CrisGer]

BUMP. this is a big bump but i thought this a VERY useful thread for those of us like me starting on Landscape work in CFS2. Thank you Rhumba i was tearing my hairs what is left of them trying to get Avism Library to divulge where it had hidden Ground2K you saved my hairs and a lot more.

:salute: