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Default Re: Siege of Jadotville has anyone done a scenario on this

So here's how to make a custom map using WW2Map's "IMPORT" feature.

Go find where you want to make a map of in Google Earth, and draw a line measurement tool about 50m to help you get the pixel scaling.

Proceed to do some calculations:



In photoshop or paint shop pro, draw on a second layer various features of interest.



For the Terrain Import feature of WW2 Map:

Color Triplets R, G, B combined gets you a specific color.

GREEN = amount above 155 is the % of tree coverage.
RED = Amount above 155 is % of roughness?

Here's the Import Map attached to this post.

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To use the import feature:

LOAD MAP -> CLRWW2v3.DAT (loads blank SPCAMO map)

TOOLS -> import from bitmap

load bmp (load your bitmap with stuff laid out)

Set the conversion scale to (10, 10) pixels/hex

Push TER CONVERT

Close import window.

Save your map.

Copy your map into the SPCAMO MBT Maps directory and load it in the map editor.



I need to do some editing, but this allows you to lay out the general "area" of a map quickly and accurately, without having to "hex count".
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