Introduction Acknowledgements Requirements Installation

Initial Setup Top ToolBar Left ToolBar Menus

Choosing a Location Creating a Scenery Rotations Mixing Scenery Types Adding Static Scenery

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Create	Pressing this button will drop down a list of scenery types to use to create the base scenery. Selecting one of this will create a new layout in the main window based on the type selected. Selecting "Random" will create a totally random scenery then attempt to create a Match with the random textures based on the current Default Texture type
Perform Match	Pressing this button will cause the program to try to match all the tiles in the layout to each other. Locked textures will not change but all others are liable to be substituded with a more suitable texture. Several passes are made through the layout in an attempt to create a 100% match of all tiles to their surrounding textures. This is not always possible.
Lat/Lon Position	This collection of gadgets lets you set the location in the world to place the scenery. Set N/S and W/E using the drop down gadgets. Set the Degrees in the next gadgets and the Minutes (including fractions e.g. 34.7778) in the next boxes.
ALT	In this box set the height (in Ft) above sealevel of the scenery when it is placed in the location. Free-Flight to the Area you are going to put the scenery then Slew to ground level (press 'Y' then 'F1' ) and read off the Altitude value. Don`t assume that areas covered in Water will be zero feet because they frequently aren`t!
Display Mode	This gadget switches between "Map" mode (where the tiles are displayed as they will appear in the scenery) and "Elevation" mode (where the tiles are seperated from each other to reveal the Elevation settings for each corner). When in "Elevation" mode clicking directly on any of the displayed Elevations will display a gadget for changing the Elevation at that point. Note that the Elevations you set are Elevations ABOVE the base Scenery Altitude
Scale	This box sets the scale of the tiles when outputting scenery. Any suitable number can be used from 0.1 to 8.0. A scale of 4 corresponds to 1024x1024 metres for each texture. A scale of 1 is 256x256 metres. The normal textures you see on the ground in CFS are at an equivalent to Scale 4. Only a scale of 4 is recommended and fully supported in all functions.
Max Rel Altitude	This number is currently only used when the "Randomise to Max Altitude" function is run. To quickly fill a Layout with random Elevations set this to a suitable value then use the function from the Elevations menu. Note that the Elevations you set are Elevations ABOVE the base Scenery Altitude
Move	This cluster of buttons allows the shifting of the current location to the adjoining location (taking into account the size of the layout) in the chosen direction. When you have finished the Layout you are creating (and SAVED it!) you can click one of these buttons to start a new layout adjoining the current one. As well as changing the Lat/Lon location appropriately the program will flip the existing tiles in the given direction so that the edge adjoining the original layout will contain the last row or column of that layout (bitmaps and elevations) to ease the matching of the edged of the 2 layouts together. It will also Lock all the edge tiles. Once you have created a new layout that matches up to the "Carried over" tiles you can use the Shift menu to move the layout one row/column to remove the carry overs. This will just leave the opposite side to tidy up and you should have a perferct match up. If you are working with a "Single Texture" Layout then you will need to step 4 times in the chosen direction because these layouts are 4 times as big as a normal Layout. See AutoLayout.txt for added info on the Automation of adjoining layouts.
AutDEM Buttons	These "S" and "E" buttons work similarly to the Normal WNES buttons but automatically carry out extra functions related to Layout-update and DEM import to ease the work of creating large multi-layout DEM sceneries. See AutoLayout.txt and AutoDEM.txt for more info.

Default Texture	This gadget dictates which Texture-type is used during matching if no match is possible.
File List	Use this gadget to select which Texture image to display in the thumbnail ready for insertion into the layout.
Thumbnail	This gadget will display a thumbnail view of the currently selected image (selected either from the File list or by Right-clicking on a tile in the layout). To insert this image into the layout just double-click the desired layout tile. Holding down the mouse button while over the thumbnail will display a full-size version of the texture
Rotate	This button will rotate the Texture currently displayed in the thumbnail in steps of 90 degrees. Alternatively tiles can be rotated in the layout by clicking the [<<] button that appears when the mouse moves over a tile.
Fill	This will fill all the tiles in the layout (except those that are Locked) with the Texture currently displayed in the thumbnail
Random	This will fill all the tiles in the layout (except those that are Locked) with a random texture and then performs a Match
Zero all Rotations	This will set all tiles in the Layout to be Rotated 0 degrees
Adjoining Layouts	Clicking this button will display the other Terrain files that are set to be adjoining each side of the current layout. Click on one to change it. The theory is (and it is not completely perfected yet) that the appropriate textures from the appropriate edges of the chosen Layouts are included in the Matching process when you "Match" the current Layout. This also sets the layouts to use with the "Import N and W..." function on the DEM menu. The layout that you select doesn`t have to exist yet. If you know by the naming convention you are using that the layout below the current one will be called "myscene23" then just type it in the the file requester.
Refresh Names	Sometimes the "Hints" that appear when the mouse passes over a tile get out of sync with the actual texture being displayed. This button will refresh all the hints so they show the filenames of the actual textures displayed.

File	Load Terrain File	Load a previously created layout into the program.
	Save Terrain File	Save the current Layout as a terrain file. The saved file includes data about the location and scale of the layout and other details
	Save Layout as BMP	Save a 256 colour Bitmap of the current Layout. This is a leftover from CFSMap but retained so that you can "overview" the layout. TheBitmap takes into account the scale of the layout so that the Bmp can be imported into Airport as a background (at 10 pixels/100m) for assistance in placing further scenery objects for seperate compilation.
	View Saved BMP	Displays the last "Save Layout as BMP" bitmap in a seperate window.
	Create Scasm File	Outputs a scasm SCA source file. Can be compiled with scasm from dos by invoking scasm on the SCA file.
	Create BGL	Outputs a scasm SCA file and compiles it to a finished BGL scenery file. The file dialog will ask for the SCA filename to use. The finished BGL will have the same name but with the .bgl extension.
	Create Scasm File (Classlist)	As "Create Scasm File" but the source code will utilise the new MeshWithTexList() command instead of TexRelief(). This makes for much much smaller scenery files but requires an accompanying Classlist bgl file covering the Area of the scenery and also does not allow rotated Images.
	Create BGL (Classlist)	As "Create BGL" but using the source described above.
	Create Scasm File (Single Texture)	This will create the source for an area 4 times the width and height of a standard Layout utilising a single BitmapClass. Most CFS classes have 7 interchangeable textures. The elevations in the current layout will be stretched over the greater area. Bitmaps in the layout will be ignored. The single class to use is selected from the dialog that appears when you use this function. Like the "Classlist" option this will require a suitable Classlist bgl file covering the scenery area.
	Create BGL (Single Texture)	As "Create BGL" but using the Single Texture source.
	Copy BGL to CFS	Copy the last created BGL file to the CFS scenery folder you desire. Browse to <CFS>\Scenery and then to the desired scenery sub-folder. (\All\Scenery\ if you are not sure or have no Add-on scenery folders)
	Run CFS	Runs CFS so you can test out your new BGL (providing you have set up a valid combatfs.exe path in the Prefs menu)
Prefs	Select Scasm Location	Set up the location of scasm.exe for compiling directly to finished scenery BGL. Should be set automatically on first running the program.
	Select CFS Location	Set up the location of combatfs.exe to enable the direct running of it from the program. Should be set automatically on first running the program.
	Select Texture Location	Set up the location containing the textures to be used for creating layouts. Should be set automatically on first running the program
	Allow Rotation..	If this is ticked then the Matching routine will also take into account rotated images and the Rotation buttons will be available. If not then only the default textures will be used to find a match and the Tile Rotation buttons will not appear. If you are intending to create Classlist scenery then this option should be OFF as the classlist commands don`t support rotated images.
	Use Elevation Interpolation	If this is ticked then a simple form of interpolation is used when creating the Elevated mesh. This increases the Elevation points per tile from 4 to 9. Currently Elevation Interpolation only works with Normal or Single-Texture Layouts. There is a problem with it with Classlist Layouts so at the moment it is ignored for that type. Note that if you are using multiple layouts in your scenery then they must all be compiled with the same setting or gaps will appear!
	Auto Update adjoining Layouts	If this is ticked then the program will attempt to change the files set in the "Adjoining Layouts" box to match the new position when using the Move buttons to step the layout to a new position. See AutoLayout.txt for mor info.
	Compile on AutoUpdate (Classlist)	If this is ticked then the Auto-routines when using the AutoDEM move buttons will also include compiling the new layout. See AutoDEM.txt for more.
Shift		Use this menu to shift the whole layout by one row or column in the specified direction
Lock		Use this menu to Lock or Unlock various combinations of Tiles
Tools	Classlist Generator	This will run the MkClass program with which you can create Classlist source or BGL files for use in conjunction with the Classlist or Single-Texture options.
	AFD Generator	This will run the MkAFD program which lets you create Airfield Menu entries (in the standard CFS Airfield menu) for any Location
Elevations	Randomise up to Max Altitude	This will create a random array of relative altitudes between 0 and the number set in the Max Rel Altitude box.
	Set Water to 0m Relative	This will set all elevation points that have a tile containing any Water adjoining them to Zero (relative to the base scenery altitude). If all 4 surrounding tiles are locked (or not water) then the elevation will not be changed.
	Set All to 0m Relative	This will set All tiles to zero elevation (relative to the base scenery altitude)
	Average Elevations	This will Average every elevation point (except those around the edges of the Layout) with its neighbouring tiles.
	Use Tile Types to Randomise	Attempts to randomise Elevations with regard to the Type of texture. Experimental!
	Double/Halve Elevations	Doubles (or Halves) all elevations in the layout
	Import ... Edge Elevations	This will display a file dialog for selecting another terrain file from which to import the edge elevation for putiing on the selected Edge of the current layout. Example - To set the West edge elevations of the current layout to be the same as the East edge of the next layout westwards.....use "Import West Edge Elevations" and select the terrain file for the layout that is immediately to the Left (West). Just think in terms of the current layout and Import the N,S,E and W elevations by selecting the terrain file adjoining in that direction.
	Import/Export Elevation List	These 2 functions allow the saving or loading of elevation data via simple text files. Useful if you want to make modifications to the current elevation set but want to be able to restore it if things go wrong.
DEM	Import DEM Elevations	This will allow the extraction of the "Real World" Elevation data of the current Layout from a suitable GTOPO30 Dem file. The first time you call it during a session you will have to browse and select a suitable Dem file and select the type of layout you are going to create. You can change this at any point.
	Set Zero Elevations to Water	This will change all the tiles that are zero elevation at all 4 corners to Water (000000s1.bmp) and Lock them. If you fill the layout with "Land" tiles, Import Dem Elevations then select this function rough coastlines will appear for later tidying up with suitable "Coast" textures.
	Set Level Elevations to Water	This works as the above but for tiles that have all 4 corners at exactly the same elevation. As Elevation points are roughly 1km apart any such tile is almost certainly going to be a Lake. The chances of Land being exactly the same elevation over such an area are negligible (unless you have set it yourself for the creation of an Airfield later).
	Subtract Scenery Alt from Elevations	DEM elevations will give the true altitude. If you have checked the area for your scenery in CFS and found that that there is an existing altitude to the ground at that point then you can set the Scenery Alt in CfsTmap and use this function to subtract it from each elevation in the Layout.
	Import N and W Elevations from Adjoining Layouts	This function allows the easy matching up of Layout edge elevations. Because of the difference in the spacing of elevations at different Latitudes discrepancies creep in as you move to neighbouring layouts. If you set the Adjoining layouts as you create each new layout then you can call this function after importing the DEM data (assuming you are starting your multi-layout scenery in the NW corner)
	Do All the Above	This will do ALL the function above here on the Menu in one step
	Fill and Do All	This will unlock all the tiles, fill the layout with the current selected image then "Do All the Above".