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[sercrets]

Greetings, I have been eyeing the full scale printable maps on M4T that one download (here it is for reference: https://www.mission4today.com/index.php?name=Downloads&c=66), and was curious as to if there was anyway to rip them out of the game as a file instead of piecing them together using screenshots of the FMB. Surely there must be files somewhere for the map function in the game... This would be useful for some things I am planning using modded maps which do not already have a printable version.

in blissful ignorance, cheers,

sercrets

[WxTech]

The only way I know of getting the full image is to grab the largest of the "ed" files which are used in both the mission builder and the Kneeland while I flight. Of course, this will not include the grid overlay; that's dynamically overlaid at game run time. Nor are place/feature names present on the image; they too are dynamically overlaid.

The Selector has the dump mode check box. When active while running the game, all resources loaded will be dumped to the dump folder in the game's root folder. If you want a series of these .aps to print put, load each map in the builder during one of these 'dump captures sessions.  To be sure of getting the highest resolution version (there are often 2 or 3 at different resolutions.), zoom the map so that the Ed map shows the most detail. (This might not be necessary if all load.ini files are loaded straightaway.)

When finished, quit the game, unchecked the dump mode box in the Selector, and validate to the relevant MAPS folder map folders and load the largest Ed file into your software which can print them.

[sercrets]

Alright I will give it a shot! Will report back. Thanks!