====== Falcon 4 Creating A New Theater Based On SRTM Data ======

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Warning: It may not be possible to create good data for certain theaters.

Compatible:\\
- SP4, OF, FF3, possibly others

===== Step 1 =====

  - Follow the [[falcon4:theater_tutorial|Falcon 4 Ultimate Theater Tutorial]] on PMC Editing Wiki until you get to Part 2.
  - Now you should have the following information: dem2terrain theater center coordinates (lat/lon) and theater size (64 or 128)

===== Step 2 =====

  - Create a new email to blueprint4[at]gmx.de
  - Set subject to "Theater SRTM Create [Theater name]".
  - Put the theater center coordinates and the theater size in the text.
  - Send the email.
  - Wait for my reply.

===== Step 3 =====
 
  - You will receive a download link for a compressed file which contains a new 2-byte L2/O2 file and your personalized BaZT - SRTM Theater installer which needs a couple of extra steps to get working. 
  - Now continue in the theater tutorial with Step 2 but use the L2/O2 files from me. 
  - ...Create your theater... 
  - All theater objectives must have been placed at their final positions. 
  - Use Pathmaker to create new .thr and .mea files 
  - When your theater is almost done, you have to prepare some more data for the SRTM installer to work. 

===== Step 4 =====
 
  - Copy falcon4.ocd from your theater's objects folder to BaZT - SRTM Theater\objectives\ 
  - Copy falcon4.fed from your theater's objects folder to BaZT - SRTM Theater\objectives\ 
  - Open TacEdit. 
  - Load the TE/campaign file that holds all of your theater's objectives. 
  - Select Objectives > Export Objectives and save the file as "objectives.csv" 
  - Copy your exported objectives.csv to BaZT - SRTM Theater\objectives\ 
  - Run "BaZT - SRTM Theater Objectives.exe" and press "Parse .csv" button. This can take a long time to complete. 
  - Now your SRTM installer is ready. 

===== Step 5 =====

  - You can run BaZT - SRTM Theater.exe from your theater installer using special command line parameters (quotation marks are required and the path must end without a '\':\\
Parameter 1: "The users's F4 dir", example: "c:\microprose\falcon4"\\
Parameter 2: "Your theater dir", where the terrain and texture folders are, example: "c:\microprose\falcon4\spain"\\
Parameter 3 (optional): -sptinstall\\
This will create all terrain Lx/Ox files from an L2/O2 file before starting the SRTM update. Then you only have to include the L2/O2 in your installer which saves a lot of space.

Source Blueprint in [[http://www.pmctactical.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=21056|PMC Tactical forums]] topic.