[Resolved] CANNOT DOWNLOAD THE MAP PICS FOR TACVIEW

[Anwer]

I can download the DB3000 images etc. but the download of the Map Pictures from Command for Tacview won t start. Does anyone know why and what i can try. I copied some of them manually but there seems to be so many, it takes minutes to even scroll... etc....
Thx for the answer!!!

[magi]

sorry......

[magi]

i cant download them either..... because.. it seems so complicated and im not very smart..... so my tackwiew has a lot 0f little paper airplanes and rubber boats.....

[Anwer]

hehe ok ..... well it should be simple just push download!!!!!!! but it doesnt work!!!!! i guess i ll try again from time to time.... its quite large i guess about 60 gb right?

well i copied about 2600 of the pic manually, and drag them into the folder, i saw in tacview , that when i zoom in, the tiles are displayed!!!!!! i d realy love to get em all!!!!!!!!!!!!! but it must be 30.000 pics or so i fear.....

[Anwer]

i guess i made it !!! seems to download!!!!!!! hope it works, command isgreat simulation, and with tacview usin the pics even greater!!!

[thewood1]

Is there something wrong with your CAPS lock key?

[Anwer]

thx for the answer!!! i guess i made it work, THX!!!!

[guanotwozero]

If it's any easier, I created a text file of the links that can be used with a downloader.

Check this thread.

[Anwer]

sounds great THX!!!!!

[Anwer]

damns, i downloaded by selecting all of em manually!!!! seemed to work ,loaded , very small bandwith for last 6 hours.... at 10 gb (of the 60GB) error occured and stopped download, s...t , may try your way!!!!!

[Anwer]

Damn.... i was looking for a downloader... found one, loaded your folder into it and it seemed to work... but then they asked my to get fullversion for 20 Bucks or else i could only download 100 pic per load hehe ........... so i stopped... now i m looking for another free downloader, but couldn t seem to find any serious good looking, any ideas which Downloader one is free and will work??? THX for answer

[guanotwozero]

I've been using Jdownloader which works quite well, but caution - they went through a phase of bundling dodgyware (if not malware), though that may no longer be a problem.

[Anwer]

It worked , the for all your help!!!!!! After some hard work im really enjoing the new tacview map!!! Great!!!!!!!!!!!! THX!!!!!!!

[Anwer]

Now that i got the Sentinel 60 gig in tacview map!!! great!!!!!!!!! i d also love to have those other files, for elevation or how it s called, those srmt30 files or so, can anyone explain how to download them? there are files i click on and it starts an automatic download, and then there are file , when i click them an editor opens with text... do i need those text files and if yes how do i download them?

Those srtm files download when i click on them, , what do id o with those srtm.ers tex files? do i need them?? Copy them?

[xan2622]

Can someone please explain me how to install the Sentinel-2 Textures in TacView ?

I have followed these instructions: http://www.warfaresims.com/?page_id=1876

- I pasted the (60 Gb) images in C:\ProgramData\Tacview\Data\Terrain\Textures\
- I have also pasted the 33 .srtm files (terrain elevation data) into C:\ProgramData\Tacview\Data\Terrain\SRTM30\

But when I start CMO (via Steam) and then launch the "3D view", I notice that TacView Advanced still displays its default terrain textures.

[Anwer]

To me it works the way u did it, only thing is, that it takes a few seconds mybe about 10 secw until the sentinel map etc. is loading, also u only see it, when u zoom in a bit!!! And then some parts more far also load longer etc....

Hope u can make it soon, is really cool!

Also i think i I pasted the files in Steam/TacView.. and then the path u wrote!!!! U dont run with steam right?

[xan2622]

Thank you Anwer (and Dimitris on the Steam Discussions). It finally worked.


It worked but only with files directly placed in "C:\ProgramData\Tacview\Data\Terrain\Textures\" (so not in a ~\Textures\Sentinel-2\ subfolder).
I also tried to move the images to "~\Steam\Steamapps\common\Tacview\Data\Terrain\Textures\" and it also worked there. So this path can be an alternative.

This time, I waited much longer for the tiles to get displayed. For some reason, indeed, it takes a long time for tiles to load ( > 15 s here).

Tiles also only appear after zooming in enough (they also disappear if the zoom is too far), as you told me, Anwer.
On a side note, tiles also appear and disappear after panning the view. And btw, not all tiles get displayed: https://imgur.com/a/Jv8cWrE

It might be interesting for some players to install the images in the "~\Steam\Steamapps\common\Tacview\Data\Terrain\Textures\" folder instead of "C:\ProgramData\Tacview\Data\Terrain\Textures\" if their partition for games is located on another drive.

Thanks again (and Merry Christmas!).