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Alright, I've just suffered the nightmare situation... Was saving X-cam project, halfway through Arma 3 just blackscreened. I waited for a while, tried to get it to respond, nothing. So, I had to force it closed, and surprise surprise, my X-cam .ini project file is totally corrupt. This is how the .ini looks now (just a preview) [Group_0] obj_0="[[0,225,0,1,"[3994.800781,7219.58252,-0.000841737]",-100,[0,0,0],[0,0],0,[],0,1,-1],[1,225,1,1,"[3987.574951,7189.14209,0]",-100,[0,0,0],[0,0],0,[],0,1,-1],[2,225,2,1,"[3985.406982,7189.813477,0]",-100,[0,0,0],[0,0],0,[],0,1,-1],[3,225,3,1,"[3983.2229,7191.0615234,0]",-100,[0,0,0],[0,0],0,[],0,1,-1],[4,225,4,1,"[3981.425781,7192.0415039,0]",-100,[0,0,0],[0,0],0,[],0,1,-1]]" obj_1="[[5,225,5,1,"[3968.746826,7192.789063,0]",-100,[0,0,0],[0,0],0,[],0,1,-1],[5,225,6,1,"[3971.374023,7190.682617,0]",-100,[0,0,0],[0,0],0,[],0,1,-1],[6,315,7,1,"[4885.00537109,5408.311035,0]",-100,[0,0,0],[0,0],0,[],0,1,-1],[6,346.174,8,1,"[4849.862793,5388.106934,0.0740741]",-100,[0,0,0],[0,0],0,[],0,1,-1],[7,46.1489,9,1,"[4144.345703,6513.947754,1.89739]",-100,[0,0,0],[0,0],0,[],0,1,-1]]" obj_2="[[8,110.542,10,1,"[4093.045166,7368.766602,-0.000841752]",-100,[0,0,0],[0,0],0,[],0,1,-1],[9,303.346,11,1,"[2159.0793457,6156.963867,-0.00168347]",-100,[0,0,0],[0,0],0,[],0,1,-1],[10,30.1513,12,1,"[3957.652832,7259.290039,0]",-100,[0,0,0],[0,0],0,[],0,1,-1],[11,206.856,13,1,"[4016.49707,7270.161133,0]",-100,[0,0,0],[0,0],0,[],0,1,-1],[12,57.8652,14,1,"[4186.0810547,6529.321777,0]",-100,[0,0,0],[0,0],0,[],0,1,-1]]" obj_3="[[13,87.9157,15,1,"[4260.229492,6737.12207,0]",-100,[0,0,0],[0,0],0,[],0,1,-1],[14,24.974,16,1,"[3980.540527,7260.585449,0]",-100,[0,0,0],[0,0],0,[],0,1,-1],[15,24.974,17,1,"[4000.381348,7226.234863,0]",-100,[0,0,0],[0,0],0,[],0,1,-1],[16,335.732,18,1,"[1755.595703,2954.227539,-0.965892]",-100,[0,0,0],[0,0],0,[],0,1,-1],[17,335.732,19,1,"[4745.467285,5990.625,0]",-100,[0,0,0],[0,0],0,[],0,1,-1]]" obj_4="[[18,119.444,20,1,"[4876.893555,6088.448242,0]",-100,[0,0,0],[0,0],0,[],0,1,-1],[19,119.444,21,1,"[4944.424316,6114.696289,0]",-100,[0,0,0],[0,0],0,[],0,1,-1],[19,538.85,22,1,"[4925.703125,6123.28125,-7.65979]",-100,[0,0,0],[0,0],0,[],0,1,-1],[20,178.85,23,1,"[4765.703125,6212.195801,0]",-100,[0,0,0],[0,0],0,[],0,1,-1],[20,239.456,24,1,"[4950.0419922,6032.199707,-2.09933]",-100,[0,0,0],[0,0],0,[],0,1,-1]]" obj_5="[[21,239.456,25,1,"[4919.831543,6061.807617,0]",-100,[0,0,0],[0,0],0,[],0,1,-1],[21,312.183,26,1,"[4912.575195,6047.895508,-1.25673]",-100,[0,0,0],[0,0],0,[],0,1,-1],[21,312.183,27,1,"[4887.158691,6173.29248,0]",-100,[0,0,0],[0,0],0,[],0,1,-1],[22,312.183,28,1,"[4795.969727,6091.355957,0]",-100,[0,0,0],[0,0],0,[],0,1,-1],[23,301.451,29,1,"[4777.470215,6076.231934,0]",-100,[0,0,0],[0,0],0,[],0,1,-1]]" obj_6="[[24,301.451,30,1,"[4777.97998,6033.415527,0]",-100,[0,0,0],[0,0],0,[],0,1,-1],[23,217.929,31,1,"[4763.0986328,6009.155762,0]",-100,[0,0,0],[0,0],0,[],0,1,-1],[25,152.02,32,1,"[4872.791016,6010.240723,0]",-100,[0,0,0],[0,0],0,[],0,1,-1],[26,120.707,33,1,"[5309.62207,5947.742676,-3.42929]",-100,[0,0,0],[0,0],0,[],0,1,-1],[27,120.707,34,1,"[5357.418457,6179.757813,0]",-100,[0,0,0],[0,0],0,[],0,1,-1]]" obj_7="[[28,209.532,35,1,"[5390.36084,6190.995605,0]",-100,[0,0,0],[0,0],0,[],0,1,-1],[29,289.646,36,1,"[5382.0327148,6202.0688477,0]",-100,[0,0,0],[0,0],0,[],0,1,-1],[30,359.595,37,1,"[4423.893555,6066.460938,0.121212]",-100,[0,0,0],[0,0],0,[],0,1,-1],[31,359.595,38,1,"[4386.387207,6002.249512,0]",-100,[0,0,0],[0,0],0,[],0,1,-1],[32,328.219,39,1,"[8061.634766,5844.299805,0]",-100,[0,0,0],[0,0],0,[],0,1,-1]]" obj_8="[[33,352.272,40,1,"[6053.805176,6929.761719,0]",-100,[0,0,0],[0,0],0,[],0,1,-1],[34,270.202,41,1,"[4724.726563,5575.610352,0]",-100,[0,0,0],[0,0],0,[],0,1,-1],[35,264.836,42,1,"[4679.0356445,5550.554199,0]",-100,[0,0,0],[0,0],0,[],0,1,-1],[36,88.1062,43,1,"[4410.0952148,5845.835449,0]",-100,[0,0,0],[0,0],0,[],0,1,-1],[37,69.2928,44,1,"[4766.910156,5558.0263672,0]",-100,[0,0,0],[0,0],0,[],0,1,-1]]" obj_9="[[38,90.1893,45,1,"[4365.835449,5546.89502,0]",-100,[0,0,0],[0,0],0,[],0,1,-1],[39,90.1893,46,1,"[4602.666992,5649.61377,0]",-100,[0,0,0],[0,0],0,[],0,1,-1],[40,42.3989,47,1,"[4618.872559,5650.753906,-1.59091]",-100,[0,0,0],[0,0],0,[],0,1,-1],[41,342.992,48,1,"[4620.616699,5640.652344,-3.00809]",-100,[0,0,0],[0,0],0,[],0,1,-1],[39,342.992,49,1,"[4602.995117,5627.614746,0]",-100,[0,0,0],[0,0],0,[],0,1,-1]]" obj_10="[[42,342.992,50,1,"[4587.261719,5571.00244141,0]",-100,[0,0,0],[0,0],0,[],0,1,-1],[42,6.16096,51,1,"[4981.869629,5547.14209,0]",-100,[0,0,0],[0,0],0,[],0,1,-1],[42,6.16096,52,1,"[2060.720947,3370.146973,0]",-100,[0,0,0],[0,0],0,[],0,1,-1],[43,318.307,53,1,"[2153.697754,4206.829102,0]",-100,[0,0,0],[0,0],0,[],0,1,-1],[44,87.7896,54,1,"[4488.65332,5834.851563,0]",-100,[0,0,0],[0,0],0,[],0,1,-1]]" I have already tried several different file recovery solutions, and none of them can see a previous version of the file. Unfortunately, the last backup I did of the project file was a couple of months ago - or, tens of hours of object placement ago... My most hopeful solution is that I do have an X-cam output txt file (for Terrain Builder) which isn't too old. So, my question is, unless there is something else I haven't thought of, how can I get my X-cam output file re-imported to X-cam as a project? I really don't want to resort to having to use Buldozer... Cheers!

So, object placement on my terrain is coming along (slowly but) nicely, having painfully aligned many objects with elements visible on the satellite image. It's almost time for me to start thinking about ironing out the remaining inaccuracies from the satellite image that I simply can't sufficiently smother with the right objects - all sorts of weird colours and shapes, things out of scale etc... So, the mask tool in Photoshop is obviously a good place to start for removing things in the satellite that aren't there - but what about the other way round? Ie, re-photographing my terrain with placed objects from above, so that my sat image reflects the object placement, and road textures too - as closely as possible. Is there an official way of doing this? Or do I need to hack it with some screenshot aerial photography in Eden? :p