BrianJG

Thanks! That is really cool, I'll try it out and let you all know what it looks like. You guys rock!

Bruce, You are awesome! It took me a minute to realize that you made that movie specifically to answer my question. This is one of the main reasons why I love A:M, the users love to support each other. Watching that movie started jogging my memory for the shortcuts and basics on how to do stuff. Between being out for 8 years and a wonderfully enhanced version, I am playing catch up (in a good way). Here is what I have managed to figure out so far, I have a few little tweaks still... Oh and if anyone knows how to do what Ron suggested, please let us know! That would be really cool! Thanks Brian

I am attemping to build a 3-d topographical map with specific terrain and colors at each tier. I attached a simple jpg I made in paint that is the rough 2-d version of what I am trying to do. I think I can get the model built with these tiers (blue being the lowest and high the highest), but I'm not sure how to get the coloring right to match the rough sketch. I haven't used A:M in about 8 years (1999) so I am trying to remember all the different ways to do things. If this is an really silly question and you feel that I should know better because of a tutorial somewhere, just let me know where it is, I haven't been able to find anything like this yet. Thanks in advance Brian

I have a Compaq tc4200 tablet (Really curious to see how A:M behaves using the tablet part) that only has an external USB optical drive. I use an cd imaging program to store cds on my harddrive and only break out the optical drive about once every three months. I'll check with Hash about the H/W dongle. Thanks Brian

I'm trying to use A:M on a laptop that does not have an optical drive built in, is there anyway that I can make an image of the cd and store it on the drive so that I can start A:M? Or am I just out of luck? Thanks Brian