[agracier]

Ok I get to the point where I need to align the coast of map_c.tga and map_h.tga. I have downloaded the Coast Alignment tool and launch and load map_c.tga and I get an error message that map_c.tga is an IL2 formatted map_c file!.
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Are you sure that you have used the file that is called 'my_mapC.tga' ? That is often used interchangeably in discussions with map_c.tga, but if you were to open both files in a graphics editor you'd see the difference right away. My_MapC is basically a b/w image with blurred edges, while map_c is the same image, but broken up into little parts that can only be unraveled by the map_C.tga.maptable.

Whatever though. Just be sure you load MY_MAPC.TGA in the coast align utility, and NOT map_C.tga ...

I've never encountered that error message yet, but I suspect that since the error message says 'Il-2 formatted ...' it means you've loaded map_C after it's gone through the map_c toolbox utility.

Try aligning the coast with the raw, My_mapC.tga ... the b/m image that you get by reducing the gray.bmp DEM image ... be sure it is in graymode, no RLE compression on and has the correct proportion, namely the largest size of the 3 different map sizes.

And by the way, if you're only at day 3, then you are going very fast for a first map. It took me around 3 weeks to get a first map made and probably some 3 dozen tries or so ... don't give up ...