CompuServe Thread

John, Thanks for the info re Session-DEM,it works great, AND simplifies my Startup.Scr! To All, if you missed it, In VP3, to set up a complete starting environment, even including things that STARTUP.SCR _can't_ set up, set up VP3 as you want it to be at startup (trees, clouds, palette lock, graphics modes, anything and everything else…), but with the usual empty landscape (or whatever landscape you always want to start up using). Then select Save/Session DEM. Best place to put it is in your basic VP directory, and the obvious name is STARTUP.DEM Then modify your STARTUP.SCR – all you'll need in there is the series of DefaulDir commands for your particular Directory Structure, followed by 'LoadDEM STARTUP.DEM' (or whatever name you've given it). This LoadDEM will then set everything else! A tip from me… When creating a River or a Lake, VP draws in where it's going to put the River/Lake, and then puts up a box asking if this is OK for you. But the place it puts this box is usually _right_ over where it's just put the River/Lake, so you _can't_ see it to check it's OK! Actually, the place VP puts the confirmatory box is the current Mouse Position, which is usually where you've just clicked to create the River/Lake. So all you have to do when creating is to click on the point you want your River/Lake, then DON'T release the Mouse button, drag the mouse until you're clear of the landscape, and _then_ you can release it. Hey presto – confirmation box _and_ you can see what it's asking you to confirm! Hope this all helps, RAC