SPLASH
MARITIME TRAINER- AUSTRALIAN SCENERY
This
software is directed at Volunteer Marine Rescue Crew training. The Australian
Scenery pack (not a Stentec product) requires Stentec’s Motorboat Simulator
v1 Software, separately available from Stentec.com,
To
enter this Splash Marine Trainer software is to agree to the End Users Licence
Agreement.
Read the EULA.
Hardware Requirements - Windows 95, 98, XP, Vista, 7, 8 or 10. Pentium III 350Mhz, 64MB RAM, 175MB HD. DirectX 7.0A (or higher) compatible 3D video card.
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Simulator sceneries
Buoyage
exercise
Port
by Ranger
Port
coast by Ranger
Radar
exercise
Sydney
coast by Ranger
NAV exercises
Navigational
practice exercises that make use of embedded targets in the above
sceneries.
MRU & SAR exercises
Staged
job cards for volunteer marine rescue crew practical training,
mirrored in the simulator.
Mid
North Coastal Orientation
Requires Powerpoint. Follow link
INSTALLING THE SCENERIES
After installing/downloading Stentec’s Motorboat Simulator v1.2 Software
run the upgrades offered and download Scenery Manager Utility from www.stentec.com.
To install these additional sceneries to Stentec’s basic complement, run
the Scenery Manager Utility and select the scenery packages from your Download
Folder. The default folder to load new sceneries to is C/Program Files/Stentec/Motorboat
Simulator 1/Sceneries
Additional
Boats
Update download file mbs1206update exe. Link to update file.
More
The default Dutch flag can be replaced by the
Aussie flag by copying and pasting the new file
Flag into:
C/Program Files/Stentec/Motorboat Simulator 1/Boats/boat’s name.
Similarly other boat liveries can be customised by altering the Bitmap dependency files, while maintaining the same name.
The default curret direction can be changed by the instructions.
TROUBLE SHOOTING:
Splash Maritime Trainers use an internet browser and pdf reader (Adobe reader). Some links are to Microsoft Word and Powerpoint files.
HELP-
ERROR MESSAGE USING VISTA ON MBS DOWNLOAD LAUNCH:
Users will find that the new versions of Windows is missing the direct X file
d3drm.dll . This causes an error message when installing their Motorboat
Simulator v1.2. Clicking on
d3drm.dll will link to this file, that should then be copied and
pasted in the folder addressed as C:/WINDOWS/system 32. Legacy settings for
previous Windows versions for compatability may need to be applied.
Scenery
Manager Utility is found from the Motorboat Simulator 1.2 Software from Stentec
or here.