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Jock Cooper (jo...@netcom.com) wrote:
: Strat...@cris.com wrote:
: >
: >	The neato automap for dungeons is just that...I get more confused
: >looking at the endless 3D crap than if I just wandered in circles for
: >a few hours...

[snips all over]
: My main gripe is the useless automap.

I posted something of a helpful hint on another thread, but I'll repeat
it.  Try this, change the mode to side view (click the grid), adjust the
view so that you are just a little bit above the level of your PC.
Rotate the map to direction that isn't exactly one of the cardinal
directions, ie, don't look at the map square on, you'll never make
heads or tails of it if you do.  You should be able to get a good sense of
the area immediately surrounding, and once you start to pay attention to
the compass some more, you'll find that you can make your way around
dungeons rather efficiently.  Try not to rotate the map too much once
you've off set it from an exact cardinal direction.  Use zoom in/out, and
up/down and left/right instead.  This way you won't get so disoriented
with direction each time you pull up the map.  Remember to use the compass
though!

Good luck,
Warren Wang, ww...@cs.utexas.edu
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