This screen helps
guide you through creating a link. This
can be during charting from the command line, or it can be from manually
creating a link on the Cartographer.
When the appropriate speed editing is turned off, this screen only
appears when you try to do a special move different from a cardinal direction.
Enter the command to move from the first room to the
second room here.
Enter the command to move from the second room back
to the first room here.
The default values that appear
are based on the ”reversed” values you have selected through the program
options screen.
Note: If you clear
either field to be blank, then no exit will be created for that particular
direction (or both directions).
You are also able
to define Pre/Post Actions to be executed before (Pre) and after (Post) the
associated exit commands are executed.
These commands can be virtually anything. Something handy would be to use a Pre-Action to open a door, then
the exit command would move you through the door, then the Post-Action would
close the door.
Here is where you
select the Link Color. This will be the
color in which the link will appear on the cartographer.
This is where you
work with the originating room’s properties.
If there is no room at the originating endpoint, leave this box checked
and one will be created (in the style/color selected). The default values that appear are the
values of the existing room. For
example, when you dragged the link, you dragged it from a blue/white room. That’s what appears here. If you wanted to change it to green/white,
go ahead and it will be overwritten with the new values. You are even able to choose a new map or
even new coordinates where you would like the room placed.
Leaving the box
unchecked will not alter the current room, or, if no room exists yet, will not
create one at those coordinates.
This is exactly the
same as the above description for the originating room, but this area defines
the properties for the destination room. The exception here is that you
can create a new map using the "blue-outlined grid button."
Press this button and you will be able to create a new map level. This is
extremely useful for creating multiple level maps while charting.
This graphic
display gives you a visual representation of what the rooms will look like (in
general) on the cartographer. The room
on the left represents the originating room, while the room on the right
represents the destination room. They
are presented from left to right in this format, even though the final look on
the cartographer might have to rooms arranged completely different - even on
different maps maybe.
Press this button
to accept the new link (and maybe rooms) and move onward.
Press this button
to cancel the creation of the new link and start over.