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This is where the main construction takes place. The building of your space and
planet occur here. You can select, add, delete and move locations. Link them together
to create movement.
Commands
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These are the building blocks of the map. What you do here affects the
overall look of the map.
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Commands in more details:
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Inserts a location. Adds a location to the map at the point you select.
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Deletes a location. Removes a location from the map at the point you
select.
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Moves a location. Press Select button then choose location to move. Press
Move button then choose destination location. The Selected location can be
moved multiple times.
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Links a location with another. Press Select button then choose location
to move from. Press a direction button to choose direction movement. Press
Link button then choose location to move to. You can link to multiple
locations by pressing a direction button without having to select the move
from location each time.
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Selects a location. Displays a map location information at the point
you select. This location is then used with the Move and Link buttons as
the start location.
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Confirms the present command selected.
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Directions
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These are the key to creating movement between locations. Without them
you will end up with a one (1) location map however many locations you add.
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Directions in more detail:
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North.
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North East.
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East.
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South East.
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South.
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South West.
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West.
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North West.
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Up.
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Down.
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In.
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Out.
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Confirms the present direction selected.
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Connections
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This is the place that connects your system to the rest of the universe.
Without these you are all alone. A universe with one (1) space, one (1)
planet, one (1) owner and not one (1) single visitor . . . do you really
want that?
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Connections in more detail:
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This holds the location that has the link to the rest of the universe.
Select a location for your link then press this button to set. This will
not be used unless you press the apply button. Space map access only.
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This holds the location that has the position of the planet in space.
Select a location for your planet then press this button to set. This will
not be used unless you press the apply button. Space map access only.
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This tells your planet the way to the rest of the universe. Once you set
the link and orbit positions use this button while editing any planet map.
This is the only place that applies these locations setting. Planet map
access only.
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There are two (2) boxes, link and orbit, that tell you which locations
will be used when you set them for the planet.
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Layout
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This is the place you put all your planning and developement together.
Only a fraction of the total map is displayed. Use the scroll bars to the
right and bottom to see other parts.
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Layout in more detail:
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A location that does not exist. You can add this location once it has
been selected.
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A location that does exist. You can move, delete and link this location
once it has been seleted.
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A selected location. This is the location that you can move, delete and
link. You can also modify the description by selecting the locations tab.
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Each red dot outside represent a compass direction. The four (4) red dots
inside represent up, down, in and out. All directions are represented by
either a red arrow or a red dot.
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