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Adventure/MapDocsTxt
This website contains an archive of files for the Acorn Electron, BBC Micro, Acorn Archimedes, Commodore 16 and Commodore 64 computers, which Dominic Ford has rescued from his private collection of floppy disks and cassettes.
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File contents
Adventure Mapping System The Draw file MapBlank contains all the objects you need to make maps of adventure games. The maps you can create are based on a grid of octagons with 1cm of space between each one as can be seen on the template. All editing is performed in Select mode (the arrow tool). To use an object, select it then make a copy of it using Ctrl+C. Move it to the blank space above the template and position it. You will find that all objects will lock easily into the correct position. Arrows etc can be rotated and reflected by Rotate, X Scale and Y Scale from the Transform menu. To change the text in octagons etc, ungroup the object (Ctrl+U) then select the text and press Ctrl+E to edit it. Delete the existing text (Ctrl+U), enter your own then press RETURN. To re-centre the text, re-group (drag a box around the components then press Ctrl+G), then press Ctrl+J (justify). The Objects The wiggly lines are Up and Down direction arrows. The text allows you to indicate the number of the map of the new level and the location in which you end up. The arrowheads are provided for the curved passages (see below). Rotate them to face the correct direction. Small straight lines are door or obstruction symbols. They are designed to be placed in the centre of horizontal or vertical arrows, or on diagonal arrows in the case of the diagonal line. Rotate as necessary. The open rectangle with two arrows leading into and out of it indicate a large object which you can enter or climb on like a large cupboard or a dumb waiter but which you cannot enter and exit using a normal compass direction. It is designed to be attached to an edge of the location octagon. Enter a brief description of the object in the text line. Re-group then rotate the object as necessary. Double ended arrows with single arrow heads are normal two way exits. Single ended arrows indicate you can go in one direction but not back in the opposite direction, a one way exit. The arrow with one open double arrowhead and one bold double arrowhead indicates a sloping exit (e.g south and down). The open double arrowhead is the down direction. There are one way versions of this arrow provided as well. The curved lines allow you to show exits which lead from any side of an octagon to any side of another. This can be used to show twisting passages between locations. Octagons show each location. Enter the name of the room on the text line. You may use footnotes if you wish. These are numbered with the number of the current map and the number of the footnote seperated by a point. Octagons with one or two lines of text, with and without footnote numbers are provided. This mapping system will only work with Draw versions 0.88 and above (provided with Risc OS 3.00 and above).
00000000 41 64 76 65 6e 74 75 72 65 20 4d 61 70 70 69 6e |Adventure Mappin| 00000010 67 20 53 79 73 74 65 6d 0a 0a 54 68 65 20 44 72 |g System..The Dr| 00000020 61 77 20 66 69 6c 65 20 4d 61 70 42 6c 61 6e 6b |aw file MapBlank| 00000030 20 63 6f 6e 74 61 69 6e 73 20 61 6c 6c 20 74 68 | contains all th| 00000040 65 20 6f 62 6a 65 63 74 73 20 79 6f 75 20 6e 65 |e objects you ne| 00000050 65 64 20 74 6f 20 6d 61 6b 65 20 6d 61 70 73 20 |ed to make maps | 00000060 6f 66 0a 61 64 76 65 6e 74 75 72 65 20 67 61 6d |of.adventure gam| 00000070 65 73 2e 20 20 54 68 65 20 6d 61 70 73 20 79 6f |es. The maps yo| 00000080 75 20 63 61 6e 20 63 72 65 61 74 65 20 61 72 65 |u can create are| 00000090 20 62 61 73 65 64 20 6f 6e 20 61 20 67 72 69 64 | based on a grid| 000000a0 20 6f 66 20 6f 63 74 61 67 6f 6e 73 0a 77 69 74 | of octagons.wit| 000000b0 68 20 31 63 6d 20 6f 66 20 73 70 61 63 65 20 62 |h 1cm of space b| 000000c0 65 74 77 65 65 6e 20 65 61 63 68 20 6f 6e 65 20 |etween each one | 000000d0 61 73 20 63 61 6e 20 62 65 20 73 65 65 6e 20 6f |as can be seen o| 000000e0 6e 20 74 68 65 20 74 65 6d 70 6c 61 74 65 2e 20 |n the template. | 000000f0 20 41 6c 6c 0a 65 64 69 74 69 6e 67 20 69 73 20 | All.editing is | 00000100 70 65 72 66 6f 72 6d 65 64 20 69 6e 20 53 65 6c |performed in Sel| 00000110 65 63 74 20 6d 6f 64 65 20 28 74 68 65 20 61 72 |ect mode (the ar| 00000120 72 6f 77 20 74 6f 6f 6c 29 2e 20 20 54 6f 20 75 |row tool). 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Arrows| 00000200 20 65 74 63 20 63 61 6e 20 62 65 20 72 6f 74 61 | etc can be rota| 00000210 74 65 64 20 61 6e 64 0a 72 65 66 6c 65 63 74 65 |ted and.reflecte| 00000220 64 20 62 79 20 52 6f 74 61 74 65 2c 20 58 20 53 |d by Rotate, X S| 00000230 63 61 6c 65 20 61 6e 64 20 59 20 53 63 61 6c 65 |cale and Y Scale| 00000240 20 66 72 6f 6d 20 74 68 65 20 54 72 61 6e 73 66 | from the Transf| 00000250 6f 72 6d 20 6d 65 6e 75 2e 0a 0a 54 6f 20 63 68 |orm menu...To ch| 00000260 61 6e 67 65 20 74 68 65 20 74 65 78 74 20 69 6e |ange the text in| 00000270 20 6f 63 74 61 67 6f 6e 73 20 65 74 63 2c 20 75 | octagons etc, u| 00000280 6e 67 72 6f 75 70 20 74 68 65 20 6f 62 6a 65 63 |ngroup the objec| 00000290 74 20 28 43 74 72 6c 2b 55 29 20 74 68 65 6e 20 |t (Ctrl+U) then | 000002a0 73 65 6c 65 63 74 0a 74 68 65 20 74 65 78 74 20 |select.the text | 000002b0 61 6e 64 20 70 72 65 73 73 20 43 74 72 6c 2b 45 |and press Ctrl+E| 000002c0 20 74 6f 20 65 64 69 74 20 69 74 2e 20 20 44 65 | to edit it. De| 000002d0 6c 65 74 65 20 74 68 65 20 65 78 69 73 74 69 6e |lete the existin| 000002e0 67 20 74 65 78 74 20 28 43 74 72 6c 2b 55 29 2c |g text (Ctrl+U),| 000002f0 0a 65 6e 74 65 72 20 79 6f 75 72 20 6f 77 6e 20 |.enter your own | 00000300 74 68 65 6e 20 70 72 65 73 73 20 52 45 54 55 52 |then press RETUR| 00000310 4e 2e 20 20 54 6f 20 72 65 2d 63 65 6e 74 72 65 |N. To re-centre| 00000320 20 74 68 65 20 74 65 78 74 2c 20 72 65 2d 67 72 | the text, re-gr| 00000330 6f 75 70 20 28 64 72 61 67 20 61 0a 62 6f 78 20 |oup (drag a.box | 00000340 61 72 6f 75 6e 64 20 74 68 65 20 63 6f 6d 70 6f |around the compo| 00000350 6e 65 6e 74 73 20 74 68 65 6e 20 70 72 65 73 73 |nents then press| 00000360 20 43 74 72 6c 2b 47 29 2c 20 74 68 65 6e 20 70 | Ctrl+G), then p| 00000370 72 65 73 73 20 43 74 72 6c 2b 4a 20 28 6a 75 73 |ress Ctrl+J (jus| 00000380 74 69 66 79 29 2e 0a 0a 54 68 65 20 4f 62 6a 65 |tify)...The Obje| 00000390 63 74 73 0a 0a 54 68 65 20 77 69 67 67 6c 79 20 |cts..The wiggly | 000003a0 6c 69 6e 65 73 20 61 72 65 20 55 70 20 61 6e 64 |lines are Up and| 000003b0 20 44 6f 77 6e 20 64 69 72 65 63 74 69 6f 6e 20 | Down direction | 000003c0 61 72 72 6f 77 73 2e 20 20 54 68 65 20 74 65 78 |arrows. The tex| 000003d0 74 20 61 6c 6c 6f 77 73 20 79 6f 75 20 74 6f 0a |t allows you to.| 000003e0 69 6e 64 69 63 61 74 65 20 74 68 65 20 6e 75 6d |indicate the num| 000003f0 62 65 72 20 6f 66 20 74 68 65 20 6d 61 70 20 6f |ber of the map o| 00000400 66 20 74 68 65 20 6e 65 77 20 6c 65 76 65 6c 20 |f the new level | 00000410 61 6e 64 20 74 68 65 20 6c 6f 63 61 74 69 6f 6e |and the location| 00000420 20 69 6e 20 77 68 69 63 68 0a 79 6f 75 20 65 6e | in which.you en| 00000430 64 20 75 70 2e 0a 0a 54 68 65 20 61 72 72 6f 77 |d up...The arrow| 00000440 68 65 61 64 73 20 61 72 65 20 70 72 6f 76 69 64 |heads are provid| 00000450 65 64 20 66 6f 72 20 74 68 65 20 63 75 72 76 65 |ed for the curve| 00000460 64 20 70 61 73 73 61 67 65 73 20 28 73 65 65 20 |d passages (see | 00000470 62 65 6c 6f 77 29 2e 20 20 52 6f 74 61 74 65 0a |below). 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Rotate as ne| 00000570 63 65 73 73 61 72 79 2e 0a 0a 54 68 65 20 6f 70 |cessary...The op| 00000580 65 6e 20 72 65 63 74 61 6e 67 6c 65 20 77 69 74 |en rectangle wit| 00000590 68 20 74 77 6f 20 61 72 72 6f 77 73 20 6c 65 61 |h two arrows lea| 000005a0 64 69 6e 67 20 69 6e 74 6f 20 61 6e 64 20 6f 75 |ding into and ou| 000005b0 74 20 6f 66 20 69 74 20 69 6e 64 69 63 61 74 65 |t of it indicate| 000005c0 20 61 0a 6c 61 72 67 65 20 6f 62 6a 65 63 74 20 | a.large object | 000005d0 77 68 69 63 68 20 79 6f 75 20 63 61 6e 20 65 6e |which you can en| 000005e0 74 65 72 20 6f 72 20 63 6c 69 6d 62 20 6f 6e 20 |ter or climb on | 000005f0 6c 69 6b 65 20 61 20 6c 61 72 67 65 20 63 75 70 |like a large cup| 00000600 62 6f 61 72 64 20 6f 72 20 61 20 64 75 6d 62 0a |board or a dumb.| 00000610 77 61 69 74 65 72 20 62 75 74 20 77 68 69 63 68 |waiter but which| 00000620 20 79 6f 75 20 63 61 6e 6e 6f 74 20 65 6e 74 65 | you cannot ente| 00000630 72 20 61 6e 64 20 65 78 69 74 20 75 73 69 6e 67 |r and exit using| 00000640 20 61 20 6e 6f 72 6d 61 6c 20 63 6f 6d 70 61 73 | a normal compas| 00000650 73 20 64 69 72 65 63 74 69 6f 6e 2e 20 0a 49 74 |s direction. .It| 00000660 20 69 73 20 64 65 73 69 67 6e 65 64 20 74 6f 20 | is designed to | 00000670 62 65 20 61 74 74 61 63 68 65 64 20 74 6f 20 61 |be attached to a| 00000680 6e 20 65 64 67 65 20 6f 66 20 74 68 65 20 6c 6f |n edge of the lo| 00000690 63 61 74 69 6f 6e 20 6f 63 74 61 67 6f 6e 2e 20 |cation octagon. | 000006a0 20 45 6e 74 65 72 20 61 0a 62 72 69 65 66 20 64 | Enter a.brief d| 000006b0 65 73 63 72 69 70 74 69 6f 6e 20 6f 66 20 74 68 |escription of th| 000006c0 65 20 6f 62 6a 65 63 74 20 69 6e 20 74 68 65 20 |e object in the | 000006d0 74 65 78 74 20 6c 69 6e 65 2e 20 20 52 65 2d 67 |text line. Re-g| 000006e0 72 6f 75 70 20 74 68 65 6e 20 72 6f 74 61 74 65 |roup then rotate| 000006f0 20 74 68 65 0a 6f 62 6a 65 63 74 20 61 73 20 6e | the.object as n| 00000700 65 63 65 73 73 61 72 79 2e 0a 0a 44 6f 75 62 6c |ecessary...Doubl| 00000710 65 20 65 6e 64 65 64 20 61 72 72 6f 77 73 20 77 |e ended arrows w| 00000720 69 74 68 20 73 69 6e 67 6c 65 20 61 72 72 6f 77 |ith single arrow| 00000730 20 68 65 61 64 73 20 61 72 65 20 6e 6f 72 6d 61 | heads are norma| 00000740 6c 20 74 77 6f 20 77 61 79 20 65 78 69 74 73 2e |l two way exits.| 00000750 20 0a 53 69 6e 67 6c 65 20 65 6e 64 65 64 20 61 | .Single ended a| 00000760 72 72 6f 77 73 20 69 6e 64 69 63 61 74 65 20 79 |rrows indicate y| 00000770 6f 75 20 63 61 6e 20 67 6f 20 69 6e 20 6f 6e 65 |ou can go in one| 00000780 20 64 69 72 65 63 74 69 6f 6e 20 62 75 74 20 6e | direction but n| 00000790 6f 74 20 62 61 63 6b 20 69 6e 20 74 68 65 0a 6f |ot back in the.o| 000007a0 70 70 6f 73 69 74 65 20 64 69 72 65 63 74 69 6f |pposite directio| 000007b0 6e 2c 20 61 20 6f 6e 65 20 77 61 79 20 65 78 69 |n, a one way exi| 000007c0 74 2e 20 20 54 68 65 20 61 72 72 6f 77 20 77 69 |t. The arrow wi| 000007d0 74 68 20 6f 6e 65 20 6f 70 65 6e 20 64 6f 75 62 |th one open doub| 000007e0 6c 65 0a 61 72 72 6f 77 68 65 61 64 20 61 6e 64 |le.arrowhead and| 000007f0 20 6f 6e 65 20 62 6f 6c 64 20 64 6f 75 62 6c 65 | one bold double| 00000800 20 61 72 72 6f 77 68 65 61 64 20 69 6e 64 69 63 | arrowhead indic| 00000810 61 74 65 73 20 61 20 73 6c 6f 70 69 6e 67 20 65 |ates a sloping e| 00000820 78 69 74 20 28 65 2e 67 20 73 6f 75 74 68 0a 61 |xit (e.g south.a| 00000830 6e 64 20 64 6f 77 6e 29 2e 20 20 54 68 65 20 6f |nd down). The o| 00000840 70 65 6e 20 64 6f 75 62 6c 65 20 61 72 72 6f 77 |pen double arrow| 00000850 68 65 61 64 20 69 73 20 74 68 65 20 64 6f 77 6e |head is the down| 00000860 20 64 69 72 65 63 74 69 6f 6e 2e 20 20 54 68 65 | direction. 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This can be u| 00000920 73 65 64 20 74 6f 20 73 68 6f 77 20 74 77 69 73 |sed to show twis| 00000930 74 69 6e 67 20 70 61 73 73 61 67 65 73 0a 62 65 |ting passages.be| 00000940 74 77 65 65 6e 20 6c 6f 63 61 74 69 6f 6e 73 2e |tween locations.| 00000950 0a 0a 4f 63 74 61 67 6f 6e 73 20 73 68 6f 77 20 |..Octagons show | 00000960 65 61 63 68 20 6c 6f 63 61 74 69 6f 6e 2e 20 20 |each location. | 00000970 45 6e 74 65 72 20 74 68 65 20 6e 61 6d 65 20 6f |Enter the name o| 00000980 66 20 74 68 65 20 72 6f 6f 6d 20 6f 6e 20 74 68 |f the room on th| 00000990 65 20 74 65 78 74 20 6c 69 6e 65 2e 0a 59 6f 75 |e text line..You| 000009a0 20 6d 61 79 20 75 73 65 20 66 6f 6f 74 6e 6f 74 | may use footnot| 000009b0 65 73 20 69 66 20 79 6f 75 20 77 69 73 68 2e 20 |es if you wish. | 000009c0 20 54 68 65 73 65 20 61 72 65 20 6e 75 6d 62 65 | These are numbe| 000009d0 72 65 64 20 77 69 74 68 20 74 68 65 20 6e 75 6d |red with the num| 000009e0 62 65 72 20 6f 66 0a 74 68 65 20 63 75 72 72 65 |ber of.the curre| 000009f0 6e 74 20 6d 61 70 20 61 6e 64 20 74 68 65 20 6e |nt map and the n| 00000a00 75 6d 62 65 72 20 6f 66 20 74 68 65 20 66 6f 6f |umber of the foo| 00000a10 74 6e 6f 74 65 20 73 65 70 65 72 61 74 65 64 20 |tnote seperated | 00000a20 62 79 20 61 20 70 6f 69 6e 74 2e 20 0a 4f 63 74 |by a point. .Oct| 00000a30 61 67 6f 6e 73 20 77 69 74 68 20 6f 6e 65 20 6f |agons with one o| 00000a40 72 20 74 77 6f 20 6c 69 6e 65 73 20 6f 66 20 74 |r two lines of t| 00000a50 65 78 74 2c 20 77 69 74 68 20 61 6e 64 20 77 69 |ext, with and wi| 00000a60 74 68 6f 75 74 20 66 6f 6f 74 6e 6f 74 65 20 6e |thout footnote n| 00000a70 75 6d 62 65 72 73 0a 61 72 65 20 70 72 6f 76 69 |umbers.are provi| 00000a80 64 65 64 2e 0a 0a 54 68 69 73 20 6d 61 70 70 69 |ded...This mappi| 00000a90 6e 67 20 73 79 73 74 65 6d 20 77 69 6c 6c 20 6f |ng system will o| 00000aa0 6e 6c 79 20 77 6f 72 6b 20 77 69 74 68 20 44 72 |nly work with Dr| 00000ab0 61 77 20 76 65 72 73 69 6f 6e 73 20 30 2e 38 38 |aw versions 0.88| 00000ac0 20 61 6e 64 20 61 62 6f 76 65 0a 28 70 72 6f 76 | and above.(prov| 00000ad0 69 64 65 64 20 77 69 74 68 20 52 69 73 63 20 4f |ided with Risc O| 00000ae0 53 20 33 2e 30 30 20 61 6e 64 20 61 62 6f 76 65 |S 3.00 and above| 00000af0 29 2e 0a |)..| 00000af3
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