File Menu: --------- * New: starts a new map * Open: opens a new map * Save: saves the current map * Save as: saves the current map to a file of your choice * Exit: exits MapMaker Edit Menu: --------- * Clear: deletes all rooms and the map description * Map Size: lets you change the number of rooms the current map can hold in vertical and horizontal direction * Search Rooms: marks all room descriptions containing a String you must specify; if you select the "match room name" option, only rooms where the room name matches the search string exactly will be marked; the name of a room is the first non-comment, non-command line in the description note: you can mark all rooms without a name by selecting "match room name" and searching for an empty string * Unmark Rooms: sets all rooms on the map to unmarked * Color Rooms: sets all marked rooms to the chosen color * [] drag up/down if selected, up and down connections will be treated as normal connections for the purpose of moving a group of rooms with shift-left-drag; if unselected, up and down connection will be treated as non-existant for room-group-moving * [] link mean rooms if selected, you can link several rooms at once, provided they are in a straight line View Menu: --------- * View Size: lets you change the size with which the map will be drawn * Custom: sets the view size to a value of your choice * Small: sets the view size to a small standard size * Medium: sets the view size to a medium standard size * Maximize: resizes the main window so that the map fits in without using scrollbars * [] Show Virtual Rooms: if selected, virtual rooms will be visible as faint outlines if unselected, virtual rooms will not be drawn Image Menu: ---------- * () Legend Right of/Below Map: determins wether the map's legend which contains the room names will be located to the right of the map or below it when saved as image * Save as Image: saves the map as an image file (currently the jpeg format is used, since I have no java library for a better suited format) * Preview Image: displays a preview of the map as it would be saved as image ROM Menu: -------- * Set Sector: adds a line containing a ROM command for the chosen sector to the room description of all marked rooms * Set Room Flag: adds a line containing a ROM command for the chosen flag to the room description of all marked rooms * Remove Room Flag: removes the ROM command for the chosen flag from the room description of all marked rooms * Create ROM Area: creates a ROM area file from the current map see ROM help for more information * Create OLC Code: creates a text file which consists of instructions for OLC if sent to the mud, this will create the area defined by the map * Import ROM Area: reads the room structure of a ROM area file and creates a map from it Help: ---- * General: displays some basic help on what MapMaker is and how it works * Edit: lists which keys and mouse buttons must be pressed to edit the map * Menu: displays this help * ROM: explains how to create ROM area files with MapMaker * About: shows version and author information