Editing Help:Creating Maps (section)

=== The Secret of /LOC ===
The /loc or @loc is a great feature that will help in many cases.

Here is an example from the Sub:
[[File:Loc1.gif|center]]

The first 4-digits is the unique dungeon ID, here the Sub (or Abandoned Mine) is 01C9.<br>
The next 4-digits is the landblock number. Places (even outdoor) is divided in square zones but its not useful for cartography.<br>
The X-axis and Y-axis is your position in 2D.<br>
The Z-axis is the height of your position.<br>
The H-axis is the direction where u r looking (from 0 to 360°).
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The XYZ axis may help you if u r not sure about the number of tiles in a long corridor or a big room. A tile is 3.3 coord units large. Below, you start at Y=-55 and if you move south for 3.3 until -58.3, you know you have walk one tile, etc... 3 tiles = 10 coord unit and as u know 3 is a gold digit here. So every 10*Y you walked 3 tiles.
[[File:Loc2.jpg|center]]

If you have a very long corridor with no clues about the tiles, you watch the /loc at the beginning and at the end and u divide by 3.3. Example : at the start of corridor u have Y=30.0 and at the end Y=50.0, you divide 20.0 / 3.3 = 6 tiles.<br>
This is just a help, dont calculate everything or you'll get bored...
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The Z-axis is far more helpful and used often to know at which level in the dungeon you are. It is critical when u go deep in a dungeon and then climb some stairs up, but as you have crossed so many stairs and slopes u dont really know at what level your char is. Usually, between two levels there is 3 tiles and u descend 6 Z-coord units. As you can see below, i am at Z=0.0 on top of stairs, and the pumpkin is at Z= - 6.0.
[[File:Loc3.jpg|center]]

Again thats useful when u go down long stairs, and u dont see exactly the number of tiles. Just get the Z at start and the Z at the end and u will get an idea.<br>
This said there is many exceptions, you may have 1, 2 or even 4-tiles stairs. Its not a problem as far as u know at which level you are.