MUME Help

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MAP, MAPPING, MAPS

If you want a map of a portion of MUME, you have to draw it yourself. We want to encourage people to explore the game. A few pre-drawn maps of trivial areas (such as Bree, the Shire) exist in ASCII and can be bought at a local grocery or travellers shop.

The map command is used to view your nearby surrounding areas. Several options exist in order to view specific things:

`map rooms`	Displays your nearby surroundings; see `help map rooms` for details.
`map weather`	Displays the nearby weather; see `help weather` for details.
`map fog`	Shows fog in the nearby zones.
`map travelled`	Shows areas where you have travelled.

These maps have the following key:

`A`	Ingrove	`T`	Tharbad
`B`	Bree	`W`	Troll Warrens
`C`	Caras Galadhon	`X`	your current location
`D`	Dwarven Homes	`Z`	the Zaugurz Outpost
`E`	Edoras
`F`	Fornost	`%`	swamps
`G`	the Grey Havens	`*`	forest
`H`	Helm's Deep	`:`	plains, fields
`I`	Isengard	`=`	bridge
`M`	Moria	`?`	zone under construction
`N`	Dol Guldur	`^`	mountains
`O`	Goblin-town	`~`	hills
`R`	Rivendell	`a`	the Anduin

map darkness shows the influence of Sauron in nearby zones. This map has the following key:

`+`	Good zone. Sauron's influence is actively repelled
`.`	Neutral zone
`-`	Evil zone. Sauron's minions are most often encountered here
`=`	Zone under the influence of Sauron's Darkness (treated as an evil zone, until the darkness dissolves)

map travelled shows where you have travelled. This map has the following key:

`?`	You have never travelled here
`.`	You have passed through at least once
`-`	You are somewhat familiar with this area
`=`	You have traversed this land many times
`+`	You can find your way around with ease
`*`	You know this area like the back of your hand

Notes:

All map commands may be abbreviated.
The global option can be used in all commands except map rooms to view the entire map of Arda for the specified command.

Examples:

  > map r       Map rooms.
  > map g d     Shows a global map of Sauron's influence.
  > map g w     Shows a global map of the weather on Arda.

There are also external client applications (called "mappers" that can help you in creating maps. help mappers and rules mappers for further details.