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Posted by Stahlhagen on January 25, 2000 at 12:40:30:

In Reply to: How I map mazes. (Or: Teaching a man to fish.) posted by Stahlhagen on January 25, 2000 at 12:37:25:

After you've done all of this, come back to the maze much later. Sometimes, your path will still work, and you have yourself a handy little secret. Other times, the maze will re-randomize, and it sucks to have spent the time. C'est la vie.

> First, gather a whole pile of some item. Better yet, use a character who can generate items, such as balls of light or mushrooms or berries from foraging. Go to the entry point.

> Now, each time you step into a room and it has none of your "marker" items, give it a number. Drop that number of items into the room. On a piece of paper, make a little box for each room. Now, step in a new direction from that room. If you've entered a room that already has stuff on the ground, write down what just happened. For example, you may now know that moving east from "Room 1" puts you in "Room 3". Repeat until you connect all of the rooms, and figure out the shortest path from the entrance to the exit.

> That being said, I would consider just handing out directions to be "spoon feeding", and I'm glad no one did. =)

> > I have been playing this game for a little over 2 and a half years. I know alot of the in and outs of the game and have explored a vast majority of the realms but i have yet to figure out how to get through those blasted Ysigrath swamps!
> > I even have a crap load of maps from various friends of mine from when I was back in college, but according to them it says to look or scan in each direction "for example ,the void". But to no avial I cannot get through even the first area of the swamp and I think there are three. Over the last couple of years I have only met a couple of people who claimed to know the directions through the swamp, but when asked they conviently had other things to do *cough* BU!!S#iT.
> > Asking directions through these swamps or how to navigate these mirky waters is not secretive in anyway, It's kinda like asking how to get through mirkwood. So if your "in the know", please help me out......Thanks

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Comments:	> After you've done all of this, come back to the maze much later. Sometimes, your path will still work, and you have yourself a handy little secret. Other times, the maze will re-randomize, and it sucks to have spent the time. C'est la vie. > > > First, gather a whole pile of some item. Better yet, use a character who can generate items, such as balls of light or mushrooms or berries from foraging. Go to the entry point. > > Now, each time you step into a room and it has none of your "marker" items, give it a number. Drop that number of items into the room. On a piece of paper, make a little box for each room. Now, step in a new direction from that room. If you've entered a room that already has stuff on the ground, write down what just happened. For example, you may now know that moving east from "Room 1" puts you in "Room 3". Repeat until you connect all of the rooms, and figure out the shortest path from the entrance to the exit. > > That being said, I would consider just handing out directions to be "spoon feeding", and I'm glad no one did. =) > > > I have been playing this game for a little over 2 and a half years. I know alot of the in and outs of the game and have explored a vast majority of the realms but i have yet to figure out how to get through those blasted Ysigrath swamps! > > > I even have a crap load of maps from various friends of mine from when I was back in college, but according to them it says to look or scan in each direction "for example ,the void". But to no avial I cannot get through even the first area of the swamp and I think there are three. Over the last couple of years I have only met a couple of people who claimed to know the directions through the swamp, but when asked they conviently had other things to do cough BU!!S#iT. > > > Asking directions through these swamps or how to navigate these mirky waters is not secretive in anyway, It's kinda like asking how to get through mirkwood. So if your "in the know", please help me out......Thanks

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