Glossary
Introduction
Introduction, Part 2
In the beginning...
- Telnet and connecting
- Creating a character
- Setting up your character
Basic MUX
- Help and News
- Say, Pose, and Page
- Enter and Leave
BMI Introduction
- Starting Up
- Heading and Navigate
- Speed
- Turning while Moving
- Dropping Prone
- Jumping
- Status
Contacts
- Sensors and Weather
- Lock
- Scan
- Tactical
- Long Range Scan
- Arc of Fire
- Rotating Torsos
Sighting and Firing
- Weapons
- Melee Attacks
- Weapon Tics
- Gunnery Modifiers
- Hit Locations
- Heat
- The End
Fun With Macros
- Adding Sets
- Commands
Repair Corps Handbook
- !commands
- Damage, Repair, Fix
- Guns, Ammo, Other
- Scrapping
- 'Mech Information
3030 Scenario Information
Combat Unit Commands
What is 3030MUX?
Live, Eat, Breathe 3030MUX
"I Can Do It Better!"
5. THE MAP
There are two kinds of maps readouts:
o Tactical o Long Range Scan
5.1 Tactical
Entering tactical [<bearing> <<range>|<target-id>] will show you a tactical readout of your surroundings including terrain, elevation and all units within LOS.
Setting the attribute "TACHEIGHT" on oneself will set how many hexes tall your tacticals are. &TACHEIGHT me=10 will set it 10 hexes high, for example. The taller the tactical the more you will see with one command.
Graphic 4J
> tactical
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2
0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
\][/--\][/ \][/--\][/~~\][/--\][/--\][/--\][/--\][/--\][/--\][/
1 /--\-1/ \__/ \-1/--\~2/~~\-2/--\-2/--\-2/--\-2/--\-1/--\-1/--\ 1
\-1/ \__/ \__/ \-1/--\~2/--\-2/~~\-2/--\-2/--\-2/--\-1/--\-2/
2 /--\__/ \__/ \__/~~\-2/~~\-2/--\~2/--\-2/--\-2/--\-1/ \-1/--\ 2
\-1/ \__/ \__/ \~1/sx\~2/--\-2/~~\-2/--\-2/--\-1/ \ /##\-2/
3 /~~\__/ \__/ \__/--\~2/--\-2/--\~2/--\-2/--\-1/--\ / \++/##\ 3
\~1/ \__/ \__/ \-1/--\-2/--\-2/--\-2/--\-2/~~\-1/ \__/--\++/
4 /~~\__/ \__/ \__/--\-2/--\-2/--\-2/--\-2/--\~1/ \ / \-1/~~\ 4
\~1/--\__/ \__/~~\-1/--\-2/--\-2/--\-2/--\-2/--\ / \__/--\~2/
5 /--\-1/ \__/ \~1/--\-2/--\-2/--\-2/--\-2/~~\-1/~~\__/--\-1/--\ 5
\-1/--\__/--\__/--\-1/**\-2/--\-2/--\-2/--\~2/~~\~1/~~\-1/--\-2/
6 /--\-1/--\-1/--\-1/--\~2/--\-2/--\-2/~~\-2/--\~2/--\~1/--\-2/--\ 6
\-2/--\-1/--\-1/--\-2/~~\-2/--\-2/--\~2/--\-2/--\-1/--\-1/--\-2/
7 /--\-2/--\-2/--\-2/--\~2/--\-2/--\-2/--\-2/--\-2/--\-2/--\-2/--\ 7
\-2/--\-2/--\-2/--\-2/--\-2/--\-2/--\-2/--\-2/--\-2/--\-2/--\-2/
8 /~~\-2/--\-2/--\-2/~~\-2/--\-2/--\-2/--\-2/--\-2/~~\-2/--\-2/--\ 8
\~2/--\-2/~~\-2/--\~2/--\-2/--\-2/~~\-2/--\-2/~~\~2/--\-2/--\-2/
9 /--\-1/~~\~1/--\-2/--\-2/--\-2/--\~2/--\-2/--\~2/--\-1/--\-2/--\ 9
\-2/--\~1/ \-1/--\-2/--\-2/--\-2/--\-2/--\-2/--\-1/ \-1/--\-2/
10 /--\-1/ \__/--\-1/--\-1/--\-2/--\-2/--\-2/--\-2/--\__/--\-1/--\ 10
\-1/][\__/][\-1/][\-1/][\-1/][\-2/][\-2/][\-2/][\-1/][\-1/][\-2/
If you see an '**' on the map, that's you. If you don't and are looking at at tactical with no arguments given, it means that you are in the same hex as another unit (whose unit ID should be on your hex).
The map is seperated into a series of hexes. Each hex has 4 sections
/AB\
\CD/
A: 1st character of the unit ID ('*' if your unit is in the hex, otherwise it's the terrain of the hex.)
B: 2nd character of the unit ID ('*' if your unit is in the hex, otherwise is's the terrain of the hex.)
C: Indicates the type of terrain of the hex
^ = Mountain
" = Heavy Forest
` = Light Forest
~ = Water
% = Rough
# = Road
@ = Building
= = Wall
& = Fire
: = Smoke
+ = Bridge or Snow
(empty) _ = Plains
D: Elevation level of the hex, 0-9 A-F
(Elevation is zero if no number of letter)
Graphic 4K
> tactical
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3
9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0
/##\][/ \][/ \][/ \][/ \][/ \][/ \][/ \][/ \][/ \][/ \][/
4 \##/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \ 4
/##\__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/
5 \##/^^\__/be\__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \ 5
/##\^2/ \__/ \__/^^\__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/
6 \##/ \__/ \__/AU\^^/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \ 6
/##\__/ \__/^^\^1/^^\__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/
7 \##/ \__/ \^^/^^\^1/^^\__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \ 7
/##\__/ \__/^^\^2/^^\^^/ \__/**\__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/
8 \##/ \__/ \^1/^^\^3/^^\__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \ 8
/##\__/ \__/^^\^2/^^\^1/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/
9 \##/ \__/ \^1/^^\^3/^^\__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \ 9
/##\__/ \__/^^\^2/bc\^1/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/
10 \##/^^\__/ \^1/^^\^3/^^\__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \ 10
/##\^2/ \__/^^\^2/ba\^1/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/
11 \##/ \__/ \^^/^^\^1/ \__/AL\__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \ 11
/##\__/ \__/ \^1/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/
12 \##/ \__/ \__/^^\__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \__/ \ 12
/][\__/][\__/][\^^/][\__/][\__/][\__/][\__/][\__/][\__/][\__/][\__/
Your unit is in sector 19,8 - Level 0 Grassland.
Enemy unit AU is in sector 14,7 - Level 1 Mountain.
Friendly unit bc is in sector 15,10 - Level 3 Mountain.
There are no 'Mechs in sector 9,10 - Level 0 Road.
You may also pull up a tactical map in a direction and range, or centered on another unit.
For example, to see 10 hexes to your south, enter tactical 180 10. To see the tactical centered on unit BA, enter tactical BA.
Note that any unit (including yours) does not occupy the entire hex, but rather a point inside your particular hex. The navigate command sheds some light on this concept. This can be useful especially when moving exactly east or west, because of the way the hexes kind of 'toggle'. Once you pilot for a little while and get used to it, you will understand what this means.
Move on to the next section...