Map Beta: Difference between revisions

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Map Beta is three-dimensional. Stars are shown as colored dots - the shades of which can be changed to represent different sorts of data: security status, services, sovereignity, number of pilots in space, and many others. Lines show the jump gate connections between stars, with the path from your current location to the selected system shown as dotted.

Roll your mouse's scrollbar to zoom the map in and out. Drag on the map to rotate its orientation. Click on a star to center it in the window. ~~(''Note that you cannot~~ drag the map sideways or up and down. ~~To move the map that way you have to click on a star - when the star comes to the center, the map will move in that direction.'')~~

Roll your mouse's scrollbar to zoom the map in and out. Drag on the map to rotate its orientation. Click on a star to center it in the window. Right click to drag the map sideways or up and down.

When you open the map, it will be <span style="color:#eeffcc">centered on a Selected Solar System</span>. This is at first the system where you are currently located, but you can change the selection by clicking on any star. You can use your mouse wheel to zoom in until you see the system in great detail ... planets, moons, stations, asteroid belts, etc. ... or, you can zoom out until you see the entire universe.

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 Map Beta is three-dimensional. Stars are shown as colored dots - the shades of which can be changed to represent different sorts of data: security status, services, sovereignity, number of pilots in space, and many others. Lines show the jump gate connections between stars, with the path from your current location to the selected system shown as dotted.
-Roll your mouse's scrollbar to zoom the map in and out. Drag on the map to rotate its orientation. Click on a star to center it in the window. (''Note that you cannot drag the map sideways or up and down. To move the map that way you have to click on a star - when the star comes to the center, the map will move in that direction.'')
+Roll your mouse's scrollbar to zoom the map in and out. Drag on the map to rotate its orientation. Click on a star to center it in the window. Right click to drag the map sideways or up and down.
 When you open the map, it will be <span style="color:#eeffcc">centered on a Selected Solar System</span>. This is at first the system where you are currently located, but you can change the selection by clicking on any star. You can use your mouse wheel to zoom in until you see the system in great detail ... planets, moons, stations, asteroid belts, etc. ... or, you can zoom out until you see the entire universe.