Mapping in W7 ...

[mstrpbk]

Is there a in-game mapping system within Wizardry 7? ... or are all the maps produced by third party sources? I am finding that some of the maps I have are in .. question (The New City Map I have has things out of place [especially the temple]). Right now I need a map of a composit forest area of the game. As I have misplaced the location of the Gorn King (now wondering if that is a one time visit 'thing'),

I am getting dizzy and very confused doing this without some thing reliable to traval by. Anyone have any suggestions.

MstrPBK
St. Paul, MN USA

P.S. I am getting to the point of which I am considering redrawing every square of this game and right now that would distract from the game experiance.

[minserra]

Did you get the Journey Map Kit? If not go back to the forest area close to the beginner dungeon you started at (where rep se tep was) and explore a bit. If you hear crunching bones you are close to the chest with the kit in it. If it says you smell wild orchids, turn around. You should fight a bunch of phoots of various varieties on the way to the chest. Also have one of your characters get their mapping skill up to 10 immediately (will show walls on the map), 30 fairly quickly (shows doors, maybe ladders - don't remember if they show at 30 or 70), and 70 eventually (Shows all stairs, teleports, etc.) No reason to get mapping above 70, does nothing after that. Once you hit 30 mapping skill on one character you can probably ignore it until you have all your other preferred skills for that character buffed out.

After you have the map kit, just make a few notes on the side as to where you found things (I.E. Gorn King is downstairs to the left or something like that, or armor vendor in New City is west of the church). Get used to checking the map (just use it in your inventory when you find it). A few dungeons you will need it to get around without getting lost.

If you don't have the map, I'll say it again..go back and find it. You don't want to map all the forest areas by hand and it makes the dungeons much easier to get around. Also it has an arrow (which is your party) that shows which direction you are facing. That way you don't need the direction spell (better spells to use that spell selection on).

[mstrpbk]

1,000 thanks! This was baffling me - deeply. I restarted that game for OTHER reasons. but have not left the beginners zone - or even entered the beginners dungeon. I can find that location once more ... I think. Betting IF I have that things will go much better.

Again thank you very much (ahhh the subtly of this game).

MstrPBK
St. Paul, MN USA

[mstrpbk]

FOUND! One Journey Map Kit ...

Without tellling details... ... ... With other than Skill Points ... does the Kit activate by itself ... or ... is there a secondary activation? I suspect I know that answer but a 'sign' might be nice as this game is rather vague sometimes. (hint insert player riddle here).

MstrPBK
St Paul, MN USA

[delmoroth]

Really wish there was some kind of program i could run that would keep the automap pulled up in a seperate window. I hear gold has an automap of that sort, too bad gold wont run in any modern windows ;/

[minserra]

You need to use the map from your inventory to open it and view it. If you are running Wiz 7 from DOSBox, you will needd to open it every time you want to see it (still quite helpful). If you are running WizGold, once you open it, it will stay open in a small seperate window that you can position where you like. Either way the map will update automatically as you step on to squares you have not visited before, the ones you have not been to are still black.

And yes Del, I could not run Gold from steam either. I've heard of work arounds, but not worth the effort to get it running when you can just dosbox it. Very few changes in gold anyway. The map was the main thing that gold had the advantage on, other than that there was some voice acting with some NPCs and supposedly the graphics slightly better (I never noticed much difference personally).

[mstrpbk]

Back to the main subject ....

I am about the leave New City ... And I have still not figured out how to acess or intergrate the Journey Map Kit. Is this a case where the lead character can only use the prop? The character who has the Kit has a 17 in mapping. Is there also a scribing requirement as well??

MstrPBK
St. Paul, MN USA

[minserra]

Just grab the map in the inventory of your mapping character and then click on the use button under the inventory slots. The map will show on the screen. Click anywhere to close it and continue adventuring (assuming you are on dosbox not gold).

Ths scribe skill is for using scrolls and spells books. The higher scribe, the more likely you won't fumble the scroll when you use it and you will be able to scribe higher level spells from spell books into your character's spell book. I have never used either scrolls or books very much, so never upped scribe till i got the other stuff high.

[mstrpbk]

Have tried to tell the Journey Map Kit to be 'Read' - but it does nothing. (looks around innocently).

MstrPBK
St. Paul, MN USA

[minserra]

My bad, don't open the inventory. Just click on the use icon on the main screen (hotkey u) and then click the character who has the map kit, then click the map and the use button there. Sorry about that..a little mixed messages there.

[mstrpbk]

MInserra -

(nods) Wiil give that a try.
"Use" as in charcater process option ... ?

MstrPBK
St. Paul, MN USA

[mstrpbk]

Heads up guys ... the method to reach the Journey Map Kit on the APPLE is:

Keyboard Letter U (by it's self)
CLiCK the character with the Kit.
find the kit and highlight it,
and then say USE

Looks at every one else in the room who knew this: "I now understand why the Map kit needs to be changed Yep.

MstrPBK
St. Paul, MN USA

[Vrelkyn]

The entire internet could not figure this out - thank you - take my points