Map Pins text

[Harneloot]

Hello,

I did a search but could not find the answer to this question so...I have inputted a decent amount of text in my Map Pins Descriptions and GM Directions which is great - very easy to use. However, when I hover over the pin, the text only stays visible for ~8 seconds. Is there a way to lengthen this time? If not, other suggestions on how to better input the room descriptions associated with each map pin?

Thanks!

[kbs666]

Generally it is better to link each pin to a topic. Then you can choose to use a map for navigation in the context menu for that map which will put it in the left pane. clicking on a pin will open the topic in the center pane. That makes using a map very easy IMO.

[Harneloot]

Thanks - I will try that if I cannot find any other solution. I like to have the Full Navigation panel open on the left (rather than just the map) so I can see my whole small realm and all the different parts and then just have the map open with the pins in the large area on the right.

[Farling]

Using a topic for each location also means that you will have the auto-linking work for the text of the room description allowing faster navigation to other topics.

[GThiel]

As I was "pinning" a new city and attaching associated topics, I noticed that the map was beginning to look cluttered with the Pin and its underlying Topic Icon. I realized that it would be much more user friendly if there were Pin Icons that differentiated between a simple Pin and one that had an associated topic. (Add this idea to all the rest of the Pin Improvement requests. )

[Farling]

Originally Posted by GThiel

I realized that it would be much more user friendly if there were Pin Icons that differentiated between a simple Pin and one that had an associated topic. (Add this idea to all the rest of the Pin Improvement requests. )

A pin with an associated topic has a little flag to the right; which also indicates if the topic has been revealed (separately from the pin being revealed).

[GThiel]

I know about the little box to the side, what I was trying to get at would be a single pin icon with perhaps 4 states; Pin Only. Pin Only Revealed, Pin w/Topic, Pin w/Topic Revealed. In a crowded environment, a Pin with a Topic box does take up real estate blocking view of the underlying structures. This not a complaint aimed at LW, more of a hopeful suggestion :-)

[AEIOU]

Any map, once get past a dozen or so pins, looks cluttered. I turn off pins for those maps as I can mouse over the areas and the pop-up text tells me what I'm hovering over.

You may want to break up a large map into smaller pieces by creating zones or quadrants or neighborhoods. The smaller maps will limit the number of pins you see at once and provide a larger image of the specific area you are looking at. I find that the Windows Snipping Tool works great for creating these sections.

[kbs666]

Originally Posted by AEIOU

Any map, once get past a dozen or so pins, looks cluttered. I turn off pins for those maps as I can mouse over the areas and the pop-up text tells me what I'm hovering over.

You may want to break up a large map into smaller pieces by creating zones or quadrants or neighborhoods. The smaller maps will limit the number of pins you see at once and provide a larger image of the specific area you are looking at. I find that the Windows Snipping Tool works great for creating these sections.

This! I find a large map with more than 20 pins pretty much useless. I break all my maps down as small as possible.

[AEIOU]

There have been requests to create maps that link to other maps. So you could have a city map with 6 zones that each has a pin that leads to a smaller zone map with the actual location pins.