Freelancer Coordinates


Contrary to the community practice of putting the letter first, I have stuck
with Freelancer's method of number first (since a true coordinate system would
have the numbers start at the bottom, anyway).

The first coordinate references the sector (large grid), the second references
a smaller grid after zooming in.  First, position the cursor at the bottom-right
of the sector to zoom in.  Then move up or down so as to make the number
disappear.  Now move down slowly to make the number reappear, then keep moving
down to make a complete grid (exception: stop moving as soon as 1 appears).
Similarly, move left or right to make the letter disappear, then move slowly
right until it reappears.  Now keep moving right to make a complete grid
(exception: stop moving as soon as A appears).

Now you should have a complete 9x9 grid, surrounded by partial grids.  The
second coordinate references this grid, with 1 to 9 moving top to bottom, and
a to j moving left to right.  Due to the nature of this method (and the distance
between the sectors), some locations use 0 to reference the partial top row and
j for the partial right column.


Jason Hood <jadoxa@yahoo.com.au>
http://freelancer.adoxa.cjb.net/