# Newb Map Help

**URL:** <https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/newb-map-help/8407>\
**Category:** The Bunker\
**Created:** [December 24, 2014, 6:52am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/newb-map-help/8407 "2014-12-24T06:52:46Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 8\
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**Author:** ![Shrde](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8baadc/32.png) [@Shrde](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Shrde)\
**Post date:** [December 24, 2014, 6:52am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/newb-map-help/8407/1 "2014-12-24T06:52:46Z")

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Is there any tips I can Have that will make reading the map at glance easy i find it very hard to read the map, due to the lack of tile support. Also is that planned to add tile support

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**Author:** ![John\_Candlebury](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/john_candlebury/32/6437_2.png) [@John\_Candlebury](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/John_Candlebury)\
**Post date:** [December 24, 2014, 1:25pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/newb-map-help/8407/2 "2014-12-24T13:25:30Z")

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Cant help you much if you dont point the parts which you don’t understand, but:

-The symbols “\< \> ^ and the downward arrow” all symbolize the direction the building is facing, the color of the arrow determines the type of building.  
-The map will tell you the name of the currently selected tile; the name appears on the upper right corner.

That said good luck and welcome to the forums.

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**Author:** ![Taikei\_no\_Yuurei](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7ba0ec/32.png) [@Taikei\_no\_Yuurei](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Taikei_no_Yuurei)\
**Post date:** [December 24, 2014, 1:50pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/newb-map-help/8407/3 "2014-12-24T13:50:22Z")

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If you hit ‘?’ while looking at the map, it’ll pull up the help screen which tells you what each symbol means.

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**Author:** ![BigLie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/f14d63/32.png) [@BigLie](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/BigLie)\
**Post date:** [December 26, 2014, 8:45pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/newb-map-help/8407/4 "2014-12-26T20:45:00Z")

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> [@John Candlebury](#):
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> -The symbols “\< \> ^ and the downward arrow” all symbolize the direction the building is facing,

Thanks for that. No more stumbling around trying to find the bloody entry, I figure.

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**Author:** ![FunsizeNinja123](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/funsizeninja123/32/118_2.png) [@FunsizeNinja123](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/FunsizeNinja123)\
**Post date:** [December 27, 2014, 1:15am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/newb-map-help/8407/5 "2014-12-27T01:15:47Z")

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> [@BigLie](#):
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> [quote=“John Candlebury, post:2, topic:8407”]-The symbols “\< \> ^ and the downward arrow” all symbolize the direction the building is facing,

Thanks for that. No more stumbling around trying to find the bloody entry, I figure.[/quote]

Eh, I do it anyway.

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**Author:** ![Snarlokk](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/snarlokk/32/408_2.png) [@Snarlokk](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Snarlokk)\
**Post date:** [December 27, 2014, 2:29am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/newb-map-help/8407/6 "2014-12-27T02:29:43Z")

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Honestly, especially to begin with, I wouldn’t bother trying to learn every different map tile and what it means, learn the important ones like dark green ^ is grocery store, light grey background with a darker grey ^ is mil. surplus and so forth; just learn the ones you want to be able to pick out quickly and let the rest come with time.

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**Author:** ![123456789](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/1/bcef8e/32.png) [@123456789](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/123456789)\
**Post date:** [December 27, 2014, 2:51am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/newb-map-help/8407/7 "2014-12-27T02:51:34Z")

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[quote=“John Candlebury, post:2, topic:8407”]Cant help you much if you dont point the parts which you don’t understand, but:

-The symbols “\< \> ^ and the downward arrow” all symbolize the direction the building is facing[/quote]

How have I never realized this?

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**Author:** ![FunsizeNinja123](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.cataclysmdda.org/funsizeninja123/32/118_2.png) [@FunsizeNinja123](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/FunsizeNinja123)\
**Post date:** [December 27, 2014, 3:20am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/newb-map-help/8407/8 "2014-12-27T03:20:38Z")

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[quote=“123456789, post:7, topic:8407”][quote=“John Candlebury, post:2, topic:8407”]Cant help you much if you dont point the parts which you don’t understand, but:

-The symbols “\< \> ^ and the downward arrow” all symbolize the direction the building is facing[/quote]

How have I never realized this?[/quote]

You- you didn’t?!