CptPicardi: When ever I get around to playing MM2 I don't know how I am going to keep my sanity with the way the engine renders walls. They are invisible 2 spaces away on the edge of your vision! I included a picture that explains this. It makes me feel as if I am outside when I'm in the walled city or even in a small enclosed room! The crazy thing is that this isn't the case with MM1.

Say that I'm heading down a path. I can see what is directly ahead but not what is on either side of me. I could miss a path the leads left without even knowing its existence. If I turn left right next to it then the path shows up, but facing left just one step back just shows empty space where the path (or a wall) should be. Its annoying and I might get used to it.

I can't even wrap my head around why MM1 is different. The turning and heading through doors being immediate can be jarring and can sometimes turn you around but I swear there aren't any disappearing walls! Is this because paths and rooms are larger than in MM1 (with MM1 mostly being 2x2 rooms and 1 tile wide corridors?

thebes: You will get used to it and even memorize a lot of it. I started on MM1 but for some reason when went back to it I could not get my party to come up again. So I went to MM2. Do you have someone trained in cartography yet? That helps. But if you just mean the techs for it I don't know. :)

CptPicardi: How do I see skills? I checked the quick reference page and all I saw was Thievery 0%. With cartography on is there a way for it to be on all the time... like where the controls and protection page is?

I keep thinking of just trying MM1 on the mac version because of the ease of reading your party's stats. The black and white graphics actually look kinda nice, too.