MacWorld: Complete Mac Interactive/Macworld Complete Mac Interactive CD)(1994).iso/The Best of BMUG/Entertainment/Adventure/Scarab of RA/Scarab of RA 1.4/Scarab of RA 1.4.rsrc/Hint_1002_Using the Map

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•    Stay at or under speed 5 ("Map Route" on the Speed menu) while exploring unless speed is a life-or-death issue.  Getting lost usually wastes more time than the haste gains.
•    The entrance to a level is always at the upper-left corner of the map; that's the northwest corner.  The exit is always at the southeast (lower-right) corner.  The connection between the exit of one level and the entrance to the next is very mystical.
•    To figure out which way to go at an intersection, look at your map, and think like a sports-car rally navigator.  They say things like "left second opp", which means "turn left at your second opportunity".  (An "opp" is an opportunity to turn, not a forced turn in a winding corridor.)  On the map you will be able to see that in the direction you want to go there is (for example) an immediate left opp, followed by a short section of straight corridor, followed by a forced right turn.  Now put away the map and look at your view in the Pyramid of RA window.  Turn in place until you can see a stretch of corridor with an immediate left opp, followed by a short section of straight corridor, followed by a forced right turn.  That's the way you want to go!
•    The same trick in reverse can tell you which way you're facing.  Look down the corridor and describe what you see: "Right opp, right and left opp, long cul-de-sac".  Then look at the map.  The circle shows where you are; one of the four directions around the circle should match the description you just mumbled to yourself.  That's which way you're facing.
•    If your map is destroyed, it's usually worthwhile to try to return to the entrance and start a new map.  Unfortunately, this is most important on the lower, larger levels, where it is also most difficult.