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2 | GETTING STARTED Before you begin the tutorial, there are 2 things you will need to do:
If you haven't downloaded your free Flatland Rover software, download Rover now! There are also a few files you will need in order to follow along with the tutorial. You can get the tutorial files here. This file will unzip to a folder called Flatland Tutorial on your desktop. Save your 3DML files that you create during the tutorial in this folder.
Now let's get started. Open a new file in your text editor. You'll want to use software that displays
all ASCII characters in the same amount of space. This is also called monospacing,
meaning that an "i" takes up just as much space on the screen as a "Z".
Monospacing is very important for creating 3DML, because your maps will
appear as easily readable grids. The Windows 95 Accessory program Notepad
works well, and is included with Windows 95/98/NT. If you use a fancier
word processor such as Microsoft Word, which does not display characters
with monospacing, your maps will not appear as easily readable grids. You
will find this enormously frustrating and you are likely to land in prison
for assaulting the person nearest your workstation long before you finish
building your first spot.
Start a 3DML file
<SPOT VERSION="1.5.1">
</HEAD>
<BODY>
</BODY>
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