posted on January 18th, 2011, 6:21 am
Okay, here is how starting locations work:
You place a point by holding down alt and clicking, this actually makes a path with 2 points on it but you stick them next to each other and call it a point. What I do is place a station where I want the starting location to be, the Romulan starbase has the most distinct center-point so I use that. Also, being a meticulous person, I place all my stations so that their center is at an intersection on the white grid. Then once the red footprint has appeared, you count 5 spaces down from the center of your station and place the point there. I usually round the point like this:
double-click the white circle, then round the numbers:
1799.213433 -> 1800
2.21434E-15 -> 0
5002.242341 -> 5000
then I find the box labeled 1/2 or 2/2 and change it to the other point, setting that point to be:
1800
1
5000
or whatever the location is.
When you're done, name the point to Camera_1 (or Camera_2, Camera_3 etc.) and go to the starting location menu to disable the unused starting points.
EDIT: then delete the station. It won't mess up the map if you leave the station there but it'll show on the minimap.
