I wanted to create a mod, where you don't start on the same map as the one which has a world map. Is this possible, and if so, how can you do it? I tried as a simple test, to change the start map on the main arcanum mod to Bessie Toone's mine, and once I got the the world map it put my little X near the upper right corner of the map. It also displayed the place unimportant(i.e. location 0) in the top right corner. If it can't be done, I can just put the desired starting area off in some area of the main map that you can't get to(like in the ocean) surrounded by black, and do it that way...but it'd be nice if it could be made to work somehow.
Not possible, but there's a workaround. You can put a critter with OFF flag and a heartbeat script that immediately teleports the player to the map you want. It's always there.