Minimap that deals with scrolling

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    Hi, I can't find any tutorials or any helpful information that teaches or shows how to make a simple minimap that displays objects on the Frame Width and Height. Afterall, a minimap that deals with Virtual Width and Height are extremely easy to do (and there's only tutorials that show how to do them), but sadly its not what i'm looking for, since I'm searching for a minimap that correctly displays the player's position (such as at the center of the minimap when the player's position isn't near the corners of the frame, and then at the corner of the minimap when the player reaches a corner of the frame), while at the same time showing objects that are only visible in the screen.

    I'm well aware this is rather difficult to do, but I'd really appreciate an easy example or a tutorial on how to be able to do this.

    Does the Minimap 2 Object not work for you?

    Surface object would technically suffice: scale down the image of the map, and display it behind a red dot active. Only time you'd have to move the red dot is near edge of frame, it'd be center the rest of the time, with the map scrolling behind it.

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    Quote from Phi

    Does the Minimap 2 Object not work for you?

    If only it was free like it was before, I definetly would've tried it. But sadly I don't have enough avaiable money to spend on it. :(

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    Surface object would technically suffice: scale down the image of the map, and display it behind a red dot active. Only time you'd have to move the red dot is near edge of frame, it'd be center the rest of the time, with the map scrolling behind it.

    I have never used that object before (and didn't know it could do this effect), hopefully there are some tutorials on it on the internet (or else i'd have to play around with it to see how it works).

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    try this i think i is what you want

    This is literally perfect dude, thank you so much!

    Is you game turn-based or real time?

    **EDIT**

    it's way less taxing in a turn based game to create a minimap. What I do is offset a calculation area by player cell position, then on each turn destroy the minimap and recreate it, using the new positions. I also use an object with a distance calculation to set all values to a null value outside a circle to achieve a circular shape.

    This may help (Copied straight from a post I made on Gamejolt):

    First Example: Scrolling Minimap 🗺️

    A scrolling map example originally created to help a user with a specific problem. The main goal is to ensure compatibility with various runtimes without relying on subapps.

    This is achieved by using the crop shader on map objects and carefully manipulating it on runtime

    Features:

    • No usage of Subapps or other 3rd-party extensions
    • Supports multiple runtimes (except ones who don't support shaders)
    • Handles the delay of positioning layers on Windows and Android
    • Mouse scrolling code stolen from SolarB used to demonstrate map scrolling
    • Uses assets bundled with the engine :P

    Notes:

    • This is not a widget
    • Requires the crop shader. If you don't have it, you can find it on Please login to see this link.
    • Map objects exist on the "Map" Layer, with the "Perspective" Qualifier assigned to them (Not to confuse it with the Perspective object, those are are tw completely different things) and "Crop" shader applied

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    Second Example: Minimap 📍

    A Simple Minimap with rotation support (can be moved at any time), Minimap icons are dynamically made from the ".mini" objects, easy to integrate into projects

    Instructions:

    "1" to spawn a square under the mouse

    "2" to spawn a circle under the mouse

    "3" to spawn a triangle under the mouse

    "Q" to remove 3 random shapes

    "LMB" to drag the Minimap

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