In-game map

[Xeeko]

I have a play area thats 10000x10000, and when the player presses space a map of that area comes up that's the size of, say, 500x500. I wanna have a marker that's shows where you are located. It's a top-down game. I've been trying to figure out how to best get the marker to accurately position itself in relation to the player position in the playfield, but I'm stuck. Anyone with a any ideas?

[Nifflas]

Create an active object to act as the map background. Disable "follow the frame" (or put it in a layer with a scoll coefficient of 0), and put the action point at the top-right of the map display area.

If you want to mark the player on the map, in an Always event, set the X position of the player marker to XActionPoint("Map Background")+X("Player")/1.0/Frame Width*500 and the Y position to YActionPoint("Map Background")+Y("Player")/1.0/Frame Height*500

[andy]

Another way you can do this is to use the Mini Map 2 object. Look for in in the FusionWiki Extension List. The link for it is on the right side of this page. You just need to scroll down a bit. When you get to the FusionWiki Extension List, the Mini Map 2 object is near the bottom of the page and under the "Game Orientated" heading.

[Xeeko]

And code-wizard Nifflas to the rescue! Worked like charm, thanks.