Minimap Graphic?

[Amuscaria]

Is it possible to add an ACS script that allows a custom graphic to be placed on a X-Y coordinate over the mini map to show where the player should go?

[Zippy]

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SpawnSpot("SomeMarkerActor",1,2);

...

ACTOR SomeMarkerActor : MapMarker
{
   States
   {
      Spawn:
         GRAP A -1  // GRAPA0 is your custom graphic
         Stop
   }
}

[Cutmanmike]

Can anyone name a mod that's actually used that feature yet?

[Siggi]

Well, it's nice to know something I've been thinking would be cool can actually be done.
That is; have keys show up on the automap.

[Ghastly]

Can MapMarkers be placed on the map like any other actor? You implied it has to be put in through ACS.

[Skippy]

Can anyone name a mod that's actually used that feature yet?

The City Of The Damned: Apocalypse makes good use of both MapMarkers (to keep track of discovered Moon Shelters) and the practically-unknown AUTOPAGE lump.

[Cutmanmike]

AUTOPAGE? It's not even in the wiki. What is it?

[Gez]

Automap background. It's used by Heretic and Hexen to make the automap look like a scroll. (Hence, AUTOmap PAGE.)

[Enjay]

I've used both features quite a bit for my own amusement, but nothing that has been in a released project.

[Apothem]

I'm planning on an implementation of such, it'll be much later tho after I get the rest of my base code in for it.

[Zippy]

Can MapMarkers be placed on the map like any other actor? You implied it has to be put in through ACS.

Yes, they can. They can also be turned on and off via [wiki]Thing_Activate[/wiki] and [wiki]Thing_Deactivate[/wiki]. They can also be set to follow actors with specific TIDs (for example, if you want to mark a boss monster on the automap) or be set to automatically be hidden until the player sees the marker's sector.

[Xaser]

Can anyone name a mod that's actually used that feature yet?

Blackrock in ZPack.

I'm planning on using it but said mod has a release date of infinity. :O

[randi]

You can also animate markers just like any other actor.

Anyway, I assume the automap is what was meant by "mini map", since there isn't an actual mini map, so I'm moving this to closed.

[Amuscaria]

I did not know this.

[Macil]

I think I once made a monster than inherited from MapMarker. I can't remember if I could make it solid and shootable, but it was completely invisible - I had to bring up the automap to see where it was, which was pretty screwy.