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Editors Depot - Mission Editing and Scripting => Arma2 - Editing/Scripting General => Topic started by: Mr.Peanut on 23 Nov 2010, 18:21:07

Title: Open minimap with script
Post by: Mr.Peanut on 23 Nov 2010, 18:21:07

Is there any way to open the minimap from a script?

Title: Re: Open minimap with script
Post by: kju on 23 Nov 2010, 19:41:53

what about http://community.bistudio.com/wiki?title=openMap?

Title: Re: Open minimap with script
Post by: Mr.Peanut on 25 Nov 2010, 16:17:24

thanks. think that opens full map screen only.

Title: Re: Open minimap with script
Post by: kju on 25 Nov 2010, 19:26:03

what is the minimap - the gps?

Title: Re: Open minimap with script
Post by: nominesine on 26 Nov 2010, 13:05:49

I believe he's refering to the GPS/map that can be accessed by pressing rigt Ctrl + M in game. AFAIK there's no way to display it from a script. User input is required.

Title: Re: Open minimap with script
Post by: Mr.Peanut on 26 Nov 2010, 14:30:02

yes. i meant the gps. i did not think it would be possible.

Title: Re: Open minimap with script
Post by: Wolfrug on 26 Nov 2010, 15:15:11

It might, however, be possible to create a custom map resource which is roughly the size of the GPS, but of course it wouldn't work in the same way at all...unless someone managed to do a lot of scripting magic to it, of course.  :scratch: Anyway, that's over my head, but it's a thought.

What do you need it for, if anything? :)

Wolfrug out.

Title: Re: Open minimap with script
Post by: Mr.Peanut on 26 Nov 2010, 16:21:43

I don't really need it any more. Someone asked me to make a quick and dirty altimeter script for the default OA HALO script. Players were becoming pancakes in overcast conditions! :P

Players like to use the minimap for navigation when sky-diving, so I thought I might add the altitude as marker text on an empty marker. But then I thought players might not know to open the minimap...

In the end I pulled a page from ACE2 HALO and used hintSilent instead with coloured text.

Title: Re: Open minimap with script
Post by: kju on 28 Nov 2010, 08:36:53

A (custom) minimap is actually very simple. You only need to define class RscMapControl in the ext and base your dialog on it.
You can check the code in AAS or A&S ProMode for example.