Centering a forced map on a specific marker

[savedbygrace]

Hey guys, I'd like to force the map to screen and then center the map on a marker so that all relevant information is being seen. Otherwise, the map comes up where the player last adjusted it and the new intel can not be seen. Any ideas?

[Raptorsaurus]

I think it can be done with the map animation commands, but a cut scene might have to run to make it work. I will play around with it tonight to see what I find.

[Walter_E_Kurtz]

It's a lot like scripting a cutscene, only slightly easier thanks to the two dimensions involved. Something like the following should work on a new marker named obj_marker:

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showGPS false
showPad false
showCompass false
showWatch false
showRadio false

mapAnimClear
mapAnimAdd [1, 0.25, getPos player]
mapAnimCommit
ForceMap true
@mapAnimDone

~2

mapAnimAdd [2, 0.1, getMarkerPos "obj_marker"]
mapAnimCommit
@mapAnimDone

~2

ForceMap false

showGPS true
showPad true
showCompass true
showWatch true
showRadio trueA lot of that isn't strictly necessary:
   show... false / true hides the bits and pieces that might obscure the map screen
   the first mapAnimAdd [... getPos player] moves the map to the player's position from wherever it was before.

mapAnimAdd is fairly straightforward, the only non-obvious aspect being the zoom attribute. This could rather be considered the resolution: the lower the number, the finer detail that can be seen - ie. greater zoom into the map. As if that's made things any more clear.

However, I can't find an off-screen way of returning the map to the player's position, so it will remain centered on the new objective.

[savedbygrace]

Ah! Perfect. I just didn't know what command to look for. I had seen it in a previous campaign somewhere but couldn't find which one. Thanks bunches fellahs, now I can finish polishing things.

[Gruntage]

Theres a good example of the 'forcemap' command in the mission 'Tank Platoon', as well as in the 'Grunt ONE' campaign by Mandoble.