Mini Map

[jackgames]

Hello,
I'd like to make some changes in the mini map view: for instance, changing lands color, sea color, ...etc I had a look into MiniMap.lua and MiniMap.xml files but found nothing to make such tweaks...
Has anyone ever done this ?

 

[daviiadams]

I think I remember mention that the mini map is in the dll, or similar situation regarding it, but don't quote me on that.

 

[jackgames]

OK. Thanks.

 

[S3rgeus]

I think I remember mention that the mini map is in the dll, or similar situation regarding it, but don't quote me on that.

There are limited interactions in the DLL with the mini-map that can let you do some small things (more so than you can with lua or xml), but the bulk of the mini-map is unfortunately in the graphics DLL, which we don't have source code for, so you can't make much in the way of significant changes.

I suppose it may be possible to roll your own mini-map implementation, but that would be extremely time consuming and difficult to do.

 

[jackgames]

OK. Is it then possible to make a new minimap screen from scratch, adding the infos I want ?

PS : Oops, I didn't see your last sentence. Thanks.

 

[whoward69]

OK. Is it then possible to make a new minimap screen from scratch, adding the infos I want ?

In theory yes - and the Replay Map would be a good staring point. However, depending what you wanted to display, you could very easily kill playability, as updating the replacement mini-map as units move about could take a significant amount of time.

If you only want to be able to find/see different things occasionally consider adding them as an overlay on the strategic view (see any of my "UI - Overlay Xyz" mods) or as a pop-up dialog containing a replay map (see my "UI - Religion Spread" mod)

 

[jackgames]

I'll have a look at your mods. Thank you.