Always showing minimap

[NoQ]

For campaign missions, we could add some sort of variable that's used to determine whether or not the minimap will be displayed independent from the presence of an HQ.

I'd agree to have this sort of variable for skirmish/multiplayer mods to access as well, for the sake of spectator support.

[Shadow Wolf TJC]

For campaign missions, we could add some sort of variable that's used to determine whether or not the minimap will be displayed independent from the presence of an HQ.

I'd agree to have this sort of variable for skirmish/multiplayer mods to access as well, for the sake of spectator support.

So how does 1 variable per player sound instead? For participants in a multiplayer match, this would default to "OFF" so that they'd need an HQ to have their minimap active. For spectators, this would default to "ON" so that they could have a minimap at all times, even if they don't have an HQ (which they shouldn't anyways).

That reminds me, we should also add another variable-per-player that controls whether or not the entire map is revealed to them (as if they had a Satellite Uplink, even if one is not really present). By default, this would be "OFF" for players, and "ON" for spectators.

[NoQ]

Right

[lav_coyote25]

Right

why?

[NoQ]

Because that's exactly what i was looking for recently

[milo christiansen]

Having it always show will also handle an issue with Cam 4. Currently I have to use a 'FakeHQ' to get the minimap.

+1

If anyone knows a way to get the minimap with a script call please post instructions in one of the cam 4 threads

[Goth Zagog-Thou]

That would rock. A simple showMinimap(int player); command would be the best way imo. Too bad there isn't one. Seems like there would be a scripting command for that.

[NoQ]

If anyone knows a way to get the minimap with a script

I was thinking about it when i played with spectator mods, and from what i've heard, that is currently impossible.

[cybersphinx]

Personally, what I find more annoying than losing my radar is having to go through the same old process of designing the same old units once I've researched the necessary body, propulsion, and turret in every new multiplayer game, over and over and over and over and over and AUGH... Oftentimes, I wish that I could just save my unit designs on my PC, so that they can be automatically loaded up once I research the proper vehicle parts (and while there's an HQ present if need be). It's THAT tedious to me, and I don't even get the time to name my units either.

There's a patch for that at http://developer.wz2100.net/ticket/1946. Probably won't apply cleanly any more though.

[Shadow Wolf TJC]

There's a patch for that at http://developer.wz2100.net/ticket/1946. Probably won't apply cleanly any more though.

Neat. I'll have to take a look at that sometime later. Thanks.

That would rock. A simple showMinimap(int player); command would be the best way imo. Too bad there isn't one. Seems like there would be a scripting command for that.

For starters, we could try to find the code in which the minimap is activated when the player has an HQ built, wherever it lies. From there, we could adjust the code so that it'll also check whether or not that variable is set to "ON" for that player. (I'd imagine that it would use an if statement to determine whether to show the minimap or not. )

[Cyp]

... (I'd imagine that it would use an if statement to determine whether to show the minimap or not. )

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void maybeDisplayMinimap(int numberOfHQs)
{
	uint32_t num = numberOfHQs[selectedPlayer];
	void (*functions[2])() = {&displayMinimap, &doNothing};
	void (*function)() = functions[(num - 1) >> 31];
	function();
}

[Shadow Wolf TJC]

OK. Looks like the code isn't as easy to learn as I thought it would be, as I don't quite understand how this is supposed to work. It looks to be more confusing to me compared to the likes of Game Maker (which I do have some experience with).

[NoQ]

Obfuscated WZScript Contest here? (:

[Goth Zagog-Thou]

WZScript is actually pretty easy once you get over the initial learning curve.

[Cyp]

It was an example of C++ code that doesn't use an 'if' statement. (The real code does use an 'if' statement, though.)