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How to draw the 2D minimap in Torque 3D?

by Tom Giant · in Torque 3D Professional · 10/29/2010 (10:51 am) · 2 replies

I want to show a 2D minimap at the bottom of the screen and I have gotten some suggestions by searching the forum, some guys mentioned the billboard was a way, but no detailed solution. I suppose this way maybe need to modify the c++ engine code. I consider whether I can use GUI control to make the custom 2D minimap, or there should be the better solution. Does any guy have some related experiences?

Thanks for any help in advance.
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Torque 3D Owner Chris
#1
10/29/2010 (11:26 am)
You will need source code to do this.

Associate Michael Hall
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#2
10/29/2010 (7:15 pm)
You can predraw a map (or take a birdseye screenshot) and simply use it as an image in a GuiBitmapCtrl. Then with a little of number trickery in script you can place points (in X Y coordinates) of interest on your *map* and track them -- much like this Resource.