How create updatable in-game map (like FarCry2)?

SlinkyMuffins · July 25, 2019, 10:53am

Hello.
I’ve been trying I find out how to begin making a map for my FPS game that is displayed on an in-game item held in the hand of my character? So not using hud or a separate screen. Like in Far Cry 2.
Any ideas or pointers would be appreciated.
thanks in advance.
john

SB1985 · July 25, 2019, 7:43pm

I was experimenting with something like that, this is the concept of how I imagined it.

create a radar (use umg widgets)
create a new blueprint actor and add just the map widget to it
on your character (or item that can be equipped) add it as a child class and position it

Should update like a “normal” radar but it would be displayed in the world, instead of HUD

SlinkyMuffins · July 26, 2019, 2:51pm

Hey thanks for this buddy, I’ll look into this approach.
John