How to create minimap for multiplayer game?

Ganesh_Mune_1 · February 23, 2015, 9:44am

Hi friends,
I want to create minimap and I did it with scenecapture2D but its not working in my case because I don’t want roofs to be rendered in the minimap and I want the indicators for different players. Which can be visible on the network.

Can any one tell me how to achieve this thing. And how people do in AAA title games?

Thanks in advance.

eXi · February 23, 2015, 10:24am

What kind of a minimap do you exactly want? Just a 2D Map with Points on it?

Or a more 3D Map where you see the map from above?

Ganesh_Mune_1 · February 23, 2015, 11:19am

just 2d maps to show players position only and maps outline

eXi · February 23, 2015, 1:15pm

Maybe this helps you:

ryanjon2040 · February 23, 2015, 1:27pm

Checkout eXi’s answer. Also feel free to check this one too:

zamy · February 23, 2015, 2:44pm

If you want, you can take a look at the TowerDefense example.

Long story short, the generate once an image of the map from the top with a ASceneCapture2D on a Texture, then use that texture and some drawn points to show the minimap on hud.

Ganesh_Mune_1 · February 25, 2015, 8:47am

Hi Zamy,

But I want the indicator points as well for each player, what should I do for that indicators? and mini map should be rotating according to the own player’s position.