Sneak-peek: Minimap Radar On the World Map
Added 2022-05-13 16:29:02 +0000 UTCHello,
Here's another quick preview. I'm currently working on a new map element rendering system that allows me to create renderers for different map elements, e.g. radar entities, waypoints, which can instantly be used universally across the map mods. For example, the new entity radar renderer can be used to render inside the minimap frame like what you're used to seeing, over the minimap frame like the waypoints (including sticking to the border when out of bounds), or on the world map like in the preview screenshot. I'm also planning to integrate in-game waypoint rendering into the same system. In theory, this should also enable me to render the minimap radar (or any future map elements) in game.
Although I started working on this to simplify the introduction of new map elements for future features that should be rendered by both the map mods, soon I am going to release the options for rendering the minimap radar over the world map and possibly for rendering it like the over-minimap waypoints. Keep in mind that the radar is still going to be limited to the entities loaded on the client side but you will be able to see beyond the minimap border, which is nice.
Thank you for your support!
Comments
Thanks for considering it! That sounds like it may work. I have some friends on my server that don't want to use mods so I'd like to be able to provide them with a map of the world along with annotations for towns and other POI's. Not sure what the best way to do that is, but that's what I'd love to see in some form - PNG, PDF, or HTML...
SkyEver
2022-05-16 03:31:47 +0000 UTCI think it's a good idea to also include the PNG export in this system and give you options to include stuff like waypoints. Should be possible. Although I'm also planning to add world map mod tools for marking/labeling the map. Should make PNG export unnecessary for a lot of things that it's currently used for.
Xaero
2022-05-15 21:14:53 +0000 UTCI've mentioned this before, but since it seems you're working on the world map rendering engine, I thought I would surface this request again. It would be great if there was an option for waypoint names to be spelled out on the world map, especially when exporting to a png file. Or, if you happen to know of a good way to get view of the explored world with text overlays for towns, landmarks, etc. via another means/mod, I'd appreciate that too. Thanks for a great mod!
SkyEver
2022-05-15 19:02:45 +0000 UTCAlright nice, excited to see it released.
Kristian Binau
2022-05-13 17:41:52 +0000 UTCMostly no significant effect on performance but it depends on how many entities are on the radar. Same as rendering it on the minimap, which was already pretty well optimized, especially on MC 1.15.2 and newr.
Xaero
2022-05-13 17:16:49 +0000 UTCWhat about performance? How is this effecting it? Just curious.
Kristian Binau
2022-05-13 17:03:41 +0000 UTCThanks! This is just the beginning of a lot of cool things to come.
Xaero
2022-05-13 16:44:52 +0000 UTCSeems awesomeπ Great progress.
Kristian Binau
2022-05-13 16:40:34 +0000 UTC
