Silvers Advanced Minimap (now with Fog of War!)

SilverDash · 2015-11-24T00:25:06+0900

Advanced Minimap v. 1.41 Author: Squirting Elephant More Screenshots: Spoiler: Screenshots Features: Spoiler: Features - Shows a minimap based on a mapshot or a custom image of the map or based on a generated image based on your tile-tags. So you can now generate your own overworld maps if you want (in FF6-style and whatever you want). - Compatible with Yanfly's "Main Menu Manager". - Can show realtime events on the minimap. It can (among others) show moving events on the minimap as well! - Unless you'd like to use the advanced options, no coding or plugin commands or notetags required at all. - Also has a menu where you see a list of all the events and POI's with an optional teleportation ability and a few more features. - Optional: Renders the actual active/live player graphic onto the minimap - Optional: Blinking player icon - Optional: Only shows the map(s) when the party possesses a specific item - Optional: Supports teleportation to events and POI's. Can be disabled globally and per map - Minimap can be aligned on all 4 sides of the screen, with custom positions - Automatically attempts to load a minimap for each map. - Supports POI's through plugin command (for advanced users) - Has plugin commands to control the minimap - Supports skipping frames for all maps or for specific maps to increase performance for supersized maps - Supports event-notes, event-comment-notes and map-notetags - Optional: Maintain aspect ratio - Optional: has leading zeros in minimap image names - Has 2 map-modes: Autofit and Scroll - Comes with basic debugging options (disabled by default) - Suports manual scrolling. This can be enabled/disabled through a parameter and map-notetags - Adjust the zoom-scale to your liking - Supports a minimap overlay - No known conflicts with other scripts - Use mapshots from other maps for the current map - Supports map-passability overlay (automatically generated) with support for 'impassability by movement direction' - By using comment-tags in events you can effectively remove them from the minimap when switching the event-page. This way an opened chest for example can be removed from the minimap - Etc. Instructions (more info can be found in the help section of the plugin): Spoiler: Instructions 1. Make a mapshot of your map or paint your own map. I personally use: http://forums.rpgmak...orange-mapshot/ but this one probably works too: http://forums.rpgmak...les/?hl=mapshot 2. Make sure the mapshot is a png file (not a jpg!). 3. Rename the mapshot to the map-id and make it (by default) 3 numbers total. Example for map id 1: 001.png Example for map id 16: 016.png 4. Place the mapshots (do NOT resize them) in /img/minimap/ Example: D:\MyAwesomeGame\img\minimap\001.png 5. Place the Window_Minimap.png (see attachment) in your /img/system/ folder. You can obviously also use your own. 6. Copy the Overlay.png to /img/minimap/ (or just disable the overlay in the parameters). 7. Install this script: Silvers Keybinding and make sure to put it above the minimap script. - If you prefer to use automatic generated maps instead, use the map-notetags and you then obviously do not require mapshots of course. - For info on the plugin commands, doubleclick this plugin and press [Help...]. To make it compatible with Yanfly's Main Menu Manager: 1. Download & Install YEP_MainMenuManager.js 2. Configure the parameters as follow: Menu Name: "Map" Menu Symbol: SEMap Menu Show: true Menu Enabled: SE.Minimap.Menu.Enabled Menu Main Bind: this.commandSEMap.bind(this) Script & Downloads: Download v1.41 Required Script (Core Script) Download Master Demo (HIGHLY recommended for new users!) Required&Optional Files: View attachment Minimap default images.zip Old Versions: Spoiler: Old versions Download v1.14a Download v1.13 Download v1.12 Download v1.11 Download v1.10 Download v1.09 Download v1.08 Download v1.07 Download v1.06 Download v1.05 Download v1.04 Download v1.03a Download v1.03 Download v1.02 Download v1.01 Download v1.00 Known Bugs: - Closing the Minimap menu with Fog of War active 'freezes' the game. This seems to only occur on maps bigger than 119x119 and could possibly be an RPG Maker MV bug. License: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) FAQ: Spoiler: FAQ Q: I get an error. Help me! A: When the error occurs: 1. Press [F12] in your game and a console will open (goto window mode if you were fullscreen to see it by using [F4]). I need the details of the error from that console + (if applicable) a short description of what you did and possibly the map-notetags. 2. Also try disabling ALL other plugins and check if the error still persists. 3. If you upgraded from an older minimap version (with different parameters), you may have to delete the plugin in the [F10] manager in RPG Maker MV. For some reason MV does not automatically detect parameter changes in plugins and this can cause crashes. 4. Try setting the debug mode para…

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SilverDash

#101 Nov 10, 2019, 03:59 PM Source

Updated to v1.21:

v1.21 (10 November 2019)
- Fixed a bug that prevented the game from saving.
Charles_Odinforce

#102 Jan 29, 2020, 06:39 AM Source

Really amazing plugin, looking over the OP though it doesn't have the terms, conditions, and license there.
SilverDash

#103 Jan 29, 2020, 08:26 AM Source

Charles_Odinforce said:
Really amazing plugin, looking over the OP though it doesn't have the terms, conditions, and license there.
You're right, I added a new license to the OP now:

License:
Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)

I think I changed the license after someone was severely abusing our/my scripts to create unfinished games and mass releasing them on Steam with our scripts in it but this hasn't happened since then so the CC BY 4.0 is fine now. You know those 'great devs' with games like: Air Control
Charles_Odinforce

#104 Jan 29, 2020, 01:25 PM Source

Very awesome and thank you. Yeah I can see that being a worry. For my part I'm working on a project that started with "this should take a month" to "this should take a year" to "this should be done before they release an RPGMaker VR Edition" and I like to know licensing on the off beat chance I ever finish this.

See I'd be terrified of releasing something incomplete, maybe its the perfectionist in me, I just can't see why someone would want to ruin their name doing a mass release of refuge when they could instead focus on making one really good game within whatever limits they have. I'm not a coder, or an artist, though I can script a bit if its data related, and I can draw pixel art, but even then I'm focusing on what I can do to make my project unique in its own ways.

Still as someone who watched one of his old IRC Game Bots get "re-released" by others with a new coat of paint on it and nothing else, I can sympathize. Mind you that was 20 years ago. Anyway, done rambling, just wanted to give a heart felt thank you for the effort and the quick response.
hsumi

#105 Jan 29, 2020, 08:00 PM Source

I'm trying to combine this plugin with MV3D to make an Etrian-Odyssey style game, but I'm having a problem when using a custom map. It does function as intended, but...

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The entire map is visible right away even with FoW active, which I do not want. Even in the minimap, the walls and doors are visible through the FoW (can be fixed by setting opacity to 255, but I'd prefer it to be semi-transparent). I'd prefer not to generate maps since terrain tags and regions are already being used by other plugins and could interfere with one another (plus custom maps just look nicer imo).
In addition, the player blip is far too large in the map menu.

Any thoughts on how to fix this?
SilverDash

#106 Jan 29, 2020, 08:53 PM Source

@hsumi

The entire map is visible right away even with FoW active
The Minimap menu not respecting the FoW is a known bug and on the todo list. I added it to the OP since it was not listed there. Sorry!

Regarding the opacity, did you alter the Minimap Opacity parameter? If so, could you try it with the default 255 value setting? Because I just found out that the FoW bugs in combination with a lower opacity setting (the FoW should not lose opacity but it does).
This plugin needs some more love from me but it doesn't pay my rent and I have to prioritize work that generates income first. Most fixes wouldn't take long though to implement for me.

the player blip is far too large in the map menu.
Did you try changing the "Player Menu Icon Size" parameter to a smaller value? This works for me.
hsumi

#107 Jan 31, 2020, 05:52 AM Source

Having a major problem: minimap working as intended in test play mode with accompanying mapshot, but will not work for non-generated maps at all in deployment. Even the demo version included with the plugin won't show the mapshot.
Attempting to force the map to appear via plugin command results in the following:

But the minimap folder and correct map are both in their correct places in the directory. Again, this functions exactly as it's supposed to in test play, but not after deployment.

EDIT: was able to force it to work by creating a separate "img" folder with the minimap files in the main directory. The plugin will not find the correct files within the generated "www" folder created during deployment that contains all the other files.

That "img" folder only contains the minimap and minimap system files. Doing this made it work. The rest of the images are in the main "img" folder within the "www" directory.
SilverDash

#108 Jan 31, 2020, 11:40 AM Source
@hsumi
You are right. I just quickly looked into this:
JavaScript:
// This is my code for getting any minimap images: ImageManager.loadMinimap = function(filename, hue) { return this.loadBitmap('img/minimap/', filename, hue, false); }; // So I use this code from the RMMV core: ImageManager.loadBitmap = function(folder, filename, hue, smooth) { if (filename) { var path = folder + encodeURIComponent(filename) + '.png'; var bitmap = this.loadNormalBitmap(path, hue || 0); bitmap.smooth = smooth; return bitmap; } else { return this.loadEmptyBitmap(); } };
So I first thought that RMMV does not take into account deployment paths at this point and that they hid this code in their closed source. But that is not the case because generated maps DO work including the loading of other images like "Overlay.png" that are located in the very same folder.

But:

I was able to force it to work by creating a separate "img" folder with the minimap files in the main directory. The plugin will not find the correct files within the generated "www" folder created during deployment that contains all the other files.
This does seem to fix it... Maybe I just made a stupid mistake somewhere.

I made sure that "Exclude unused files" isn't checked and I verified that the images do get deployed. So this code can load images like "Overlay.png" but not images like "001.png"... So I changed the names from "001" --> "a001" to prevent it starting with a number. Still didn't work.

Of course, there is no option in RMMV to enable the console for deployment and I just found out that the big update to RMMV also broke my Console Manager plugin so I can't debug it right now.

This is a rather serious bug that you found. However, first I'd have to fix my console manager to debug this and then find the bug in my Minimap plugin. It's probably one or two lines of code but I can't fix it in 30 minutes now so I'll have to fix it, someday... Maybe I ask a friend to look into this for me this weekend but no promises.
hsumi

#109 Feb 1, 2020, 08:26 PM Source

Another quick question: is there a plugin command for an event to become visible on the minimap? I know you can set an event to be visible with the event's note tags, but what about if we want it to be invisible until manually made visible by a command?
For example, activating a shortcut will make its icon appear on the minimap.
I thought you could do this with note tags on different event pages, but apparently event notes don't work that way.
SilverDash

#110 Feb 1, 2020, 11:14 PM Source

I can't remember but judging from the Help section from the plugin, I'd say no. But it's a nice feature to add when fixing the bugs next version.

Edit:
Note: I just accidentally uploaded an unfinished newer version of the minimap (v1.30) in the master demo, this version is not yet finished! Please use the regular download listed above it instead (v1.21).
GethN7

#111 Apr 3, 2020, 05:19 AM Source

I like this plugin, but I was wondering if it is possible to add a Show/Hide Option via the Options Menu provided by Yanfly's Option Core plugin to toggle the minimap.

If so, how would the easiest way to do so work.
Elenaril

#112 Apr 11, 2020, 06:29 AM Source

When I am on the same map it works perfect even so I do not know how to refresh or make the events appear, but when I change the map I get this error

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SilverDash

#113 Apr 11, 2020, 09:02 AM Source

GethN7 said:
I like this plugin, but I was wondering if it is possible to add a Show/Hide Option via the Options Menu provided by Yanfly's Option Core plugin to toggle the minimap.
Thank you. Almost everything is possible.
However, in this case, I don't support her plugins anymore because (removed). It's not hard to do what you need but I won't help you here.

Elenaril said:
When I am on the same map it works perfect even so I do not know how to refresh or make the events appear, but when I change the map I get this error

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Sorry about that. v1.30 was a rather quick upload and I plan to continue tomorrow. I just uploaded v1.31 that should fix this silly crash. I'm rather busy with commissions which take priority over free stuff.
Elenaril

#114 Apr 11, 2020, 09:19 AM Source

O.O
GethN7

#115 Apr 11, 2020, 09:34 AM Source

SilverDash said:
Thank you. Almost everything is possible.
However, in this case, I don't support her plugins anymore because first, she got a great number of donations (which totaled up to a lot, especially considering local economy) for her plugins and after receiving that she changed them into paid ones instead... Even other scripters have to pay to make their scripts compatible and more reasons.
It's not hard to do what you need but I won't help you here.

Fair enough, respect that entirely. If you know of some alternate means of adding such a toggle that you would be willing to support, I'd be happy to try any alternative.
SilverDash

#116 Apr 11, 2020, 10:08 AM Source

Would perhaps a toggle in the default menu (when you press escape) help you?
GethN7

#117 Apr 11, 2020, 04:14 PM Source

SilverDash said:
Would perhaps a toggle in the default menu (when you press escape) help you?

Certainly, that would be just fine
SilverDash

#118 Apr 11, 2020, 04:31 PM Source

I'll add that next version then.
Elenaril

#119 Apr 11, 2020, 05:18 PM Source

SilverDash said:
I'll add that next version then.
It is appreciated I make games for free and for people to enjoy and I always get some kind of these errors and as I never just fixed you I get tired and I do not continue them
GethN7

#120 Apr 12, 2020, 04:35 AM Source

SilverDash said:
I'll add that next version then.

I will look forward to it. In the meantime, thanks for your willingness to add that feature and please accept my compliments on the fine work you done to this point, it is appreciated.