Minimap
This tutorial has been realised in the Tutorial/Maps/TutorialMap_Minimaps map providen in the
Demo Project
Minimap setups
The plugin has a minimaliste integration of a minimap. the tutorial will show you how to set it up and the
providen blueprint will give all the necessary knowledge to generate fog sample and link it to a custom material
if you wanna make your own system.
Go into the Plugins/LayeredFogOfWarContent/Minimap folder in the content browser. You will find 4 files:
BP_FOW_Floor_Minimap, In-game blueprint catching input, instancing and updating Fog sample, Material, Widget.BP_FOW_MapTextureGenerator, An actor with a 2D scene camera to generate map texture of your level.RT_FOW_MapTexture_Output, Render target used by the camera of Map texture generator.WBP_FOW_Minimap, Widget added to the viewport displaying the minimap.
Add the BP_FOW_Floor_Minimap to your scene inside a FOW_Floor. The position of the actor is important because
it will collect the data of the floor it overlappe to send it to the material.
Add the BP_FOW_MapTextureGenerator to your scene.
Open the RT_FOW_MapTexture_Output which is already linked to the camera of the Map texture generator, it will
display the result of the map.
Now change the Location and the Camera Width of the BP_FOW_MapTextureGenerator to generate an acccurate picture
of the level.
When the setting are done, find the RT_FOW_MapTexture_Output in your content browser, right click on it and generate
a StaticTexture. Move it to another folder out of the plugin.
Now you have to copy the settings used to generate the texture to the BP_FOW_Floor_Minimap. They are requiered to
generate a corresponding plane in the material to apply the texture.
The Z value isn't important; the MinimapPlanLocation will be updated based on the actor's current location.
You can now hit the play button and see a minimap on the bottom right. You can display a bigger version by pressing
Tab which will display a full screen version of it.
The minimap can handle displacement, rotation, and scaling (zoom). If the minimap doesn't have the correct orientation, you can apply a static rotation to both the texture and the Fog sample to adjust it accordingly.
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