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Hey Rhaw757,

Thanks for your feedback!

And yeah, that sounds like a cool addition to the plugin. I need some time to think about if and how to implement such a feature because, right now, I would not know how to integrate it in a way that will not overcomplicate the gameplay and also the eventing for the game designers.

Right now, there's no such a feature. Maybe I will add it, shouldn't be too difficult for me.

Hi Dzonsi,

Sorry for the late reply, I've been a bit busy the last days.

When using the snippet-based technique, then the width and the height of the generated map is defined in the chosen template. You can inspect and change them in Plugin Manager -> MK_RNGMaps_withSnippets -> Templates.

When using the snippetless technique, then there's nothing to do. The generated map will have the same sizes as the space map itself.

Enable Plugin and choose an action key in the plugin manager. Once you hit it during play time, the current map is stored to your disk. Refresh RPG Maker afterwards.

There's a bonus plugin called MapExport that does exactly what you describe :)

No problem,

Go to "With" and "Height" in the Plugin Manager and type e.g.

300

for both. You may use JavaScript for width&height but you don't have to :)

Hi Ancient Eagle,

This is called the "zoom" feature in this plugin and comes with the paid version. You can try a preview here: https://play.aerosys.blog/freebies/

Hi ShadowChorus,

I'm very sorry for the late reply; I didn't get a notification for your post :(

I don't think this is a problem related to this plugin. A window appears when the eventing tells it to appear, so it's in the game dev's hands after all. I understand that the RPG Maker engine makes it a bit hard to display speech bubbles in sequence without freezing the game.

What you probably want is to use parallel process. Wait events inside events running on parallel processes do not freeze your game.

Hi kfisk93,

the commands are explained here: Minimap – Aerosys' Blog

MK.Minimap.show()
MK.Minimap.hide()

Hi Grimurex,

Thanks for your feedback!

You can already paint with Region Tiles, so you can put Region tiles the same way as you put e.g. grass or water with the "draw details" function. The plugin should not treat Region Tiles other than floor or B tiles.

GALV Layers lets you choose a "character" to bind a layer, that is either the player or an event. When you leave it empty the layer sticks with the map.

Right now, the minimap supports only static layers that are bound to the player or an event, so I suggest making an invisible event where your layer should be. I'm already planning to support static layers that are not bound to a character, too, so you can also wait a few days until I release the next update.

Regarding GALV Layers, please remember that, right now, only static layers bound to the player or an event are supported. I will add more functionalities in the future.

Thank you for providing the video! I fix that as quickly as possible!

Hi Niniann,

Thank you for your feedback!

1. To allow the player to customize keybindings, you probably want to look for a plugin that enables you to bind keys and to call Common Events or custom scripting, and then you could look at the public functions offered by the minimap from here: Minimap – Aerosys' Blog

2. Your procedure looks good so far. Right now, only a few people (or maybe even none at all) are using GALVLayerSupport, so it may be possible that my code has some errors in it. Please try it again with all other plugins deactivated besides GALV and Minimaps? (Yes, also deactivate any other MK plugin, too)

3. The same as for #2, please disable any other plugin and let me know whether that affects the minimap. I also would like to know whether your game's FPS stays at 60 or whether there is any bottleneck (either in mine or any other creator's plugins) - You can display the FPS by pressing F2 when running the game.

Hi CoolAvocado,

Sorry, I cannot follow. Do you want to stretch the minimap so it covers the whole screen and kind of substitutes the map screen? Feel free to write me on Discord (.aerosys) or mail (mail@aerosys.blog), and maybe include some drafts or mockups for me, and then I can give you the answer that you need! :)

Hi Spookysweatshop,

Yes, the paid version of this plugin supports Parallax, so the map's parallax is rendered by default. Do you need to render a custom bitmap instead? If so, I could make a patch to enable that for you.

Thanks for the report, I will take care of it, and reply here when I find something.

Yes, the plugin uses this information to reference its windows. I would say, each unique "window" should have its unique identifier. Just have a look at how RPG Maker handles Pictures, there you always need to pick a number from 1-50. It's the same here.

You can put anything! When you use it to display the time, call it "time", when it's a short "Hello stranger!" speechbubble then call it "hello". The identifier helps you to change a window later so you can tell which window you are referring to. Therefore the identifier should be unique across your game but besides that there are no rules

Thank you for your support! We are working on it to make those compatible

Hi LupinosLionhart,

Ja, du kannst einstellen wie viel aufgedeckt wird, sogar abhängig davon ob und in welchem Fahrzeug sich der Spieler befindet.

Das Zoom Feature zoomt immer auf den Spieler und läuft auch mit diesem dann mit. Hier findest du mehr dazu: https://aerosys.blog/minimap#13-zoom

I suggest to provide some screenshots or drafts to me, either here, via mail (mail@aerosys.blog), or Discord (.aerosys)

When you are using the snippet-based technique, you can adjust the change of "dead-end" removal in the plugin manager -> templates. Alternatively, when calling the generator, you can choose the template "classic maze".

When using the snippet-less technique, then go to plugin manager -> template -> *a template* -> when: cave, forest, ... and set "max number additional paths" to 0, that will also increase the chance of dead-ends.

Hi Shroominteractive,

Can you share a screenshot or a draft with me so I can picture it better for myself?

The blog is still online and this project is still alive, maybe the site was down for a scheduled maintenance.

Sure, why not? I will do that on this or next weekend, shouldn't take too long!

You can try to download a sample project from here: https://downloads.aerosys.blog/demos/AerosysFreebies.zip

Furthermore, please verify that you have the latest version of the Minimap (1.3.4); I don't always update the sample projects so the plugins could be outdated when copy-pasted from there.

Yes, the full version allows you to choose different rendering modes (e.g. Icon) for every Event or not to display it at all, based on Event Pages, just as you describe.

Well, that's not supposed to happen. Can you track down what other plugin could cause this issue? Is it also happening in a blank new project?

Yes, you can show/hide the minimap by using small scripts, as described here: Minimap – Aerosys' Blog

Hmm, it's very unlikely that this is caused by my plugins. I recommend googling for this error message.

If that doesn't help, press F8 or F12 when you see this error message, go to "Console" tab, and screenshot the entire dialog so I can trace the problem.

Oh, just remove it from Plugin Manager. Maybe I will continue this plugin, but right now, I'm not working on it.

It's the real actor.

Hi, thanks for your message!

When you want to center the Minimap, go to Plugin Manager -> Minimap -> X Position, remove everything and paste this:

const position = arguments[0];
const width = arguments[1];
return Graphics.width / 2 - width / 2;

Hey, I tested the Minimap with MZ3D and couldn't reproduce your issue, so I need some more details. Can you track down a little bit in what situations this happens? Maybe by providing screenshots or videos?

I also need to know whether you are using MV or MZ.

Feel free to mail me at mail@aerosys.blog or add me on Discord: .aerosys

Thanks for your report!

I will see what I can do to make those plugins compatible.

Uploaded version 1.3.1 to patch compatibility with encrypted files. Can you try again?

I'm on it, sorry for letting you wait. The core code is hard to understand some times.

Strange, I tested also with encrypted files, too. Okay, that info helps me a lot, I see what I can do for you!

I cannot reproduce it, neither MV nor MZ, nor local nor web browser deployment. I wonder if it is an OS problem, as I only have Windows devices at home.

The last thing that comes to my mind is that when starting your game, you can press F12 to open the debug console, go to the "Console" tab, and check for error messages there.

When you feel comfortable, you can send me your project via mail@aerosys.blog

I cannot reproduce it but I found some critical section in my code that I fixed. Can you please try again? Version is now 1.3.0

If that still doesn't work, try again with all other plugins disabled.

Thanks, that info helps me a lot! I will see what I can do.