Week 29

Week 29:

Creating a Mini-Map:

This week, I figured it would help the Player if I created a “Mini-Map” of sorts. As the Map itself is rather large and there are many Enemy NPCs, and the “Pages” themselves aren’t exactly easy to find by themselves. After looking around YouTube, I decided to go back to Jimmy Vegas’ Youtube channel to see what they could offer and found the following videos;

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3-CN2DXqJjM  

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=faXQQ5b6GEs

So, initially, I had a few problems with creating my Mini Map at first. One of the problems I found was that the tutorial was a bit out of date and a bit different then what I was following on screen. Another problem I had, was that the “Camera” was not working correctly, and I received nothing but a black screen. Additionally, the Mini Map itself would not follow the Player on screen.  

Regardless, I managed to find out what the problem was by carefully re-watching the videos and looking at the comments for any helpful info that could help me, and sure enough I manage to get both the “Camera” to show the “Map” from a topside angle, but also get the “Mini Map” to follow the Player around and show them what is happening nearby on screen.