Help with Radar/Minimap and drawing it to the screen.

[bluGecko]

Hi,

My current project is a top down shooter. I have an NPC object which I would like to have displayed on a Radar/Minimap. I would like the NPC object to be represented as a red square on said Radar/Minimap.

I have tried many different solutions that i have come across online. All of them do what I need, except for one big issue. They only work in the "Draw" event. Is there any way at all to have a Radar/Minimap drawn by using the "Draw GUI" event???

Thank you in advance

Here is an example of the code I was trying to use:

var d,a,radarX,radarY;

radarX = obj_player.x;

radarY = obj_player.y;


with(obj_npc)
{
    d = point_distance(radarX,radarY,x,y);

    if(d <= 600)  // This is the distance to check for

    {

        d = d/600*75;

        a = point_direction(radarX,radarY,x,y)

        draw_sprite(spr_radar_npc, 0, 75 + lengthdir_x(d,a), 600 + lengthdir_y(d,a));

    }

}

 

[JFitch]

You should be able to do that in the Draw GUI event. What's an example of a code you've tried?

 

[Simon Gust]

Since the positions in the GUI are added to view_xview and view_yview, you can just subtract them.

var d,a,radarX,radarY;

radarX = obj_player.x - view_xview;

radarY = obj_player.y - view_xview;



with(obj_npc)

{


   d = point_distance(radarX,radarY,x-view_xview,y-view_yview);

   if(d <= 600)  // This is the distance to check for

   {

       d = d/600*75;

       a = point_direction(radarX,radarY,x-view_xview,y-view_yview)

       draw_sprite(spr_radar_npc, 0, 75 + lengthdir_x(d,a), 600 + lengthdir_y(d,a));

   }

}

 

[bluGecko]

You should be able to do that in the Draw GUI event. What's an example of a code you've tried?

An example of the code I have tried is shown in my original post, thank you

 

[bluGecko]

Since the positions in the GUI are added to view_xview and view_yview, you can just subtract them.

var d,a,radarX,radarY;

radarX = obj_player.x - view_xview;

radarY = obj_player.y - view_xview;



with(obj_npc)

{


   d = point_distance(radarX,radarY,x-view_xview,y-view_yview);

   if(d <= 600)  // This is the distance to check for

   {

       d = d/600*75;

       a = point_direction(radarX,radarY,x-view_xview,y-view_yview)

       draw_sprite(spr_radar_npc, 0, 75 + lengthdir_x(d,a), 600 + lengthdir_y(d,a));

   }

}

I tried this code in a "Draw GUI" event, It didn't seem to work. Is there anything else that needs to be done?

 

[Simon Gust]

I'm just seeing it now, the second view_xview should be view_yview.
If you didn't already corrected it.

If it doesn't work, do it step by step.
Try drawing a simple sprite at 10, 10 and check if you see it.

 

[bluGecko]

I'm just seeing it now, the second view_xview should be view_yview.
If you didn't already corrected it.

If it doesn't work, do it step by step.
Try drawing a simple sprite at 10, 10 and check if you see it.

I changed the second view_xview to view_yview and sadly that didnt fix it. In my obj_hud, i have plenty of sprites being drawn using "Draw GUI" which all show up fine, so I am unsure what the issue is.