Make icons appear on map

[talis783 (Repliz)]

I am brand new to viewports, never used them before. So if you want to suggest me to do some calculation to fix the code you have to provide it or i will not understand how to do it at all.

I have the following script:

local Minimap = script.Parent:WaitForChild("Minimap")
local Arrow = Minimap:WaitForChild("Arrow")

local IconsFolder = game.Workspace:WaitForChild("Icons")

local Player = game.Players.LocalPlayer
local Character = Player.Character or Player.CharacterAdded:Wait()
local HumanoidRootPart = Character:WaitForChild("HumanoidRootPart")

local Camera = Instance.new("Camera")
Camera.FieldOfView = 1
Camera.CameraType = Enum.CameraType.Scriptable
Camera.Parent = game.Workspace
Minimap.CurrentCamera = Camera

task.wait(2)

for i, child in pairs(game.Workspace.Icons:GetChildren()) do
	local W2VP = Camera:WorldToViewportPoint(child.Position)
	local X = W2VP.X
	local Y = W2VP.Y

	local TextClone = script.Parent.Parent.TextLabel:Clone()
	TextClone.Parent = Minimap
	TextClone.Text = child.Name
	TextClone.Position = UDim2.new(0, X, 0, Y)

end

local function isPartFromCharacter(part)
	return part:IsDescendantOf(Character)
end

for i, Object in pairs(game.Workspace:GetDescendants()) do
	if isPartFromCharacter(Object) then
		continue 
	end
	if Object:IsA("Terrain") or not Object:IsA("BasePart") then
		continue 
	end
	Object:Clone().Parent = Minimap
end

game:GetService("RunService").RenderStepped:Connect(function()
	local camCFrame = CFrame.new(HumanoidRootPart.Position + Vector3.new(0, 5000, 0), HumanoidRootPart.Position)
	Camera.CFrame = camCFrame
	Arrow.Rotation = - HumanoidRootPart.Orientation.Y - 90
end)

i want text labels to be placed in the map relative to where their corresponding part is in the IconsFolder problem is that i dont have the slightest clue how to do that and no tutorials or devofrum posts helped me at all

[thegreenboiisblue (Syphe07)]

I’m only somewhat familiar but I’ll share what I know

Viewports basically function as a mini workspace / pocket dimension

A good way to learn / experiment with them is to make a gui frame with just a veiwport (like this - text label is for clarity)

now if you go into the viewport, you’ll see a nifty thing called the “CurrentCamera”, This is the veiwpoint of the viewport, now you can do 2 things with this

• Create a camera at 0,0
• Use the “thumbnail camera” that is used when flying around in studio (This is what I will be using)

Now we have set our camera, lets put stuff in the viewport.
without moving the camera place a part infront of yourself (or infront of 0,0) and parent it into the workspace

I copyed and parented the part (now with a frog) without having moved the camera into the viewport, and now we can see it in both the workspace and the veiwport

if you did link your camera to the thumbnail camera, you can move around the part and see that the veiwport also changes

Hopefully this clears up some confusion on viewports. I would recommend reading the documentation to see what limitations they have.

[talis783 (Repliz)]

My question was how to have the Icons appear where the part is on the map. This did not answer my question

[thegreenboiisblue (Syphe07)]

I see, kinda like an image overlaying that section of the map?

[talis783 (Repliz)]

A textlabel on the minimap where the part is yes

[thegreenboiisblue (Syphe07)]

I did some digging / testing
And for some reason text labels are not rendered in viewports (as shown below)

However, Decals are rendered in veiwports

The solution I currently have right now is to make some logos in MSpaint, and have them be on parts high up in the sky that make it seem like they’re images.

There’s may be a solution you can do involving map size and a lot of math, but I personally don’t know how to do that. and for a map based on veiwports, probably not the best idea either.

[talis783 (Repliz)]

Well i got it to work… finally

local Minimap = script.Parent:WaitForChild("Minimap")
local Arrow = Minimap:WaitForChild("Arrow")

local IconsFolder = game.Workspace:WaitForChild("Icons")

local Player = game.Players.LocalPlayer
local Character = Player.Character or Player.CharacterAdded:Wait()
local HumanoidRootPart = Character:WaitForChild("HumanoidRootPart")

local Camera = Instance.new("Camera")
Camera.FieldOfView = 1
Camera.CameraType = Enum.CameraType.Scriptable
Camera.Parent = game.Workspace
Minimap.CurrentCamera = Camera

task.wait(2)


local function isPartFromCharacter(part)
	return part:IsDescendantOf(Character)
end


for i, Object in pairs(game.Workspace:GetDescendants()) do
	if isPartFromCharacter(Object) then
		continue 
	end
	if Object:IsA("Terrain") or not Object:IsA("BasePart") then
		continue 
	end
	Object:Clone().Parent = Minimap
end

for i, child in pairs(game.Workspace.Icons:GetChildren()) do


	local W2VP = Camera:WorldToViewportPoint(child.Position)

	W2VP = Camera:WorldToViewportPoint(child.Position)
	local TextClone = script.Parent.Parent.TextLabel:Clone()
	TextClone.Text = child.Name
	TextClone.Name = child.Name.."GUI"
	TextClone.Position = UDim2.new(W2VP.X, 0, W2VP.Y, 0)
	TextClone.Parent = game.Players.LocalPlayer.PlayerGui.MinimapGui.Minimap
	TextClone.BackgroundTransparency = 1


end

function add()
	for i, child in pairs(game.Workspace.Icons:GetChildren()) do
		local W2VP = Camera:WorldToViewportPoint(child.Position)
		game.Players.LocalPlayer.PlayerGui.MinimapGui.Minimap:FindFirstChild(child.Name.."GUI").Position  =  UDim2.new(W2VP.X, 0, W2VP.Y, 0)

	end
end

function characterIcon()
	local W2VP = Camera:WorldToViewportPoint(Player.Character.HumanoidRootPart.Position)

	W2VP = Camera:WorldToViewportPoint(Player.Character.HumanoidRootPart.Position)
	game.Players.LocalPlayer.PlayerGui.MinimapGui.Minimap.Arrow.Position = UDim2.new(W2VP.X, 0, W2VP.Y, 0)
	
	
end


game:GetService("RunService").RenderStepped:Connect(function()
	--local camCFrame = CFrame.new(HumanoidRootPart.Position + Vector3.new(0, 10000, 0), HumanoidRootPart.Position)
	local camCFrame = CFrame.new(game.Workspace.Baseplate.Position + Vector3.new(0, 10000, 0), game.Workspace.Baseplate.Position)
	Camera.CFrame = camCFrame
	Arrow.Rotation = - HumanoidRootPart.Orientation.Y - 90
	add()
	characterIcon()
end)

I hope this helps someone who is looking for an answer sometime in the future.