Mini map problems

[Escape_Everything]

Please note this is my first post, so if there is anything that needs redone, or said a different way, please let me know.

1. What do I want to achieve?
   I want to make a mini map that works similar to the islands’ treasure map.
   Basically a mini map that tracks the player’s character’s position and displays that onto a UI object.

2. What is the issue?
   I can’t seem to figure this out. I have tried, calculated, and tried again, but it is still not working. So maybe you can help.
   I have a 250 by 250 stud map, and a UI frame. So I need to display the character’s position’s X and Y into a UI object’s Position’s X and Y scale.

3. What solutions have you tried so far?
   I have tried all the normal things. I have searched for related articles on the devforum. When I could not find anything useful, I turned to YouTube tutorials, again all they had was a small mini map that follows the player’s character. What I need is a map that does not move. Only the character’s icon moves on it. I also have tried to put a part into the ViewPortFrame and set it to the player’s character’s position. This causes a lot of lag.

after many hours, this is the best got:

local textlabel = script.Parent.TextLabel
local player = game.Players.LocalPlayer

while wait(1) do
	local character = player.Character
	local HumanoidRootPart = character:FindFirstChild("HumanoidRootPart")
	if HumanoidRootPart then	
		local position = HumanoidRootPart.Position
		textlabel.Position = UDim2.new(position.X/101.125,0,position.Z/101.125,0)
	end
end

and here’s what it does:

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

[RatiusRat (Boopmaster)]

local textlabel = script.Parent.TextLabel
local player = game.Players.LocalPlayer
local MapGUIsize = ???
while wait(1) do
	local character = player.Character
	local HumanoidRootPart = character:FindFirstChild("HumanoidRootPart")
	if HumanoidRootPart then	
       local X =HumanoidRootPart.Position.X/125         --- divided by 125 as that is half the map size.
     local Y = HumanoidRootPart.Position.Z/125
		local position = HumanoidRootPart.Position
		textlabel.Position = UDim2.new(X,0,Y,0)
	end
end

Make sure that the anchor point of the pointer is at vector2.new(0.5,0.5)

[Escape_Everything]

The anchor point is set to 0.5,0.5

[Escape_Everything]

Still not working.

[RatiusRat (Boopmaster)]

Where is the middle of the map? It has to be at the vector 0,0,0.

[Escape_Everything]

middle of the map is 0,0,0. It appears that the object is moving across the screen to much.

[RatiusRat (Boopmaster)]

Oh yeah i made a mistake, this should work:

local textlabel = script.Parent.TextLabel
local player = game.Players.LocalPlayer
local MapGUIsize = ???
while wait(1) do
	local character = player.Character
	local HumanoidRootPart = character:FindFirstChild("HumanoidRootPart")
	if HumanoidRootPart then	
       local X =(HumanoidRootPart.Position.X+125)/250
     local Y = (HumanoidRootPart.Position.Z+125)/250
		local position = HumanoidRootPart.Position
		textlabel.Position = UDim2.new(X,0,Y,0)
	end
end

Also set anchor point to vector2.new(0,0)

[Escape_Everything]

Now it’s even worse.

[Escape_Everything]

I think the problem might be that there is no negative number in the UI position scale, but there is one in the character’s position.

[FictionalWise (Wise)]

Well, You can use my modular minimap creator that allows you to create minimap in easier way

Modular Minimap Creator - Create Your Minimap With Easier Way

: If you use this module, make sure all of the parts, meshs, unions, models and etc… to put them inside a folder or model in workspace [NEW UPDATE (0.0.2a), CHECK IT OUT VIA CLICKING ON EXAMPLES OR DOCUMENTATION] Modular Minimap Creator v_0.0.2a https://www.roblox.com/library/9019427113/Modular-Minimap-Creator Introduction Hi! Today I’ve made a minimap module that creates minimap easier than before.

Example

local ReplicatedStorage = game.ReplicatedStorage local Modules = Repl…

and as i see, you made the player tracker image on the minimap updates every second

so you can do this by editing my module and replace the RunService with while loop

Thanks.

[Escape_Everything]

Sadly this is not what i’m looking for. I need a minimap that does not move. I need the character’s icon to move.

[RatiusRat (Boopmaster)]

I have edited this so that there should be no negatives.

[Escape_Everything]

Now the icon has gone off the screen.

[RatiusRat (Boopmaster)]

Is the anchor point on 0,0??? Cause it should never go over 1 scale if your map is really 250 studs.

[Escape_Everything]

[RatiusRat (Boopmaster)]

Yeah I said the anchor point should be 0,0.

[Escape_Everything]

Oops! I’m so sorry. The map is 500 by 500. I don’t know how I overlooked this!

[RatiusRat (Boopmaster)]

Try this

local textlabel = script.Parent.TextLabel
local player = game.Players.LocalPlayer
local MapSize = 500
while wait(1) do
	local character = player.Character
	local HumanoidRootPart = character:FindFirstChild("HumanoidRootPart")
	if HumanoidRootPart then	
       local X =(HumanoidRootPart.Position.X+(MapSize/2))/MapSize
     local Y = (HumanoidRootPart.Position.Z+(MapSize/2))/MapSize
		local position = HumanoidRootPart.Position
		textlabel.Position = UDim2.new(X,0,Y,0)
	end
end

The anchor point should be 0,0 too

[Escape_Everything]

Thank you, so much! I need to adjust the map a little and it should work great! Thanks again. God bless