Dynamic Map Demo

[azure forum]

Hey everyone!
I've been working on this addon for the past couple of months. After seeing SenyuGamer's post about their map the other day, I thought I'd share mine!

For context, I'm working on a parties and claims addon, similar to OPAC for Java. The world map here is used to claim chunks for your party.

I intend to release the source code for the dynamic maps publicly once I've finished it - if you have any questions in the meantime, feel free to ask 😄

[sacred kelp]

maybe if u remove the grids

looks better

[ocean rover]

grids are important for understanding chunk positions, he could make an option for it but it looks fine like this

[sacred kelp]

maybe more small grids in this case

will look better

[prime epoch]

It looks incredible

How did you go about rendering the blocks? For me it was a headache

[azure forum]

Yeah I'll make the grids optional, that's a good idea

[ocean rover]

hey check dms!!

lmao

[azure forum]

Thank you so much!

[azure forum]

I'll add an option for that too 👍

[amber mica]

How did you make it? It's so cool!

[azure forum]

I used python scripts to create lots of json UI elements - each pixel on the map is a single image element

[sick saddle]

ive been needing something like this for years

[half palm]

When releasing? @azure forum

[narrow zephyr]

Each pixel damn

[azure forum]

Probably in a couple of weeks

[versed narwhal]

It looks really cool, gg!

[half palm]

Nice if I'll share your add-on in a short so people can know this mod can I? My channel is Arabic so Arab people will know this mod

[half palm]

Btw is it gonna work for mobile or only windows! @azure forum

[azure forum]

Yeah sure 🙂

[azure forum]

I've tested it on mobile and it seems to be running fine so far!

[half palm]

Good

[hearty hamlet]

Hello friend @azure forum , could you tell me how you managed to optimize so many pixels in json ui?

[azure forum]

Unfortunately there's not much one can do, other than minimise the number of bindings and operations done on each element

[weak wedge]

How does this work?

[azure forum]

Each pixel on the map is a single JSON UI image element. I use raycasts to create a heightmap of the terrain, and then send this data to the JSON UI form

[sacred kelp]

is not that laggy?

[azure forum]

I've done various performance tweaks to make sure it runs as quickly as possible - one of them being caching the heightmaps. It takes about ~10 seconds to load the UI in a new area, and ~3 seconds to load the map for already cached chunks

[weak wedge]

How are you sending the data?

[weak wedge]

And does that mean you've hardcoded all the colors?

[azure forum]

Each chunk in the form is a button, and I send the data via the "text" property