REALLY NEED MINIMAP!!!

[GamerGuy]

WHY ARE ALL YOUR THREADS START WITH CAPSLOCK ON?

ON TOPIC. EVEN WHEN YOU HAVE THE BIGGEST MAP SIZE THERE IS NO NEED FOR A MINI-MAP.

[fatwilf]

+1

[b0rsuk]

Minimap is vital in games where you can't zoom out. In games where you can, it's redundant.

[darkrage000]

seriously... the average map size is like 300x300.. a quick flick of your mouse covers that.

[Songleaves]

Maybe it depends on the resolution you play at, but with my resolution on 250 x 250 maps I cannot zoom out all the way to see the entire map, and it takes about 2 seconds with the arrow keys to scroll from one side to the other. Sometimes it feels like I am playing chess but can only see 85% of the board at a time.

[A Friend]

Maybe it depends on the resolution you play at, but with my resolution on 250 x 250 maps I cannot zoom out all the way to see the entire map, and it takes about 2 seconds with the arrow keys to scroll from one side to the other. Sometimes it feels like I am playing chess but can only see 85% of the board at a time.

Holding shift makes the map scroll incredibly faster.

[Johnny Masters]

I always play on ludicrous and it takes quite a while to cross the map, about 13 seconds, 7 secs with shift, which is annoying because i have to drop the mouse and scroll with arrow keys. Sure, i can zoom out, but that also takes time and effort, and most of the time i play zoomed in (please, don't say that i should play more zoomed out, i could say the same that people should play zoomed in). Also, its not always about having to scroll to places, but being aware of things just at a glance.

You know what makes all that easier? Yep, a minimap.

What do you mean by "saving and loading locations"? Like explain in detail what these would be.

I'm not sure if it comes by a different name, but its a feature i've seen in a few strategy games (not only rts). Basically you save the location you're currently watching - similar to like you would group and go-to a unit in a regular rts - then quickly go to that place at a button's press. ex.: You scroll over to your killbox zone and press  ctrl+f1, then you roll over to your mines and press ctrl+f2 then back to your main base, right over your dinning area and press ctrl+f3. Then instead of having to scroll over every where, every time you want to check each of these areas you simply press the corresponding F key (or whatever binding it is).  Simple, elegant and effective.

[A Friend]

I always play on ludicrous and it takes quite a while to cross the map, about 13 seconds, 7 secs with shift, which is annoying because i have to drop the mouse and scroll with arrow keys. Sure, i can zoom out, but that also takes time and effort, and most of the time i play zoomed in (please, don't say that i should play more zoomed out, i could say the same that people should play zoomed in). Also, its not always about having to scroll to places, but being aware of things just at a glance.

Fair points and understandable. I never really played at those giant maps so I didn't realize just how big they were. And I don't think that much people do as well. For cases like those, being able to zip around instantly would be very big help. But, I don't think there's too much action on many parts of a map to warrant constant scrolling everywhere. Okay I realized how it would be quite troublesome to click on a message zoomed in the middle of nowhere then lose track of where your base would be.

Opinion changed, seems useful for you folks and simple scrolling sucks on those maps.
+1 Agree

How complex the information shown on it however, is debatable.

[pigman999999999]

ya i think a minmap would be complty use less and would take up space and ist there a mod for that

[Songleaves]

Maybe it depends on the resolution you play at, but with my resolution on 250 x 250 maps I cannot zoom out all the way to see the entire map, and it takes about 2 seconds with the arrow keys to scroll from one side to the other. Sometimes it feels like I am playing chess but can only see 85% of the board at a time.

Holding shift makes the map scroll incredibly faster.

Thanks a lot, that really helps lol.

[Toggle]

Yeah Johnny a realized a bit after you meant colonist saved positions. That would actually be interesting, and there's no doubt against it being useful.