Revealed Area Map Plugin for RPG Maker MZ
A downloadable asset pack
The plugin dynamically generates a 'revealed area' map (henceforth RAM) for each game map explored by the player:
- The RAM Displays locations already explored (= directly visited) by the player's party and their immediate surroundings (in "line-of-sight" range).
- The user can zoom-in & out of the RAM, and pan it in every direction.
- The player's current location is markerd on the RAM.
- The user can create custom map titles for each RAM.
- The user can define various types of markers which the player can then place on the RAM to mark specific points of interest.
- The user can define the creation & distribution of fast-travel waypoints throughout the RAM, thus enabling fast travel to areas that were already explored by the player.
- The RAM allows for the integration of 'map fragments' into the game: areas of the map that are revealed not by directly visiting them, but by 'map fragments' found in the game, whether through the culmination of an event or through reading a scroll with a fragment on it. These 'map fragments' can reveal an area in full detail, or in a partial / distorted format, as defined by the user.
- The RAM Provides explanatory text info when the player's mouse hovers over points of interest (such as markers, waypoints, etc).
- The plugin offers other customization options for the RAM, which are explained in detail in the plugin's help section.
- Ram data is included in saved games: When the user saves a game, all RAM data is saved as well, and when the saved game is loaded, the RAMs for each game map are in the same state as they were when the game was saved.
Acknowledgment: The mechanism used in this plugin for taking a snapshot of the game map is based on Hudell's Orange Mapshot plugin, poretd to MZ by Arthran - see https://arthran2.itch.io/orange-mapshot-mz. The rest is my original code.
All features and required parameters are explained in detail in the plugin's help section.
Since this project and other projects on my page are my first attempts at plugin coding, any constructive feedback is welcome and appreciated. If you encounter a bug or any other problem, please report it in a comment and I will do my best to fix it.
If you used the plugin and thought it was good, please take a few seconds to leave a good rating or review, it really helps getting it out there!
And finally - The plugin is free to use and you are welcome to it. However, If you find that you can donate a few dollars to support my work, on this project and future ones, it will be very much appreciated, as a LOT of time and effort went into it. Enjoy!
✔️ YOU CAN:
- Use the plugin in any commercial or non-commercial project
- Adapt or modify the plugin for use in any commercial or non-commercial project
- In any case, an acknowledgment in the credits would be appreciated
❌ YOU CAN'T:
- Resell or distribute the plugin to others
- Edit and resell the plugin to others
Updated | 4 days ago |
Status | Released |
Category | Assets |
Author | cocomode |
Genre | Role Playing |
Tags | Asset Pack, mini-map, plugin, revealed-area-map, rmmz, Royalty Free, RPG Maker, RPG Maker MZ |
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Development log
- "Map Fragments" bug fixed4 days ago
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