"M" for Map

[Teabone]

Hi I'm trying to figure out how to make it so that when I press "M" an image (PNG) will appear of the entire world. I think this would be easy but the hardest problem I'm facing is how do you make it so a dot appears on top of that image showing your current position?

 

[Brewmeister]

I could have sworn DubeAlex had a map script just like what you're asking for.
I couldn't find it, but here are a couple I did find.

http://www.creationasylum.net/index.php ... rld+script

http://www.creationasylum.net/index.php ... rld+script

For the dot, do you just want it on a general area (one dot position for each game map)
Or an exact position (the dot shows where on the sub map you are)

Will your world map be the same size as the screen?  (640 x 480)

 

[Teabone]

For the map's size it's not entirely important. Whatever works best (easiest to script). Be awesome if i could add an option in the menu that when i click it it displays the map to the right. But that might be too much work. So anyway of getting the map to appear by a keystroke, otherwise, works for me. Can be full sized or not.

For the dot it doesn't have to show the players exact position on the image of the map. Just as long as its on a different location each time you enter a new map / stage.


That first link, tutorial looks exactly like what im trying to achieve! Thanks!  I'll test it out and hopefully it'll work error free