How to hide gold mine icon on the minimap?

[emperor_d3st]

Hi,
Q1.)
I would like to know how to hide the gold resource icon on the minimap without importing a custom icon for it.

I tried
Unit Group - Pick every unit in (Units in (Playable map area)) and do (Neutral Building - Turn special minimap icon Off for (Picked unit))
but it's not working.

Q2.)
If I import a custom icon model and color it white (just like the hero minimap icon model) will it work like the hero minimap icon model, I mean will the 'mine' retain its owner's color, or is it a hero icon model only thingy?

Thanks in advance.

 

[TheDivineBoss]

I only maybe can answer the first one:

Select the goldmine 'building' in the Units Object Editor and try to find the name ''Display this unit on minimap? True/False''

 

[emperor_d3st]

The problem with hiding the minimap display is that I would like the unit to be shown on the minimap like any other unit. If I set 'hide it on minimap' to 'false' then it won't show at all.

 

[Need_O2]

from Advanced - Game Interface
find that icon
repleace path with unit icon path

 

[emperor_d3st]

That idea came to my mind as well, but I couldn't find the unit icon path, I'll give it another try, thanks.

 

[Need_O2]

Im %100 sure about it
Image - Minimap etc
or Minimap - etc

 

[emperor_d3st]

Ok, after 20 minutes of searching, trial and error I couldn't make it.
I figure I should change at least one of the following lines:

-Model - minimap resource (I didn't notice anything when I changed it)

-Icon - Minimap Resource (when I set it to blank the whole minimap goes black, I should set the default, UI\Minimap\minimap-gold.blp, to something else, but I have no idea what.

Does somebody know?

 

[humpadumpa]

You can use this texture path: ReplaceableTextures\Shadows\Shadow

 

[emperor_d3st]

Umm, thanks, but I want the unit to be shown on the map, just not like a big fat yellow dot, but like any other unit, with team colors.
My bad, I didn't make it clear in the first post, I think, but I did mention it in the third.

 

[humpadumpa]

oh.. yeah xD didn't see that -.-

well.. i dunno if you can make it change colors for each player (atleast it shouldn't be able in the game interface)

 

[emperor_d3st]

I'm pretty sure it can be done without importing custom files, I just don't know what's the path for the regular units.

 

[humpadumpa]

I'm pretty sure it can be done without importing custom files, I just don't know what's the path for the regular units.

I know the path for the units. It's ReplaceableTextures\TeamColor\TeamColor01 - 15 (They are only a, f.e. a red dot for Player 1 (Red) and a blue for Player 2 (Blue))


What i meant here:

well.. i dunno if you can make it change colors for each player (atleast it shouldn't be able in the game interface)

..is that you can't set it to change path for each player without using a code or trigger, or something.

 

[emperor_d3st]

Oh, I see, thank you. Well it's better than having big yellow dots or nothing on the map, but I would still want them to have their own team colors

 

[Need_O2]

let me check ...

Bad News:
You know unit minimap icons change color due to team color and team color display option
Because they are models with Team color image
BUT gold mine minimap icon isnt a model it is an image

So you have to make Gold mine get recodnized as a normal unit instead of changing Minimap icon
Well... Ive tried many ways
And noticed that its impossible for something with Gold Mine ability

Good News:
Disalbe Gold Mine's minimap icon and make it create a dummy on creating Gold Mine and remove dummy when its destroyed
Not something hard with handlevars

 

[emperor_d3st]

Thanks, placing dummy units was my last resort idea. Well if you say it's impossible without dummies I'll go with that. I have spent more than 2 hours with this stupid problem already -.- Stupid me.

 

[Rui]

I tried using the Hide Special Minimap Icon action some time ago, and yes, it doesn't seem to work. I wonder why.

I'm going to move this to the Solved Problems archive, if you wish to keep it in the Help Zone, you can ask here (or send me a PM).
For others reading this: you can still post here if you wish.
~Problem Solved & Renamed (from "How to hide gold mine resource on the minimap?" to " How to hide gold mine icon on the minimap?")

 

[Need_O2]

there is something wrong with "Gold Mine ability"