[General] Is it possible to define which ability shows Goldmines on minimap?

[WerBackIII]

I'm working on a campaign, and I've changed many of the gameplay elements. Instead of gold, players gather food from farms they build, and instead of farms, players "conquer" gold mines, which increase the population cap.

So, in my map, goldmines play the role of farms, and farms play the role of goldmines.

It's easy to create an alternative gold mine ability and give it to Farm/Pig Farm/etc. However, this also makes farms appear as gold mines on the map.

On the other hand, I don't want to remove the gold mine ability from Gold Mines, since I want them to be shown on the map as well.

Is there a way to solve this problem?

To summarise:

Gold Mines must not have Gold Mine ability, but they still must show on the map.
Farms must have Gold mine ability, without showing on the minimap.

 

[RobertMKD]

You can't do that, cause 'Gold Mine Ability' is the one showing the minimap icon, but you can still remove it if you want by going to Game Interface->Model - Minimap Resource - Minimap Resource (Default)

 

[WerBackIII]

So, if I give the farms "entangled gold mine", and remove the icon of the entangled gold man ability, I should be ok. Would it still allow me to build farms without goldmine as a base?

 

[RobertMKD]

Not currently on my PC, why not you test it yourself?

 

[aple]

Replace the minimap texture in your map with a texture that has "Icons" in the minimap where the gold mines are placed. Unless that is the ONLY thing you want to show up on the minimap (Aside from shops and creep camps), then you can just use the "Special Minimap Icon" functions.

 

[A Void]

The path for Gold Mine icon is: UI\MiniMap\MiniMapIcon\MinimapIconGold.blp

You can replace it or remove it using the Import Manager.

If you want to remove it:
Import a blank .blp texture and change the path to: UI\MiniMap\MiniMapIcon\MinimapIconGold.blp

If you want to replace it:
Import your new .blp texture and change the path to: UI\MiniMap\MiniMapIcon\MinimapIconGold.blp

I've uploaded a blank 1x1 transparent .blp texture, you can import this and change the path.

 

[LordDz]

Stats - Neutral Building - Show Minimap Icon.
Try that?

I mean shops do show up and they do not have the Gold Mine ability..

 

[A Void]

Stats - Neutral Building - Show Minimap Icon.
Try that?

I mean shops do show up and they do not have the Gold Mine ability..

Gold mine already has that set to false, it still shows the icon.

 

[WerBackIII]

Thank you, all, but I think I will use the burrow ability and triggers for the farms. Given that it won't be possible to show an icon for the gold mines, but not for other buildings with this ability.

 

[A Void]

Thank you, all, but I think I will use the burrow ability and triggers for the farms. Given that it won't be possible to show an icon for the gold mines, but not for other buildings with this ability.

Haunted and Entangled gold mines also have a minimap icon, you could either replace those. Then just create a dummy invisible unit at your location that shows minimap icon.