When creating a HUD element around the minimap, there is always going to be differences is size, aspect ratio and safe-zone from player to player. This script eliminates that factor and calculates the exact position and details for the minimap.
Source and download: https://github.com/glitchdetector/fivem-minimap-anchor
Minimap Anchor
This is a utility script for FiveM that can calculate the position of the minimap.
Clashing aspect ratios and safe-zone settings are no longer an issue!
How to use:
Add the “MINIANCHOR.lua” file to your resource.
Add client_script ‘MINIANCHOR.lua’ to your __resouce.lua file before the script that uses this.
Honestly if you don’t know how to add a script like this, you will most likely not have a use for it.
Features:
Function GetMinimapAnchor() which returns an object with the following entries:
| Key | Description |
|---|---|
| x / left_x | The X position of the left side of the minimap. |
| y / top_y | The Y position of the top side of the minimap. |
| width | The width of the minimap. |
| height | The height of the minimap. |
| xunit, yunit | Base units that should be the same for every screen. Use these for pixel measurement. |
| right_x | The X position of the right side of the minimap. (Shortcut for x + width) |
| bottom_y | The Y position of the bottom side of the minimap. (Shortcut for y + height) |
Note that all of the values returned are in a range of 0.0 to 1.0
Example use:
This code example will draw a black border along the inner edge of the minimap.
function drawRct(x, y, width, height, r, g, b, a)
DrawRect(x + width/2, y + height/2, width, height, r, g, b, a)
end
Citizen.CreateThread(function()
while true do
Wait(0)
local ui = GetMinimapAnchor()
local thickness = 4 -- Defines how many pixels wide the border is
drawRct(ui.x, ui.y, ui.width, thickness * ui.yunit, 0, 0, 0, 255)
drawRct(ui.x, ui.y + ui.height, ui.width, -thickness * ui.yunit, 0, 0, 0, 255)
drawRct(ui.x, ui.y, thickness * ui.xunit, ui.height, 0, 0, 0, 255)
drawRct(ui.x + ui.width, ui.y, -thickness * ui.xunit, ui.height, 0, 0, 0, 255)
end
end)
Result:
Possibilities:
Another example is a reworked Car HUD that will look exactly like this on every screen and properly scales with the minimap.
(Even at 800x600)
Disclaimer:
This script may still behave weirdly in extreme cases, such as multi-monitor setups,
although it has not yet been tested on as I have no friends and cannot test it myself.
