How to Make a Simple Minimap in Unreal Engine 5

Hello guys, in this quick and simple tutorial we are going to learn how to make a Minimap in Unreal Engine 5
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[@lorna04]

Genuinely helping me so much with my uni work, your videos help me so much! Thank you!

[@ziroAU]

awesome video as always! the thing i love most about your vids is you show us how to do the bare minimum we need, allowing for all sorts of customization or edits

[@GorkaGames]

thank you man!! yeah exactly I always make my tutorials sraight to the point, and then each one can customize it and add what they like!

[@MythAndMirage]

Great video, particularly the portion regarding the sprites. Thank you!

[@pubggame7264]

What a clean tutorial ❤

[@Michichael]

Much appreciated - this filled in some blanks of what I was trying to do with a rear view mirror. :)

[@GorkaGames]

my pleasure!! great!

[@Ruebler1]

Very useful feature and nice tutorial ^^ Your tutorials are exactly what I need

[@GorkaGames]

thank you!! Im glad that you find them useful!

[@davidsky3536]

So clear and easy to follow. Fantastic work bro!

[@robertnalley]

Hey! A minimap tutorial that actually works. Thank you.

[@Lawltutorial]

Greate Tutorial! That`s exactly what I need. Simple, Easy to Build by myself and well explained. Well Done!!

[@Lawltutorial]

How to add icons and NPCs to show on our Minimap?

[@sampsonarchibaldclaxton7872]

Really strong! Thanks for the tutorial.

[@GorkaGames]

my pleasure man!!

[@akaragdollsvids]

😃😃 LETS GO.. Really gona need in future

[@GorkaGames]

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[@AliBounds]

Awesome video glad I could locate it.

[@GorkaGames]

thank you as always!!

[@rocketpoweredchimpgamesphi7798]

Gorka delivers as usual! P xx

[@specops2925]

your videos help me so much! Thank you can u do for big map in widget

[@ORTyOW]

Congrats on reaching 7k subs! 👍👍👍✨✨✨🎉🎉🎉

[@GorkaGames]

thank you so much!! 💪 I really appreciate it!!

[@DailyPaily]

Easy, Thanks !

[@GorkaGames]

my pleasure!!

[@juliustaniguchi]

Thanks! Do you know how to set it so that this widget wouldn't show up on the start menu? (start menu on different level)

[@Opt4grunt]

Awesome video, brother. I dont know if you know this, but you are teaching future developers. 👏

[@Rabbit14]

Awesome, saw tons of these tutorials and all where a mess on youtube.

[@GorkaGames]

I`m glad that you find my one useful!!

[@DolzzDesign]

You rock!

[@lillebror7212]

nice vid super helpful

[@GorkaGames]

thank you!!

[@fareed7786]

Amazing tutorial ! I'm having a slight issue where my game starts with a cinematic camera animation over the player and that camera can see the sprite icon. The other camera that I use for drone mode can see the sprite icon too. How do I make the sprite icon disappear in my other cameras?

[@rystiya7262]

Thanks!

[@GorkaGames]

Thank you so much!! I really appreciate it!! 🙏🙏

[@trucsetastuces9358]

Thanks you a lot , you did a good job, +1 follower Edit - I was already following ^^

[@GorkaGames]

haha thank you so much man!!

[@katharsis2449]

Hi great and simple tutorial i was wondering how can i add icons for enemies to show on the minimap?

[@FD3N1]

Thanks for the video 🤩 Can you make a tutorial about shooting and affecting enemies

[@GorkaGames]

yeah man! I actually have a tutorial where I cover this on! kzbin.info/www/bejne/fJbLd4CaqM5ql6M

[@diogoferreiramariano6105]

Obrigado, Parabens

[@wolfiedgr8t]

Nice man 👍

[@GorkaGames]

thanks!

[@nandakishorsd6731]

What about multiplayer mode? Will other players see that arrow sprite? If so how can we fix them?

[@dean_read]

TAHT IS REALLY GOOD

[@GorkaGames]

thank you!!

[@monkeyvr1109]

Awesome video! By the way can you make a vid where you click on the mini map and it opens to full screen. Thanks

[@jacquecortez5014]

I couldn't figure out how to make my player indicator sprite transparent. I was just a arrow with black background as a square. But thank you so much. I have a mini-map.

[@kartiksaini-xn6ke]

I love your tutorials and have learnt a lot from you. Can you please create a tutorial for a car racing game? 😄

[@GorkaGames]

thanks and I`m glad that you are learning!! Yeah absolutely i will note it down. Any especial similar games in mind, like super mario, need for speed etc?

[@kartiksaini-xn6ke]

@@GorkaGames Need for speed

[@rifat.ahammed]

great

[@xineva]

Hello. how to automatically rotate minimap with person. For example: If character turns left after that mini map should turn left too. Pls help

[@purplepanzer4851]

smart dude

[@ResonanceRebirth]

Is there a way to add 'markers' on mini map?

[@callatogames]

I have 2 camera’s attached to my pawn, with 2 different spring arms. First one is main camera, second one is “SceneCaptureComponent2D” for Radar Camera. I want to see my enemies paper sprite components from the radar camera but not from the main camera. Is it possible with using blueprint only? How can i make the logic? Both cameras should work at the same time. Thanks for any help…

[@shawnallbritton601]

When you jump around with the player it still shows the shadow on the minimap of the player mesh. Has anyone figured out how to make it so just the cursor and no the player itself is rending on the minimap? Great tutorial as well! Thank you

[@stevematkin4413]

what is the sprite texture size? my ue5 keeps on crashing when I add the sprite image in the viewport

[@danielgiambattistelli7380]

the problem with this is that sprite does not work with raytrace. in my case I can not disable it. what would be a solution for that? I have tried with a widget instead, everything seems fine in editor, but in play mode the texture does not update. the arrow is stuck in the start position. Also in my case im not using a springarm, I have the camera projecting from high up in 000 coordinates.

[@TF2Michal]

Can you make work it in vehicle too? (Vehicle in and out tutorial what you make)

[@dkulinertours3022]

Can you give an example of how to make name text in the maps section, floating text...

[@cgtesports5793]

Hey when I go to chance the sprite material and search “sprite” nothing pops up what did I do wrong?

[@Birdscolony211]

How can I highlight the target kn the minimap? I have some targets in my game where player need to shoot the target in order to win so i want to highlight the location of the targets that where they are located

[@sandboxop]

Thanks for the video 😍…… please make a course to teach c++ 😇

[@GorkaGames]

my pleasure!! yeah I actually got a very basic beginner guide: kzbin.info/www/bejne/fn_JoX58erdlnqs But if you want I will make more!

[@tamasfodor2312]

Amazing video thank you :D One question? How could I make the mini map circular?

[@DantexProject]

In your TextureRender Material set the Blend Mode to Translucent. Add RadialGradientExpontenial to the Opacity Input. Make TexCoord to the UVs, Make Two Paramteres and set them to 0.5 with an Append to the CenterPosition. Another Param also 0.5 to Radius and the last Param with Value of 100 to Density. Create Material Instance and use this in your widget. Now the map is Circular :)

[@rikythebombera7386]

Hello, I just wanted to ask how you learnt to do all the things. I was searching for someone online to teach me, but I was wondering how you got this good. Sorry if I made mistakes I am italian :(

[@GorkaGames]

I started with Unreal Engine 4 back in 2015 as a hobby and with tuorial. 2 years later I started in Unity and got a professor and made a few games including a comercial game etc until a year ago where I got back to UE. ANd from all that I learned through those 7 years well here I am!

[@alexpoc]

i'm interested in how to focus on owning player in a multiyplayer game scenario

[@gatheringmatter4289]

Could you do a tutorial on map waypoints? Like if I put a sprite over an object, it will show up on the map, but how do I make it to where the sprite will be on the edge of the minimap until I get close enough? Thanks :)

[@ComfortZoneComic]

Not like this

[@maniac0cj]

Nice video, P.S. when adding a sprite with Raytracing enabled will crash UE. :( no fix as yet

[@sofiayanezperteagudo5380]

Great thank you so much! The heigh of the spring arm seems to be capped at -70, do you know how to even get a higher view ?

[@bluboxprod.7789]

I think you can only change by the Ortho Width of the camera itself, not the spring arm length

[@kiddskate12]

Hello i am not sure how to implement the minimap while having the start menu on another menu. for me it isnt working and i do not see the mini map

[@LoonasHusband]

Another thing you can do for the player being seen on the minimap: So, just like what we did for the player indicator: Go to Rendering > Advanced. Instead of checking "Owner No See" check "Only Owner See". That way the player can see themselves, but the camera attached to the spring can not.

[@fios4528]

Do you have any ideas for how we could do a minimap when underground? In this implementation the roof would obscure the camera

[@AvB.83]

Not sure about full underground and I have yet to try that, but at about 08:58 he sets the arrow to "Owner not see", which he uses to make the arrow visible for the minimap camera, but invisible for the player. But directly under that option there is a "ONLY owner see" option which I imagine could work with relatively simple indoor/underground maps where you would set the ceiling to "only owner see", thus making it visible for the player, but invisible for the minimap camera. Again, I have not tried that yet, I don't even know if static meshes have that option as well or if it is only for sprites, but in my mind that sounds like it might work. If it does: for multiple stories of indoor enviroment you might have to switch that on/off via script according to what level your player is on.

[@MrSmashmasterk]

Try duplicating the materials on your obstructive objects like walls, and then clicking off the two sided option within the duplicated materials. Then apply the duplicated materials to your objects that you want the camera to see through.

[@CTRLsway]

How can i get the minimap to rotate with the owner camera ?

[@jiggyspice6809]

Does this work for multiplayer?

[@jagolawgaming3377]

great video just one issue, if you enter a building with a roof the minimap icon disappears becasue it can be seen through the ceiling, any solutions? thanks

[@DevilFruitJourney]

Maybe you neer to Check if something is under thr cam. If yes another camera which is inactive should be activated maybe nearer to thr Player. Just an idea.

[@Sachinunreal]

How will it work for multiplayer?

[@MrSmashmasterk]

I have no idea why but my minimap is invisible. Things like sphere collisions will be displayed on it though. I am clueless!

[@frictiongamestudio7217]

How about a series of remastering a game with its missions

[@GorkaGames]

oh that would be cool actually! I will think about it, but it will demand a lot of time, but well see!

[@FPChris]

Is there a way to real time grab the entire open world map for fast travel?

[@magegames6202]

do you have one for a world map like in a widget that would just show the whole map

[@HoodieGreg]

When I do this in a First Person gametype, the sprite moves with the first person camera. Is there a solution to this to anchor the sprite to make it stay positioned above the player? Edit: I have fixed it, instead of having the sprite as a child to the mesh in 1st person, child it to the capsule. It works the same and there's no issues when looking!

[@GorkaGames]

yeah try to re-parent the sprite by moving it outside of the camera and mesh components and just place it inside the capsule parent

[@HoodieGreg]

@@GorkaGames haha I figured it out, I appreciate the help!

[@PokeAmp]

how do i make it round not square ?

[@CyberiaWu]

Hi, Thank you for this video. I have a question, how to hide the indicator because I have other cameras in the levels and we see the indicator. "Hidden in game" cannot be used otherwise the indicator is no longer visible on the map. Do you have a solution please?

[@CyberiaWu]

I found it, you have to check it out : "visible in scene capture only.

[@robert.lafferty]

Thank you for sharing @@CyberiaWu ! I was trying to figure out how to hide other indicators in a multiplayer game (not sure if that's the same use case you were asking about). Your tip helped solve that! Thanks!

[@CyberiaWu]

It's great if it unblocked you@@robert.lafferty

[@Ethan348]

Yo! The minimap works perfectly for me. However, I'm having issues with the main menu itself. So when I start the game from the Main Menu, the minimap loads there as well. I'm a total novice so I don't exactly know what to do. Your help would be appreciated. UPDATE: I added the mini-map via the Level Blueprint. Doesn't seem to mess with my main menu anymore.

[@GorkaGames]

great to know that you managed to solve it. So I gues that you where spawning your character in the main menu level too? What i suggest is to create a new game mode and new empty character

[@Ethan348]

@@GorkaGames Yeah, I'll try to figure things out the more I work on Unreal, I'm really very inexperienced as of now.

[@moisi4846]

Can you do pls a escape room tutorial I really need that for my school project

[@GorkaGames]

yeah absolutely, i will note it down

[@sampsonarchibaldclaxton7872]

If I try to apply this to enemies, what do I need to do to only show the enemy sprite in the minimap and not over the enemy's head?

[@GorkaGames]

you would need add the sprite into the enemies head and then just mark the spirte as "owner no see. This is the only workaround that doesnt involve custom render shaders

[@sampsonarchibaldclaxton7872]

@@GorkaGames that was my initial thought, but it still appeared in the game.

[@chinccw4529]

my Minimap Became very dark in some places, i tried to mess with manual exposure settings in the MinimapCamera to give more brightness but it doesn't do anything.

[@GorkaGames]

yeah.. depending on the scene it might get affected by lighting. I would suggest to create a simple post process material to the camera

[@chinccw4529]

@@GorkaGames i tried but it still didn't affect anything, not sure how it works. anyway, i fixed it by changing Capture Source to BaseColor In RGB.

[@moderngamer7267]

Easy solution, but performance is dead, scene will be rendered from two different cameras, fps gets divided by 2.

[@violenttriangles]

Turn off the character in the second camera, you don't want to be rendering all that in so few fragments.

[@moisi4846]

first

[@GorkaGames]

😄😄

[@midnightdev1284]

This solution is too much expensive for the performance. It literally cuts FPS in a half. I had 130, and now with minimap its 60-70 on an empty level.

[@midnightdev1284]

@@TrippyPixels im using ssr, rtx is disabled

[@uavisionx]

just seeing this now and pretty sure u prob found a solution but if not, go into your pawn with the scenecapturecomponent and click the component. In the details search, type "flags" and uncheck all the unnecessary flags. Also make sure, the "capture every frame" option is unchecked.

[@andrzejmnich1285]

Good that it's named "Simple Minimap". This way of implementing is really bad. You render everything 2 times so you're putting a heavy load on your graphics card.

[@GorkaGames]

it is named "Simple" because of the process itself of making it, actually optimizing it would imply making the tutorial much harder, which would still be a simple one

[@andrzejmnich1285]

@@GorkaGames Not really. There are more way's of making a minimap system and they aren't hard to implement. Most advanced minimaps on KZbin are overcomplicated because some people don't know Unreal Engine good enough. And every simple minimaps tutorial is just a duplicate of another tutorial. They even don't add anything new to the other tutorials. That's just sad.

[@Rehd66]

I’ve been struggling with unreal. Currently using Game Creator 2 on Unity, but you make Unreal seem doable to me

[@GorkaGames]

Unreal engine is actually much simpler when you start to make things with it. I have been using Unity for a long time too, and I have to say that UE is much more powerful in my experience

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