Configuring 2D Map – DayZ

Overview

DayZ supports generating a 2D map from the terrain data, which means this map is always up-to-date and does not require any other maintenance. It supports any terrain (including community made) with the limitation of showing only the map of currently loaded terrain (world).

Base configuration

By default, the GUI map layout with MapWidgetClass is displayed after executing an action on the map item (ActionUnfoldMap) and the necessary configuration is included per specific map item (located at DZ\gear\navigation\config.cpp). The map UI can be also created independently of the map item, but then you will need to override in your mod a RscMapControl class (located in bin\config.cpp - it is recommended to base off the values that are at DZ\gear\navigation\config.cpp). If you are interested in creating a custom map item (with custom model) and specific 2D map configuration, I recommend you to take a look at the sample included at the end of this page.

Location labels

Location labels is a feature of a 2D map, which is not tied to any specific map object and is defined within a CfgWorlds entry of a terrain (class Names). Following game config example shows how one can be configured:

class CfgWorlds
{
    class CAWorld;
    class YourTerrain: CAWorld
    {
        /* .. */
        /* locations definition */
        class Names
        {
            class location_name
            {
                name="LocationName";
                position[]={11339.77,14391.05};
                type="locationtype";
            };
        };
        /* end of locations definition */
        /* .. */
    };
};

name parameter can be also a string from the stringtable database (can be localized). position is a 2D position, specified in meters. Please keep in mind that positioning multiple labels close to each other can lead in some not being visible at all. Available values for the type parameter are in the following table:

Name	Icon	Notes
Capital	none	Used for biggest settlements.
City	none	Used for mid-sized settlements.
Village	none	Used for small settlements.
Local	none	Used for miscellaneous locations.
Marine	none	Used for coastal locations (bays) or in-land water bodies.
Ruin	DZ\gear\navigation\data\map_ruin_ca	Used for castles.
Camp	DZ\gear\navigation\data\map_camp_ca	Used for summer camps.
Hill	DZ\gear\navigation\data\map_hill_ca	Used for mountains.
ViewPoint	DZ\gear\navigation\data\map_viewpoint_ca	Used for places with nice views (without text usually).
RockArea	DZ\gear\navigation\data\map_rock_ca	Used for larger parts with lot of rocks around.
RailroadStation	DZ\gear\navigation\data\map_station_ca	Used for rail stations.
IndustrialSite	DZ\gear\navigation\data\map_factory_ca	Used for large industrial areas.
LocalOffice	DZ\gear\navigation\data\map_govoffice_ca	Used for local offices (with Public Address System panels).
BorderCrossing	DZ\gear\navigation\data\map_border_cross_ca	Used for border crossings.
VegetationBroadleaf	DZ\gear\navigation\data\map_broadleaf_ca	Used for larger forest areas.
VegetationFir	DZ\gear\navigation\data\map_fir_ca	Used for larger forest areas.
VegetationPalm	DZ\gear\navigation\data\map_palm_ca	Used for larger forest areas.
VegetationVineyard	DZ\gear\navigation\data\map_vineyard_ca	Used for vineyards.

Changes in this config do not require map to be re-binarized.

Values for map property

Each map object (p3d) can contain a named property called map in geometry LOD. This defines how such object should look like on the 2D map. There can be 4 cases basically:

• hidden from the map
• icon only
• icon and bounding box
• special case (roads, railway)

If you do not specify this property, it is automatically assumed that object will not be visible = default value for this property is map=hide.

Name	Icon	Hides BBox	Notes
track	none	no	Width of the road included, color defined by the game config (class MapDefaults).
road	none	no	Width of the road included, color defined by the game config (class MapDefaults).
main road	none	no	Width of the road included, color defined by the game config (class MapDefaults).
power lines	none	yes	Color defined by the game config (class MapDefaults).
railway	none	yes	Color defined by the game config (class MapDefaults).
house	none	no	Color derived from the geometry LOD.
fence	none	no	Color derived from the geometry LOD.
wall	none	no	Color derived from the geometry LOD.
hide	none	yes	Use to hide object (default value).
bush	dz\gear\navigation\data\map_bush_ca	yes
small tree	dz\gear\navigation\data\map_smalltree_ca	yes	Used for small trees (orchards). They do not form forests triangles.
tree	dz\gear\navigation\data\map_tree_ca	yes	Used for solitary trees. Forest triangles are created (based on CfgWorlds parameter minTreesInForestSquare).
rock	dz\gear\navigation\data\map_rock_ca	yes	Used on large rock cliffs. Rock triangles are created (based on CfgWorlds parameter minRocksInRockSquare).
fuelstation	dz\gear\navigation\data\map_fuelstation_ca	yes
lighthouse	dz\gear\navigation\data\map_lighthouse_ca	yes
stack	dz\gear\navigation\data\map_stack_ca	yes
transmitter	dz\gear\navigation\data\map_transmitter_ca	yes
watertower	dz\gear\navigation\data\map_watertower_ca	yes
shipwreck	dz\gear\navigation\data\map_shipwreck_ca	yes
monument	dz\gear\navigation\data\map_monument_ca	yes
busstop	dz\gear\navigation\data\map_busstop_ca	yes
fountain	dz\gear\navigation\data\map_fountain_ca	yes
waterpump	dz\gear\navigation\data\map_waterpump_ca	yes
hospital	dz\gear\navigation\data\map_hospital_ca	no
store	dz\gear\navigation\data\map_store_ca	no
police	dz\gear\navigation\data\map_police_ca	no	Police department.
firedep	dz\gear\navigation\data\map_firedep_ca	no	Fire department.
tsign	dz\gear\navigation\data\map_tsign_ca	yes	Tourist directional sign.
tshelter	dz\gear\navigation\data\map_tshelter_ca	yes	Tourist shelter.
tourism	dz\gear\navigation\data\map_tourism_ca	yes	Usually used on pub-like objects.
cross	dz\gear\navigation\data\map_cross_ca	yes	Solitary crosses.
chapel	dz\gear\navigation\data\map_chapel_ca	no	Small churches - chapels.
church	dz\gear\navigation\data\map_church_ca	no	Big churches.
view-tower	dz\gear\navigation\data\map_viewtower_ca	yes	Used on small view-towers.
quay	dz\gear\navigation\data\map_quay_ca	yes	Not used at the moment. Can be used for selected pier objects.
bunker	dz\gear\navigation\data\map_bunker_ca	yes	Not used at the moment.
fortress	dz\gear\navigation\data\map_fortress_ca	yes	Not used at the moment.
rocks	dz\gear\navigation\data\map_rock_ca	yes	Not used at the moment.
ruin	dz\gear\navigation\data\map_ruin_ca	no	Not used at the moment, it is recommended to use location type Ruin instead.

Changes of the map property in the models require map to be re-binarized.

Sample

You can take a look at DayZ Samples package to see an example of probably the simplest possible implementation of brand new map item (with ability to have a custom texture and model) for a new terrain (look out for Test_MapItem folder).