AI War:Mini-Map Overview

The old Minimap that used to be in the top right corner of the Planet view has been replaced with a larger display-on-demand minimap that has several new features.

• There are three ways to access the new ninimap while in planet view:
  • Hold the "T" key (reprogramable from the Settings/In-Game Keys/Show MiniMap)
    • This Method has an additional new "Peek" feature,
  • Hold Middle Mouse Scroll + Left Shift key (the Left Shift Key is reprogramable in Settings/Planet View)
    • Using this method allows very fast zooming and moving around of the main planet view. Try it.
  • Clicking the Map button in the lower left hand corner will now (if in planet view) pop-up a brief menu with a button for switching to the galaxy map, and a button for displaying the minimap.
    • Using the Map button will keep the minimap displayed until you click the Map button again, or hit T (or whatever you've bound Show MiniMap to).

"PEEKing"

• The ShowMinimap keybind (not the middle-mouse-scrolling one) can also be used to "peek" at a planet by holding it and either mousing over a planet in the Galaxy View (it will display the minimap for that planet) or a wormhole in the Planet View (it will display the minimap for the planet on the other end of the wormhole). The peek displays obey the usual rules for visible intel, etc.

ShowMinimap keybind (not the middle-mouse-scrolling one) can also be used to "peek" at a planet by holding it and either mousing over a planet in the Galaxy View (it will display the minimap for that planet) or a wormhole in the Planet View (it will display the minimap for the planet on the other end of the wormhole). The peek displays obey the usual rules for visible intel, etc.

Q

Is there a way to rebind the new minimap to the thumb button on my mouse?

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    Re: Minimap feature...unsure if working correctly. 

« Reply #12 on: Yesterday at 09:08:20 AM » Quote

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Probably, yes. If you go under input bindings and find the minimap key, there is a mouse option. Click that, then press the thumb button, and that should do it if your mouse labels it's thumb button anything less than "button six." I'd expect it is button four or five.