[fysiks]

If players are showing up in the wrong spot on your overview in-game, maybe the overview for that map is not configured correctl? Are you testing with one of the default maps?

I've seen some custom maps that have some sort of glitch in them causing the overview to not show properly on the screen but that is only one or two specific Day of Defeat map that I play.

It would be quite hard for BSPViewer to give the wrong coordinates since it's such a simple concept, IMO. I actually wrote a plugin that allows me to point with my gun and get the coordinates of the location my crosshair is pointing at and I've actually used that to create entities on the map where I needed them.

@deprale, the origin is not always at the center of the map so you can't just assume that.

[deprale]

Originally Posted by fysiks @deprale, the origin is not always at the center of the map so you can't just assume that.

Yes we can't just assume that but we can pretend it is, or at least I think so I'm not an expert regarding this, but if I had to approach this problem myself then I'd do it that way (pretend that 0,0,0 is the origin)

Another way we can tackle this problem is taking the 2 farthest corners and subtract them, to get the middle of the map this way we don't have to guess 0,0,0 is the origin of the map!
And then we can just do middle_of_the_map - player_origin to get the actual player position without relying on closest corners method.

[fysiks]

Originally Posted by deprale Yes we can't just assume that but we can pretend it is, or at least I think so I'm not an expert regarding this, but if I had to approach this problem myself then I'd do it that way (pretend that 0,0,0 is the origin) Another way we can tackle this problem is taking the 2 farthest corners and subtract them, to get the middle of the map this way we don't have to guess 0,0,0 is the origin of the map! And then we can just do middle_of_the_map - player_origin to get the actual player position without relying on closest corners method.

(0,0,0) is the definition of "origin". However, if you just arbitrarily assign it to the middle of the map, it will not match the values you get from a plugin. You must use the same coordinate system as the map if you want anything thing to work out.

So, no, you cannot "pretend" that the origin is anywhere other than the actual origin of the BSP file if you're using coordinates from a plugin that will only return values based o n the origin of the BSP. This is why there exists a configuration file for overviews, so that it can align properly with the map.

If you want to create another coordinate system for some strange reason, you would still need to translate between the actual coordinate system and the "pretend" coordinate system. To do this, you have to know the origin of the original coordinate system (the BSP).

[deprale]

Thanks for your insight, appreciate it.

[deprale]

OP, if you're still trying to do it:
https://forums.alliedmods.net/showthread.php?t=210029

I knew I had seen something like this done before, but I just couldn't remember where.

[Natsheh]

Make in mind for images the origin 0 0 0 means the TOP Left of the screen while 0 0 0 means the middle of the map.

[fysiks]

Originally Posted by Natsheh Make in mind for images the origin 0 0 0 means the TOP Left of the screen while 0 0 0 means the middle of the map.

If you're referring to the map coordinates and it's origin, you can't say that <0,0,0> is the middle of the map 1) because it's not always near the middle and 2) it's nearly impossible to define the "middle of the map" in a practical way.

[ghostdlr]

Originally Posted by deprale OP, if you're still trying to do it: https://forums.alliedmods.net/showthread.php?t=210029 I knew I had seen something like this done before, but I just couldn't remember where.

The amx file is 613 kb and the source code is only 4kb. How can it be possible? Can it include some malicious code?


Also, it's not working

[fysiks]

Originally Posted by ghostdlr The amx file is 613 kb and the source code is only 4kb. How can it be possible? Can it include some malicious code? Also, it's not working

That's what happens when the compilation fails so you're not getting a valid plugin. This plugin won't compile with the default compiler because it requires custom includes and must be compiled locally with the proper include files.

[ghostdlr]

I downloaded the plugin from this post, that was already compiled:
https://forums.alliedmods.net/showthread.php?t=210029

Also, it said plugin failed to load (when I type amx_plugins) and hlds.exe was using 400mb ram after. Usually it uses around 75mb.

It seemed kinda weird.

I'm gonna write my own code though. It's good to know you can get accurate positions of the players relative to the map overview.