Marker

[Katanastar]

it would be awesome if you could set a marker on the map inside a mission if that was at all possible?

[Luminara]

You can.  Right-click on the map to set a thumbtack.  Thumbtacks add a  to the map, set a waypoint in the nav window and show the distance to the waypoint in the zone or mission.

 

Right-click on the to remove it.

 

[srmalloy]

14 hours ago, Luminara said:

Right-click on the to remove it.

Or right-click anywhere on the map outside the zone edge.

[Saiyajinzoningen]

you can also set other teammates as a waypoint maybe? 

[Rudra]

33 minutes ago, Saiyajinzoningen said:

you can also set other teammates as a waypoint maybe? 

I'm not understanding. Sorry. Teammates are already marked on the map. As are NPCs you or the team has picked up.

 

(The thing about waypoint markers, they don't move. So using the Siren's Call PvP bounty system as a reference, a marker is placed where the target is at time of posting, and then that marker is eventually deleted and a new marker placed after a set amount of time has passed. So even the current player waypoint marker is a static thing, just deleted and replaced every x period of time. You can already do that by right clicking where the teammate's map marker is to set a waypoint.)

 

(Edit: On layered maps, the teammate can /loc themselves and post those coordinates in team chat. Clicking the coordinates sets a waypoint marker.)

Edited August 10, 2023 by Rudra

[Akisan]

16 minutes ago, Rudra said:

49 minutes ago, Saiyajinzoningen said:

you can also set other teammates as a waypoint maybe? 

I'm not understanding. Sorry. Teammates are already marked on the map. As are NPCs you or the team has picked up.

 

You can. Click on the teammates' arrow on the map, and they'll be tracked on your nav compass (including distance to), just like a stationary waypoint.  (click again on that teammate's arrow to remove it, or simply set any other waypoint to track it instead)

[Rudra]

3 minutes ago, Akisan said:

 

You can. Click on the teammates' arrow on the map, and they'll be tracked on your nav compass (including distance to), just like a stationary waypoint.  (click again on that teammate's arrow to remove it, or simply set any other waypoint to track it instead)

Good to know. Thanks. However, now I am even more confused by @Saiyajinzoningen's post.

[Akisan]

Perhaps they meant, as an alternate to placing a thumbtack, one could follow a teammate that is near (or soon will be near) the location you're trying to mark?

[CountVampyro]

I know you can type in /loc to get your current location, but it would be nice to have a way to display your current location as you travel through a zone (i.e. to find badges in zonse where Vidiot Maps is not available).  Anyone know a way to build a macro for this?

[biostem]

I think the best and least obtrusive way would be to create a custom chat channel, then bind a commonly used key, like W or spacebar to type the location into that chat channel, (which you'd push to said custom channel)...

[AboveTheChemist]

4 hours ago, CountVampyro said:

I know you can type in /loc to get your current location, but it would be nice to have a way to display your current location as you travel through a zone (i.e. to find badges in zonse where Vidiot Maps is not available).  Anyone know a way to build a macro for this?

 

As an addendum to biostem's excellent suggestion above, the /conprint command can be used to avoid having to create a chat channel. Just use:

 

/conprint "$loc"

 

and the current coordinates will be printed to the system channel (make sure the system channel is turned on in the desired chat window).

 

The /showfps command might also work. For example:

 

/showfps 3

 

will display the current camera coordinates in large print on the screen. Use /showfps 2 to display the coordinates in small print, and /showfps 0 to turn off the coordinates. Note that these are the camera coordinates, not the player's coordinates (unless the camera is zoomed into first person), but as long as the camera is zoomed relatively close to the character, the coordinates should be close enough to find stuff like badges and plaques.

 

Circling back to your original question, can you give an example of a zone with badges for which there is no vidiotmap? I cannot think of one offhand but if you know of one please let me know and I will generate one for the next vidiotmap update.