improve minimap

modules/game_minimap/minimap.lua

@@ -3,7 +3,9 @@ Minimap = {}
 -- private variables
 local minimapWidget
 local minimapButton
+local minimapWindow
 local DEFAULT_ZOOM = 45
+minimapFirstLoad = true
 
 -- private functions
 function onMinimapMouseRelease(self, mousePosition, mouseButton)
@@ -37,30 +39,58 @@ function Minimap.init()
   minimapButton = TopMenu.addGameToggleButton('minimapButton', tr('Minimap') .. ' (Ctrl+M)', 'minimap.png', Minimap.toggle)
   minimapButton:setOn(false)
 
-  minimapWidget = loadUI('minimap.otui', GameInterface.getMapPanel())
+  minimapWindow = loadUI('minimap.otui', GameInterface.getRightPanel())
+  minimapWindow:setOn(true)
+
+  minimapWidget = minimapWindow:recursiveGetChildById('minimap')
+  minimapWidget:setAutoViewMode(false)
+  minimapWidget:setViewMode(1) -- mid view
+  minimapWidget:setDrawMinimapColors(true)
+  minimapWidget:setMultifloor(false)
+  minimapWidget:setKeepAspectRatio(false)
   minimapWidget.onMouseRelease = onMinimapMouseRelease
   minimapWidget.onMouseWheel = onMinimapMouseWheel
-  minimapWidget:hide()
 
   Minimap.reset()
+
+  -- load only the first time (avoid load/save between reloads)
+  if minimapFirstLoad then
+    minimapFirstLoad = false
+    if g_resources.fileExists('/minimap.otcm') then
+      if g_game.isOnline() then
+        perror('cannot load minimap while online')
+      else
+        g_map.loadOtcm('/minimap.otcm')
+      end
+    end
+
+    -- save only when closing the client
+    connect(g_app, { onTerminate = function()
+      g_map.saveOtcm('/minimap.otcm')
+    end})
+  end
 end
 
 function Minimap.terminate()
   disconnect(g_game, { onGameStart = Minimap.reset })
   Keyboard.unbindKeyDown('Ctrl+M')
 
-  minimapWidget:destroy()
+  minimapWindow:destroy()
+  minimapWindow = nil
   minimapWidget = nil
-  minimapButton:destroy()
   minimapButton = nil
-
   Minimap = nil
 end
 
 function Minimap.toggle()
-  local visible = not minimapWidget:isExplicitlyVisible()
-  minimapWidget:setVisible(visible)
-  minimapButton:setOn(visible)
+  local visible = not minimapWindow:isExplicitlyVisible()
+  if visible then
+    minimapWindow:open()
+    minimapButton:setOn(true)
+  else
+    minimapWindow:close()
+    minimapButton:setOn(false)
+  end
 end
 
 function Minimap.reset()

modules/game_minimap/minimap.otui

@@ -1,21 +1,11 @@
-UIMap
-  id: minimap
-  anchors.top: parent.top
-  anchors.right: parent.right
-  size: 256 192
-  margin-top: 2
-  margin-right: 2
-  border-width: 1
-  border-color: #888888
-  padding: 1
-  //draw-minimap-colors: true
-  multifloor: false
-  draw-texts: false
+MiniWindow
+  id: minimapWindow
+  !text: tr('Minimap')
+  height: 150
+  icon: minimap.png
 
-  CheckBox
-    anchors.top: parent.top
-    anchors.right: parent.right
-    margin-top: 2
-    margin-right: 2
-    size: 16 16
-    @onCheckChange: self:getParent():setDrawMinimapColors(self:isChecked())
+  MiniWindowContents
+    padding: 3
+    UIMap
+      id: minimap
+      anchors.fill: parent