// newMinimap initializes the minimap. It still needs to be populated.
func newMinimap(root vu.Pov, numTroops int) *minimap {
mm := &minimap{}
mm.radius = 120
mm.scale = 5.0
mm.cores = []vu.Pov{}
mm.view = root.NewView()
mm.view.SetUI()
mm.view.SetCull(vu.NewRadiusCull(float64(mm.radius)))
mm.cam = mm.view.Cam()
mm.cam.SetTransform(vu.XZ_XY)
// create the parent for all the visible minimap pieces.
mm.part = root.NewPov().SetLocation(float64(mm.x), 0, float64(-mm.y))
// add the white background.
mm.bg = mm.part.NewPov().SetScale(110, 1, 110)
mm.bg.NewModel("uv").LoadMesh("icon_xz").AddTex("hudbg")
// create the sentinel position markers
mm.spms = []vu.Pov{}
for cnt := 0; cnt < numTroops; cnt++ {
tpm := mm.part.NewPov().SetScale(mm.scale, mm.scale, mm.scale)
tpm.NewModel("alpha").LoadMesh("square_xz").LoadMat("tred")
mm.spms = append(mm.spms, tpm)
}
// create the player marker and center map marker.
mm.cpm = mm.part.NewPov().SetScale(mm.scale, mm.scale, mm.scale)
mm.cpm.NewModel("alpha").LoadMesh("square_xz").LoadMat("blue")
mm.ppm = mm.part.NewPov().SetScale(mm.scale, mm.scale, mm.scale)
mm.ppm.NewModel("alpha").LoadMesh("tri_xz").LoadMat("tblack")
return mm
}
