CrazyOatmeal Posted October 30, 2019 Share Posted October 30, 2019 Keeping track of which buildings you've looted becomes extremely difficult in large cities, and putting a custom waypoint on every single building clutters your waypoint list and your compass, and is a pain. Just let us put little markers (or draw freehand) on the map that don't show up as waypoints. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtomicUs5000 Posted October 30, 2019 Share Posted October 30, 2019 It would be cool, but probably difficult to implement and could get messy. Erasing things you've drawn could be hard. I think better icons, more icons to choose from, and a way to toggle it's visibility in the compass would be enough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scyris Posted October 30, 2019 Share Posted October 30, 2019 I sometimes mark things i've looted by putting 2 wood frames in front of the poi, if they are there it means i've cleared it already. I just stack 2 on top of each other. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theFlu Posted October 30, 2019 Share Posted October 30, 2019 Kickz fan? Not expecting The Pimps to create a Paint for us, but what Atomic there suggests might work, say, a tabbed list of map markers, with "All" as the first and only default, and a big '+' next to it to add and rename our own marking sets and a visibility toggle for the whole tab. (off the top of my head. I'd have: Looted POIs, Ore locations (for biome rarites), Traders, Working Stations) EDIT: Then again, I'd rather have an ingame Notepad, for playthrough-specific notes. Like "You can craft a Reflex Sight, maybe make a couple" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hek Harris Posted October 30, 2019 Share Posted October 30, 2019 In solo, I plant a tree in front of each POI I've looted Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtomicUs5000 Posted October 30, 2019 Share Posted October 30, 2019 I just use paint and mark the blocks around the entrances. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Onarr Posted October 30, 2019 Share Posted October 30, 2019 I use map markers. small house for anything I already looted. just right click and add new marker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EstebanLB Posted October 30, 2019 Share Posted October 30, 2019 I pick up any of the chairs inside and put it outside on the entrance, looking directly at the door Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Onarr Posted October 30, 2019 Share Posted October 30, 2019 It would be cool, but probably difficult to implement and could get messy. Erasing things you've drawn could be hard. I think better icons, more icons to choose from, and a way to toggle it's visibility in the compass would be enough. Simple painting and erasing could be done by a programing student in 1-2 nights. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtomicUs5000 Posted October 30, 2019 Share Posted October 30, 2019 Simple painting and erasing could be done by a programing student in 1-2 nights. Sure if it was just one big canvas. I’m assuming what you draw would have to be individual sets of objects, possibly overlapping. If you want to erase some drawing associated with a marker you would need to have event listeners on the drawn objects as to select the marker before editing or deleting. Then because of overlap, if you want something that’s behind something else you need a layering functions to tell it to move to the back of the stack. Going the other way around, selecting a marker from a list needs to highlight or bring to front the associated drawing. Not to mention... even though they aren’t working on console right now, the features they implement always consider controller use. Ever try to draw with a controller? It’s a skill not worth gaining experience in just to mark things on a map sufficiently. Or... more icons, color selections, and a toggle for compass visibility. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gamida Posted October 30, 2019 Share Posted October 30, 2019 It would be cool, but probably difficult to implement and could get messy. Erasing things you've drawn could be hard. I think better icons, more icons to choose from, and a way to toggle it's visibility in the compass would be enough. I was hoping for same thing. Being able to turn on and off waypoints on compass would make life so much easier in game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TSBX Posted October 30, 2019 Share Posted October 30, 2019 Payday 2 had a draw on map feature in pre-planning. It lead to a lot of convoluted plans that ended up with a comically large phallus drawn on the map. What I'm saying is that this a good idea and should be implemented. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gamida Posted October 30, 2019 Share Posted October 30, 2019 Would be so nice if you could make a wall map that when someone opened it it updated with any info they have that is not on it and it updated their personal map with any info others added to it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AtomicUs5000 Posted October 30, 2019 Share Posted October 30, 2019 Some games with map markers, when you type in the name of the marker, if there is an icon in the game that matches, the map icon will become that icon. For instance, I could type "NITRATE" in my marker name, and it would automatically make it the same nitrate icon you see in inventory. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Synvastian Posted October 30, 2019 Share Posted October 30, 2019 wood frame with a chest on POI's of larger size (plus x mark) , X mark map markers for smaller Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scyris Posted October 31, 2019 Share Posted October 31, 2019 Its pretty neat seeing the different ways people mark looted poi's in this thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hek Harris Posted October 31, 2019 Share Posted October 31, 2019 Yes;) I like the idea of AtomicUs. Never thought about using paint on buildings. Watch out, zombies, Picasso is comin to town! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JaRyCu Posted October 31, 2019 Share Posted October 31, 2019 When I want to keep track, I usually put a sign on the front of the building with the day to come back after the loot respawns. I normally play my SP maps on 10 day loot respawn, so if I loot a building on Day 4, I'll put a sign that says Day 14. If I don't plan on coming back (say it's a far away city or something), I'll take paint and a paintbrush and just put the archery target on each thing I've completed. That doesn't help when you're looking at the map and planning, but it's handy when you're going through a town. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hek Harris Posted October 31, 2019 Share Posted October 31, 2019 When I want to keep track, I usually put a sign on the front of the building with the day to come back after the loot respawns. I normally play my SP maps on 10 day loot respawn, so if I loot a building on Day 4, I'll put a sign that says Day 14. If I don't plan on coming back (say it's a far away city or something), I'll take paint and a paintbrush and just put the archery target on each thing I've completed. That doesn't help when you're looking at the map and planning, but it's handy when you're going through a town. Mmmm... solo... Loot respawn... find the mistake... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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