Map Sharing is broken

Specifically, what needs to happen is a function that the server can call to unlock the functions MiniMap:RevealArea() and Map:VisitTile(), which currently are disabled for clients. This should really be a very simple thing to do, it's just a boolean netvar that can be set like TheNet:EnableMinimapReveal(true), and then the current code that checks if you're a client in those functions is adjusted to check for that netvar. If it were Lua, it doesn't sound like it'd take more than 5 minutes to implement, but I'll admit ignorance on the C++ code.

Devs, without the map share isn't that good to play with friends, we like to maximize our exploration at first days and isn't fun to start to guess if you already been there or is a new area

@PeterA @nome Any chance this could be done to enable map sharing for this great mod? Thanks a lot for your input on this!

I have never used this mod, but I would very much like to. I just started streaming to Twitch and I think it would be great if people who join my server could see the same things I do!

Yeah this needs to be addressed. Either reply to @rezecib and say you're not fixing it & why, or fix it. If you've been to the Steam Workshop and have used the mod, I'm sure you can see it's value. 

This feature is one of the best in the workshop and really needs to be addressed!

Hello,

I would like to play this game with my wife but the removal of this feature just make it really hard to coordinate together

Any update on allowing this mod ?

Thanks,

One of the first mod i downloaded and i used it everytime

Klei, pls! Let us have map sharing,  at least with the (@rezecib's) mod.

I would like to speak out for myself, my wife and a few of our friends. We would like to be able to share our map exploration with ea other. We would enjoy the game a lot more if this co-op feature was added or at least let the mods do it. I hope u take the time to consider this request and have a good day.

 

-A group of fellow DST fans

Hello,

I am playing DST a lot with friends too. We exclusively play in cooperative survival style, no PVP ; this means that the map sharing would be great for us too ! This feature seems to be highly requested. 

I know you announced you wanted to make it a native and balanced feature of the game (in a Weekly DevCast), and we all understand it may take some time to implement it in a way you would find balanced and meaningful. However, if the possibility to fix this mod really is as simple as its author (rezecib) said, could you do it quickly as a short-term solution please ? And if it is not so simple, could you at least tell us where is the problem, why it can't be a short-term solution, and an estimate of the waiting time until we have your map sharing solution ?

Thank you in advance Klei.

Add my voice as well

I would really love being able to share my map with my friends even after disconnecting.

Plz Klei, be a pal. This was one of my favorite mods until it broke. 3:

I think this mod helps a lot with efficiency, which is kinda of the point of playing with other people. Without this mod we cannot explore the map as quickly as we would like to.

Last night I play this game with my girl firend. At the beginning everthing went well. However, as we explore more , we found it difficult for us to find each other.(we are not working in the same city physically which means we are not in the same room and she is not sitting next to me )

Finally my girl friend died, she was sooooooo angry and said I didn't care about her. I was so unhappy too: when my girl firend died, I didn't even konw where she is and run like a headless chicken .

Today I go to find some mods whcih can share our location, howerer the only one mods which can share our loucation can not work! Plz enable map sharing dear devs.....

Hi!

I JUST got this game and i loved it! I invited all my friends to get it and it is so fun to struggle together haha. It would be really awesome to be able to figure out where we are so that we don't die all the time lol 

Thanks!

Me and my brother want map sharing. we play CO-OP vs. the environment and the lack of this feature is a pain in the ass

Just want to add my voice.

This map sharing could be more than a mod. It could be a feature.

Thanks !

Edited July 3, 2016 by Arno95

Hey guys, just throwing in my 2 cents. or 20 cents. I talk too much sometimes =D

 

Games such as this are wonderful. They are made more wonderful by amazing and insightful mods created for free by people like the guy who made this mod as an open sourced improvement to the game. I know this is lower priority than certain other things. But it is not every day that a mod maker not only makes something wonderful but also goes the extra 9 yards to help with code troubleshooting.

 

It would be cool to reward this type of help and I would smile quite a bit if this were to be added to a list of "extra credit things" (if you will) that you guys could start implementing with other updates. Not critical of course. But something to show fans (like the people who help improve upon a wonder game) that their contributions are appreciated and not deemed worthless.

 

Thanks =].

 

Would really love if you guys fixed that, pls

This mod is great, I would prefer it if map sharing worked. It would make the game enjoyable even more, rather than tell a friend to take a left then a right, go forward a little bit then right again, to then find my base.

I play with some friends too and map sharing coming back would be soooo fantastic!!!

One of the best mods ever *-*

+1, please help to get this mod working

No update on this yet? Look at all the people who want it! Please fix

Edited August 3, 2016 by VanillaBraun

The networking portion of the minimap is currently being refactored, and we'll make sure to post an update on how to mod it again once that is released. Thanks for your patience!