Feature request: balloons on minimap for VCS

[pmsobrado]

Could this be implemented, just list hidden packages can be shown in minimap on LCS?

Thanks!

[Freakler]

It is and has been on the todo list for a long time. Balloons are handled by the script afair so it is the perfect candidate for a userscript and the reason why I haven't looked into it yet. Someone just has to do it

So yes, it is possible of course!

[Freakler]

I'll leave this open. But everyone is welcome to join the Discord for discussion and help!

[pmsobrado]

Great, thanks!

[danssmnt]

This probably can be implemented as an userscript.
There's an opcode for marking icons on minimap.

LCS: 02AD: add_sprite_blip_for_coord 1@ 2@ 3@ sprite 4@ store_to 5@
1@, 2@ and 3@ are X, Y, Z (coordinates)
4@ is the sprite
5@ is where is the blip gonna be stored

VCS is the same but opcode is 00C6.

[pmsobrado]

You mean manually adding each balloon coordinate? I was thinking of a more automatic/automated way...

[danssmnt]

I've made a UserScript that shows all balloons near you on the minimap and game map as well:
Balloon Radar.txt

I won't close this issue yet because there's still lots of things to improve on it (from my perspective).
@pmsobrado please test the script and, if you feel it's enough for you, you may close this issue. Thanks.

[pmsobrado]

I'll try this weekend, thanks!

[danssmnt]

@pmsobrado share the results when you can, I guess you probably forgot about this (no worries I forgot about it too)

[pmsobrado]

@danssmnt I didn't forget, but I did not have the time. In any case, if the user cannot differentiate between already popped balloons and the untouched ones (seems to work this way looking at the scripts comments), I guess the script has little utility. But please don't get me wrong, I think it's a great starting point and I really appreciate the effort.

[danssmnt]

Yeah, from the start I knew it was going to be quite an issue because, afaik, there's nothing in the SCM that I can use to check if a balloon has been popped or not. This is probably the best I can do for now. If I ever discover anything new, I'll notify.

There's some stuff related to balloons but nothing about being popped or not (i think):
$_1899(idx,99) -> Unknown? (Seems related to popping? But isn't quite what I need?)
$4471(idx,99) -> Is Balloon Object Spawned?
$_1998 -> (Not an array), Number of balloons popped by the player

I probably should look further to that $_1899(idx,99).