new-world Players Add Working Minimap Mod to New World

[Starym 3,800]

 

Before we even get into the details, it's important to note that addons/mods aren't supported in New World and Amazon Games' general stance on them is that they technically aren't allowed, so proceed with caution. Now that that little disclaimer is out of the way we have two players creating something truly awesome and desperately needed/wanted by the community: a working in-game minimap!

New World was clearly intended to be played without a minimap, as having only the compass present was a deliberate design decision, but that didn't stop players from very badly wanting one, and now we have two players making one of their own! Morbrid and their friend created a mod that, well, is a minimap:

 

One of the most common complaints at the moment is that the map isn't easy to use when in towns - its always zoomed out, or you can't see anything because of the "Upcoming War" message. I teamed up with my friend to build a minimap to help improve on the map interface, stop us getting lost in towns and make it a bit more efficient to farm resources while out questing. Some highlights: Auto zoom-in when you enter a city - honestly the main map should have this Quickly show/hide the map with hotkeys - so it won't distract you when its not needed Custom developed OCR tech - we weren't happy with the accuracy of the available methods so we designed our own just for this Runs on Overwolf - As far as I know, Overwolf is EAC whitelisted and as this is the only process that runs, it is unlikely to get you banned Community sourced data - Contains map data used with permission from newworld-map.com Hope its OK to share this - I coded up a live demo if you want to have a play with it and see how it would look in game. You can find it here. ... Thanks! The minimap runs on Overwolf, and its the only process that runs. I believe Overwolf is whitelisted on the anti-cheat so I'd say its unlikely to get you banned. I understand minimaps are a bit of grey area at the moment so if AGS do issue a statement saying they're not allowed I'll remove the app or tweak it so it meets their TOS, rather than risk users getting banned. - Morbrid

There's a big discussion in the thread about whether this could be a bannable offense, with players having already talked to Amazon Games support staff, but have not received any definitive answers:

This looks REALLY helpful and I want to use it but I don't want to get banned. I contacted Amazon to ask them about it. I just said "I see there are overlay programs with mini maps. Are they ok to use or will I get banned?" Their response was "We don't recommend using this kind of program with new worlds. You will get banned if you perform anything against TOS." I pushed him, asking if this was against TOS and he said "We cannot comment on this, a third-party overlay program". So it sounds like they aren't sure if they will ban people or not. - talimore

While the general stance is definitely a "no mods allowed" one, this is one of those times where a direct response from the developer would be greatly appreciated, as a division is already forming between those using the incredibly handy (and perhaps too powerful?) mod and those that really really want to but are too afraid of bans. Hopefully we'll hear something from Amazon Games on this specific issue (and modding in general) soon. Until then it really is very much up to you if you want to risk any consequences that come from getting this mod.

[Munky 5]

I just wanted to know why companies develop games DELIBERATELY with incomplete stuff like this lack of a f*****g minimap in a game where you have to run back and forth non-stop. Without mentioning the non auto zoom on the map while in a city. Coming from wow I see a patten here of trying to *filtered* the consumer the most up to the point of us almost quit but keep playing.

[Seaqiro 0]

3 hours ago, Munky said:

I just wanted to know why companies develop games DELIBERATELY with incomplete stuff like this lack of a f*****g minimap in a game where you have to run back and forth non-stop. Without mentioning the non auto zoom on the map while in a city. Coming from wow I see a patten here of trying to *filtered* the consumer the most up to the point of us almost quit but keep playing.

okay so don't you think if they developers wanted a mini map in the game, they'd have made one to go in? Just because someone made an illegal mod doesn't mean thats what the Dev's should have done ... if they make an upgrade and put on in, good on them, it's their game ... stop being a whiny child

 

[Wachuka 0]

The link below is New world forums speaking on the mini map.

https://forums.newworld.com/t/notice-overwolf-addons/422154