How can I disable the in game mini map?

Is there a trigger that will allow me to enable and disable to minimap?

I can't think of any way to disable and enable it in-game, but you can import a black war3mapMap.blp file to make the minimap black.

Since you are asking for a trigger, I'll move this to triggers & scripts.

or a corrupted one to really disable the minimap.

But no triggers.

Really? or is there option in the map properties or something?

Because basicly I have an intro in my map that kind of moves between cinematic and non cinematic mode, but the problem is this sequence starts at an enemies location who isn't there initially... My problem is when the sequence starts, you can't see anything, until the enemy appears at the location, its just covered in the fog of war...

The only way I've seemed to reveal the location is by making the map entirly visible initially, but that also reveals the entire mini map which I don't want to do...

Just create fog allover the map, set your units sight range to 0.0001 or even null and you are done (I think).

But the things is after that when you take control of your hero, I want things to be revealed around him, but Im just trying to negate the mini-map... If I can make it just solid black or a certain graphic, can I do this for paticular individual maps? Because for my dungeon levels I don't want the mini map, but for my RTS levels I do want my mini map...

There is a way to do this quite simply. Just change the image of the minimap to nonesense and it will completly remove it, you wont even get pings or images of shops.

In photoshop make a new image, take the eraser to it and save it. This is a translucent image and will not show anything on the minimap.

But these are all unredoable methods of blending the minimap out.
the one I've told you is revealable: Just destroy the fo modifier and change the units sight range to the default values. This should work.

Well as I said for dungeons I want no mini map, for RTS mpas I do, so can I apply this blank image to each map individually? So it effects only the map I want and not all my maps?

Yes, imported files only get imported to one map, not all maps on your computer ><.

I have an idea, just create a visibillity modifier as large as the areas where your cinematic will be shot then remove them and reset the black mask.

I'll pull the triggers actions up for you the rest is up to you.


I've attached a test map for you to give you a better understanding

well for one, I don't have photoshop... I tried to just make a file, called

War3mapMap.blp and just imported it, the file was nothing, just a renamed text file. but this didn't seem to have any effect on my map, as I can still see the minimap.

@Soulprovider: Tht's exactly what I have said. =P

Actualy, if you go into cinematic mode, the game should disable fog of war entirely for the duration of the cinematic mode. As long as the units used in the cinematic don't belong to the player, that player won't be able to see any of the tterain where the cinematic took place after cinematic mode is disabled.

You can also disable the minimap in a map by importing a black (or corrupt) minimap image file, as has been already mentioned. This will only affect the minimap in that map, but it will affect it permanenty, you won't be able to turn it on/off while playing that map.