Board Thread:Suggestions forum/@comment-28440866-20160610124044

Hello there!

I have some vanilla map improvements for you, because I think that they are a very cool feature that is not really compatible with the mod.

In order to make a map, you need a compass. Currently, there are very little ways to get one:

1. Going to the overworld to mine redstone, which requires a portal

2. Looting structures

(3. Killing mobs, but I'm not sure about that one)

This makes compasses a relatively rare item, and the same goes for maps.

My suggestion: The map stays the same. Only change the compass out with a pen in the crafting recepy.

Pens are items which have been suggested countless times before, and I am aware of that.

But this might be a new use of them, if they are added.

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Further map improvements

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The map shouldn't automatically open anymore once you select it in your hotbar.

Instead, you have to right-click it to open.

It would be cool to mark certain locations on the map, like you set a custom waypoint.

Only here, you can just click on a spot, add a name and a little brown/beige dot appears with the name above it (if you put the map in an item frame, the name disappears because it would be much too small and could obscure other dots).

This way, you can have a city map with all the important locations highlighted.

The number of highlights (BETTER NAME NEEDED) would be dependent on the map size.

Once you have finished adding highlights, you can close the map and sign it like a written book. Editing is impossible after signing.

Then you can see the author of the map and possibly if it is a copy or not.

Thanks for reading, let me know what you think of it! 