AOSO: Map
A map of the world as you walk it. A round minimap sits in the corner of the screen, and the full map opens with M. Both are drawn from the blocks themselves, with their own textures, light and long shadows, the sea floor showing under shallow water and surf along the shore. Creatures and players appear by their own faces, cut at run time from the textures the game already uses, so creatures from other mods show their faces too. Land you have not seen yet sleeps under soft drifting clouds, which part as you explore. Step through a portal and the map carries you across: your old map spins down into a whirl of its world’s colours, and the map of the new place rises out of it, its name written across the screen, before it settles into the corner as your minimap. Set marks with a right click on the map or with B, and the place you died is marked for you. Client side only, so it works on any server. A companion to AOSO (it also runs alone).

