What is the minimap?

The minimap is a very useful tool on the Warzone battlefield. It helps you keep track of your units and structures, your opponents units and structures (within range), and the map itself. Orders can be issued over the minimap, and it can be used to jump to part of the map very quickly.

The minimap is given after you build a Command Center.

Key

• Faint-white trapezoid: This is a visual representation of your camera on the radar. The large end points towards where you're looking. The small end is where the camera is.
• Transparent areas: Unexplored - will peel away as you send units into them. These areas are black on the screen.
• Green area: Units or structures that belong to the green player (in this case, us).
• Yellow/gray/black/red/blue/cyan/magenta area: Units or structures that belong to the yellow/gray/black/red/blue/cyan/magenta player (not pictured).
• Red/white flashing area: Units or structures belonging to you that are under attack.
• Green pulse: Artifact. Needed to research technologies in Campaign. In Skirmish, can be found by destroying enemy base structures.
• Red pulse: An enemy base or point of interest in campaign. A beacon in multiplayer.
• Short red pulse: A structure currently being attacked, or the target of a laser satellite strike.
• Blue pulse: A free oil resource.

Controls

• Moving the camera: Right-click anywhere on the minimap to move the camera.
• Giving orders: If you have units selected, click anywhere on the radar, and the units will carry out that order.
• Zooming in and out: Hover your mouse over the minimap and move the mouse wheel up or down.

Beacons

Beacons are a method to communicate with other players in multiplayer. By pressing the Drop Beacon button (default: Alt+H), a flashing red dot will appear under the mouse on the screen and minimap for all users that would receive your messages. You can use that to say things like "Go here!"

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