[GI] Screen-view indicator in mini-map

Why is my screen indicator on my minimap a trapezoid?
I have 3d mode running

 

That's how a 3D client has to work. If it was just square like in the 2D then you would be viewing all ships from a top-down view - go to base and mess around with the camera angle by holding down right-click and you will see what I mean.

 

Inside the mini-map there is a very weak outline of a trapezoid for your 'personal space'. This was there prior to the 3-D introduction.
As for the mini-map itself, even on 3-D it shows the same sort of rectangle as it always has.

 

Not quite; the trapezoid id definitely new to the 3D client

The outline on the minimap indicates a players screen region compared to the overall map, in 2D is is a rectangle or square depending on a players resolution.

In the 2D client the camera is directly above the user's ship, so they can see the same distance both in front and behind. It is effectively a top-down view of the map, just the images such as NPC / Shipsare not show as flat but are angled instead:





The 3D is a trapezoid due to how the view must work for a 3D client and this is a new change because of it.

In the 3D the ships are acting as boats on a flat sea where they can move forwards / backwards and the camera angle is always a fixed position 'in the sky' behind the ship looking outwards.
You can see this when you zoom in and out of the 3D client - the position of the camera in the angle of "the sky" changes and so does the trapezoid to show that the view distance on the user's screen has changed.

Zoomed out:


Zoomed in:

 

I see what you mean.

When I move the camera angle directly to the top, in the normal 2d config, the screen indicator on the minimap changes to a rectangle.

 

Thank you all for assisting the player with their question.
SPSAT99, This looks very well answered, do you have any further questions or may we close?

Best regards,
.-Raijin-.