libGDX creating a minimap of a tiledmap - libgdx

Question

I am developing a top-down 2D game with a TiledMap.
Currently i want to create a minimap of my TiledMap, but i´m really confused how to do this.
I´ve read something that i should create another camera, zoom out and render the map again, but how should i draw the zoomed out map in the upper right corner?
Am i overthinking this whole thing?
My Map:
public class LiquidMap {
private TiledMap map;
private OrthogonalTiledMapRenderer renderer;
private OrthographicCamera camera = new OrthographicCamera();
private MiniMap miniMap;
public LiquidMap(String filePath) {
map = new TmxMapLoader().load(filePath);
renderer = new OrthogonalTiledMapRenderer(map, 1 / 32f);
camera.setToOrtho(false, 30, 20);
miniMap = new MiniMap(map);
}
public void update(float x, float y){
camera.position.x = x;
camera.position.y = y;
camera.update();
//renderer.setView(camera.combined, x - 10, y - 10, 20, 20);
renderer.setView(camera);
miniMap.update(x, y);
}
public void update(HostPlayer player){
this.update(player.position.x + (player.skin.getWidth()/2f)/32f, player.position.y + (player.skin.getHeight()/2f)/32f);
}
public void render(HostPlayer player){
renderer.render();
renderer.getBatch().begin();
renderer.getBatch().draw(player.skin, player.position.x, player.position.y, 1/32f * player.skin.getWidth(), 1/32f * player.skin.getHeight());
renderer.getBatch().end();
miniMap.render();
}
And my MiniMap:
public class MiniMap {
private OrthogonalTiledMapRenderer renderer;
private OrthographicCamera camera = new OrthographicCamera();
public MiniMap(TiledMap map) {
renderer = new OrthogonalTiledMapRenderer(map, 1 / 32f);
camera.setToOrtho(false, 30, 20);
camera.zoom = 10;
}
public void update(){
}
public void update(float x, float y){
//Pixventure.instance.gameScreen.getCamera()
camera.position.x = x;
camera.position.y = y;
camera.update();
renderer.setView(camera.combined, x-15, y-15, 30, 30);
//renderer.setView(camera);
}
public void render(){
renderer.render();
}
}
The whole situation is looking like this:

Answer 1

Minimap's camera position is updated by player position. Place your minimap at the corner and don't change his position by your update() method.