MapWriter 2 Mod (1.12.2, 1.11.2)— Minimap, Map GUI

Find your way across the vast Minecraft World with the mini-map mod MapWriter 2 by VectronDiablon. View the places you’ve explored and make your Map!

What the Mod Offers

MapWriter 2 is a well-optimized and well-made minimap mod for Minecraft. The mod features a customizable mini-map and a full-scale full-screen GUI map that is very clear and detailed even when viewed in-game.

The mod also features configurable block colors, colored biomes, waypoints, a map zoom function, a rotating map, custom texture pack support, in-game keybinds, and many more.

Maps created with this mod can also be saved and written to a PNG image and used on servers.

Should You Install It?

MapWriter 2 is one of the most functional and optimized mini-map mods available to Minecraft. We highly recommend this mod if you haven’t installed a mini-map mod.

Features

• In-game minimap for multiplayer and single-player.
• Client-side (server does not need to have the mod installed).
• The areas you explore are saved and can be viewed by scrolling or zooming the map, even when you are in a completely different part of the world.
• Full-screen map GUI. Set waypoints by right-clicking, pan the map by click-dragging and zoom with the mouse wheel.
• Rotating circular mini map mode. It can be enabled in the options GUI.
• Colors for blocks are automatically generated from the block’s texture.
• Support for custom texture packs.
• Support for blocks added by mods.
• Biomes are now colored appropriately.
• The entire map can be written into a PNG image.
• Explored chunks are also saved in Anvil format from multiplayer servers, so you can view the world using tools such as Eihort.
• When in the Nether, the mini-map shows your effective location in the Overworld. This makes placing portals easier.
• Underground map mode.
• All block colors are configurable.

In-Game Key Bindings

• ‘n’ toggles mini-map between normal, hidden, and underground.
• ‘m’ opens/closes the interactive map GUI.
• ‘,’ toggles which marker group is shown.
• ‘.’ teleports to the nearest visible marker in your facing direction.
• ‘page up’ zooms out.
• ‘page down’ zooms in.