C_Map.GetMapPosFromWorldPos

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Added in 8.0.1 / 1.13.2

Translates a world map position to a map position.

uiMapID, mapPosition = C_Map.GetMapPosFromWorldPos(continentID, worldPosition [, overrideUiMapID])

Arguments

continentID

number - InstanceID of the continent

worldPosition

Vector2DMixin🔗

overrideUiMapID

number? - If you don't set this to the map that you want a relative position in, it defaults to the mapID for the player's continent, essentially normalizing world coordinates (i.e. 478.1,598.2) into continent map coordinates (i.e. 0.44,0.61)

Returns

uiMapID

number : UiMapID

mapPosition

Vector2DMixin🔗

Patch changes

Patch 8.0.1 (2018-07-17): Added.