Map Marker Icons

What it does

You mark places on the map with Ctrl + Left click, give them a name and a note, and pick an icon. That icon list is built from the game's own location types - swamps, warehouses, churches. Useful, but there is nothing in it for your base, for that propane tank you found, or for the solar panel you want to come back for.

This mod adds eight new icons to that list. Vanilla types are untouched: nothing is replaced, renamed or removed.

Main features

• []Eight new marker icons - Home, PropaneTank, SolarPanel, Vehicle, Fuel, Water, Generator, Danger.[/]

  []Add your own - drop a PNG into the mod's Icons folder and restart. The file name becomes the label in game. No config file, no code.[/]

  []No patching - the mod calls the game's own asset registration, it does not modify any game code. Sorting, the compass and saving all stay on the vanilla path.[/]

  []Fails safe - if anything cannot be verified at startup, the mod does nothing at all and writes the reason to its log.[/]

  Controls

  • []Ctrl + Left click on the map - place a personal marker (this is the vanilla control, the mod only adds icons to the dropdown).[/]

    Requirements

    • []VEIN 0. 024h6 - the game version this was built and tested against.[/]

      []UE4SS 3. 0. 1 - the mod loader this is built for. Install it first.[/]

    No other mods are needed, and nothing has to be removed - other UE4SS mods can stay.

    Installation

    • []Install UE4SS 3. 0. 1 into the game.[/]

      []Unzip the archive into Vein\Binaries\Win64\ue4ss\Mods\ so you end up with

      ue4ss\Mods\MapMarkerIcons\dlls\main.dll next to an enabled.txt and an Icons folder.[/]

      []Launch the game and open the map.[/]

    To uninstall, delete the MapMarkerIcons folder (or empty its enabled.txt to keep it installed but off).

    Adding your own icons

    • []Put a PNG in ue4ss\Mods\MapMarkerIcons\Icons\ and restart the game.[/]

      []The file name is the label - Shelter.png shows up as "Shelter". Rename the shipped files if you want different names, or names in your own language.[/]

      []Recommended: 64x64, transparent background, flat white silhouette - that is what the game's own map icons look like.[/]

      []Supported: 8-bit PNG, no interlacing, up to 512x512.[/]

      []Renaming a file changes its identity, so markers you already placed with the old name lose their icon. Pick the name once.[/]

      Configuration

      There is no config file. The Icons folder is the configuration.

      Multiplayer

      Client side. Everyone who wants to see the new icons installs it themselves; the host does not have to. Players without the mod simply do not resolve your custom type - it does not break anything for them.

      Saves

      The mod writes nothing to disk. Markers are stored by the game as they always were, with the marker type recorded by name. Remove the mod and your save is still fine - markers placed with a modded icon just lose that icon, and get it back if you reinstall.

      Known issues

      []Icons are added when a world is loaded, not on the main menu.

      Compatibility

      No game code is patched, so this does not conflict with other UE4SS mods by construction. It was built against VEIN 0. 024h6; if a game update moves things, the mod refuses to run rather than guessing.

      Shout outs

      • []Ramjet Studios - for VEIN, and for shipping a build with full symbols, which is why this mod could be written without guesswork.[/]

        []The UE4SS team - none of this exists without them.[/]

        Mod version 1. 0. 0, built against VEIN 0. 024h6. Verified in game - see Known issues.[/]