# Question - How to create a MiniMap?

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/question-how-to-create-a-minimap/271814>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [September 29, 2008, 4:12am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/question-how-to-create-a-minimap/271814 "2008-09-29T04:12:35Z")\
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**Author:** ![isk015](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/958977/32.png) [@isk015](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/isk015)\
**Post date:** [September 29, 2008, 4:12am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/question-how-to-create-a-minimap/271814/1 "2008-09-29T04:12:35Z")

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Hi everyone,

I’ve been cheking this question for a while but I can’t find any answer anywere, and sincerely I don’t even know if it is possibly, so I hope someone can give me a hint. Here it is:

I know that you can add a child into some movieclip so it’s properties are attached to the one of that mc.

But what I want to do is to put a certain mc inside another one. What I mean for example, is to create a mini map for my game, and i want the objects that i dynamically create to be inside that square of the minimap and in case I scroll the screen the objects inside that minimap also scrolls but it does not go outside the square.

Just an information: I am not using tiles in the game…

(This idea would be something like PowerCLip Effect in Corel Draw)

Any ideas?

Thanks