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In split screen multi-player Minecraft on the Xbox 360, when one user needs to enter text (making a sign, naming a weapon on an anvil) the whole screen is taken over by that player's on-screen keyboard. And this is really annoying for the other players.
Is that still the case if that player has a ChatPad keyboard on their controller? Or does that player's text entry happen within their own part of the screen, while the other players play on?
The map item on the XBox 360 version of Minecraft works similar to the PC version, with three main differences:
XBox version gives you a free map at the beginning of the game. In the PC version, you must gather the necessary resources to craft a map item.
The PC version world size is (essentially) unlimited. The entire world in the XBox version is less than 1024 x 1024 only 864 x 864. The PC version of the map extends to the edges of the paper, the XBox version has wider "margins":
Every map crafted on the PC version is different; it covers a 1024x1024 area centered where the map was originally crafted. All crafted maps in the XBox cover the entire 864 x 864 world, centered at (x=0, z=0). In fact, each crafted map in the XBox version is an exact copy of your original map, including all mapped areas. Even if you throw your map in lava or lose it after respawning, any new map you craft will be populated with all areas you'd previously mapped.
Regarding the other questions:
How many game blocks make up a map pixel?
8 game blocks per map pixel.
How big is the map/world?
Now that the update has been released, we can confirm that the world is 864 x 864 (although you cannot mine or place anything in the outermost block, making it effectively 862 x 862). That makes the map 108 x 108 pixels.
What does each color represent?
Each pixel has a primary color based on what material is most represented in the 8x8 blocks (as visible from above). Most should be obvious (snow, ice, water, sand, grass, trees), but see the chart on this page for the materials that correspond to each base color. This base color is then shaded based on terrain elevation.
How is it oriented?
There are two conflicting evidences for orientation: if we assume that the top of the map is North, then the Sun on the XBox version actually rises in the North and sets in the South (in the PC version this was fixed in beta 1.9.4). Alternately, you could say that the Sun behaves properly (rises in the East and sets in the West), and that you are holding the map so that North is on the left (but this would be an unusual way to hold a map). As such, any discussions that use cardinal directions (N, S, E, W) should clarify which they mean.
Is there any way to determine an approximate map location from (X, Z) coordinates?
Since the game update was release on June 15, 2012, the map shows the coordinates of your current location. Here's a brief explanation:
Here is how maps work in multiplayer:
The XBOX 360 version of Minecraft does have a split screen option, and the instructions for doing can be found on the Minecraft Wiki.
The split screen mode does require a monitor with 720p output, and you'll need to configure the 360 accordingly:
Because Splitscreen requires a screen with an output of 720p or higher, the Xbox 360's video output needs to be configured accordingly. The video mode can be checked by going to Settings > System > Console Settings > Display - Make sure this is set to 720p or higher.
If the XBOX 360 is configured then all you need to do know is have the the player who wishes to join press "Start" on the controller she wishes to use after you've loaded a world (make sure it's not an online game). This will prompt the user to log-in. After the play logs in split screen should be enabled automatically.
Best Answer
Yes, it is the Xbox "keyboard" and it comes up when a game or app wants to use it.
The Xbox keyboard takes up the whole screen and both players can control it. You can also control it with a Xbox or USB keyboard.
I would recommend making everything else with them, and waiting to add the signs when they leave.