How to put Minimap on second monitor
This guide explains how to safely show the minimap from any game on your second monitor. This practice is not forbidden and can improve your gameplay.
On the web, you can find several tools to put your in-game minimap on a second monitor: I recommend using Open Broadcaster Software (OBS). OBS is a free and open source software utilized by streamers, therefore it will never be flagged by your game.
Generally, placing your minimap on another monitor is not forbidden, and the developers have no way to detect it, however, rule-breaking software is becoming more and more advanced, so it might flag a third-party tool as malicious if it takes data from the game. With OBS, you are safe and won’t risk your account.
Minimap on second monitor with OBS
Set your gaming display
Press the Plus Sign in the Sources tab and select Display Capture.
Create a new source and press OK. I named it “Minimap”.
Select the Display where you are playing the game and press OK. You can enable or disable Capture Cursor depending on your preferences.
Select the game minimap
Press the right mouse button on the Source you just created (Minimap) and select Filters.
Press the Plus Sign in the new window, and select Crop/Pad.
Now you must crop the space around the minimap, and you can do this by indicating the pixel values for Left, Top, Right, and Bottom. The correct values depend both on the resolution of your gaming monitor and the position of the minimap in a specific game.
If you are playing on a Full HD monitor, these numbers are lower than 1920x1080. I suggest starting with 800-1000 and then slowly find out the perfect fit for your display. You want to crop all the in-game areas around the minimap.
You can rename Crop/Pad, which is useful if you are creating minimap filters for several games. Press Close when you are done.
Note
This guide explains how to show the minimap from any game on your second monitor. You can use it with MOBAs like Dota 2 and League of Legends, FPS such as Battlefield and Call of Duty, and RTS games like Age of Empires and Starcraft.
I suggest creating a new Crop/Pad filter for any specific game, so you will be able to switch between them when needed. Moreover, you should also enlarge the in-game minimap above default when allowed (for example, in BF and LoL) in order to get a better quality one on the second monitor.
Put the minimap on a second monitor
Enable the Preview if needed, but it should show as default.
Select the minimap, press the right mouse button on it, and then set Preview Scaling to Canvas.
Select the minimap, press the right mouse button on it, and then set Transform to Fit to screen.
Select the minimap, press the right mouse button on it, go on Fullscreen Projector (Preview) and indicate the monitor where you want to place the minimap.
This is all. You did Great!
I took some pictures in Dota 2, League of Legends, and Battlefield V, so you can have a look at the final result. I am using a simple 16 inches Full HD display below my ultrawide gaming monitor, but you might prefer a side one.
Note that while the OBS preview is not encoding when it’s being shown, it will still use some GPU resources because the scene is being rendered.
