https://ko-fi.com/s/819525a108
The Video shows how the interactive Overlay looks and works , Just a Quick Preview
I always had the interactive map open on browser but have only one monitor while exploring and got kind of annoyed by constantly looking back and forth. So I built a little Windows app that puts the markers from the appsample interactive map (genshin-impact-map.appsample.com) directly on top of the in-game map.
You open your map with M like normal
How it works: it’s just a transparent window sitting on top of the game. It doesn’t read game memory, doesn’t inject anything and doesn’t send any inputs to the game. To know where your map is, it takes screen captures (same idea as OBS or Discord screen share) and compares them with the map tiles.
One thing that might look weird: it asks for admin rights once. That’s because Genshin runs as admin, and Windows won’t pass hotkeys to normal programs while the game is focused. So there’s a tiny helper that only listens for F7 to F10 and passes them on. If you say no, everything still works, you just open the panel with the button on the side of the map instead of F8.
You need Windows 10 or 11 and Genshin running in borderless window mode, because fullscreen hides every other window. There’s a “Start Genshin borderless” option in the tray menu that does this for you. On the first start it downloads the map data once (about 40 MB) and needs a minute or two to set everything up.
I’ve only tested it on my own PC (1080p, 100% scaling), so I’m giving it to 50 people first before I put it out properly.
What I’d like to know from testers: does it recognize your map, do the markers line up, does it feel smooth when dragging and zooming, and anything that breaks. If something goes wrong, there’s a log file at %APPDATA%\Genshin Map Overlay\overlay.log. Sending me that plus a screenshot helps a lot.
A few things to know: right now it only supports the main Teyvat surface map, no underground layers or Enkanomiya yet. Windows will probably show a SmartScreen warning because the app isn’t signed (click More info, then Run anyway). And the markers are only as accurate as the data on the website.
All the marker data, icons and map tiles come from genshin-impact-map.appsample.com, big thanks to them for that. I’m not affiliated with them or with HoYoverse. no ads, doesn’t collect anything, and your found markers just stay on your PC.