The scope:

My current plan is implementing a map system that relies less on in-game UI and more on tools. Ideally the new map will be displayed on a handheld (or not) piece of paper or a book. Regarding the charting of the map I'm still unsure but the two main options are (which could both be included perhaps) would be:

1. 1. Automatically mapping areas around you except sort of like the current in-game map but providing less information.
   2. Giving the player all the tools to draw his own map from scratch (such implementation would require a lot of work to create something similiar to "drawing board" system.

For those who know, the feel should remind you of the minecraft Antique Atlas mod, but way more feature-complete and grounded in the actual in-game world.

It's a very ambitious plan and my skills with coding are rather limited so I'm unsure on how I will go about on about this.

Once the basis for the actual map is laid I plan to start adding proper mapping tools that could help you use the sun (sundials?) or similiar. Such systems could help remove the other unrealistic element of the UI: the coordinates. It's important to note that this is not the main scope of the mod and will likely either be a separate addon or disableable via config.