Module C1 · World indicators
Blips, markers, and checkpoints
A blip is the icon on the minimap. A marker is the glowing shape on the ground you walk up to. A checkpoint is the logic that fires when you arrive. Almost every job, shop, garage, and interaction in FiveM is built from these three pieces stacked together. In this lesson you place all three at a single coordinate and prove each one: the blip shows on the map, the marker draws on the ground, and a line prints the instant you stand inside it.
BEFORE YOU START
The three ways to mark the world
Before any code, get the three layers straight in your head. They look similar in game but they are three different systems and you will mix them up if you do not separate them now.
- A blip is a minimap and pause-map icon. You create it once and the game keeps drawing it for you. It lives in 2D map space, not the 3D world. You set it up and forget it.