2 icon high terrains on hills?

Author	Topic: 2 icon high terrains on hills?
Xoid Shock Trooper Member # 932	written Sunday, October 16 2005 01:42 Profile #0 Was there a reason that Jeff used the custom graphics method for trees on hills in DwtD? The documentation says something about floors needing to be a certain shape and such, but is this a hard and fast rule, or just generally a good idea? I thought I'd try to do something similar, without requiring custom graphics. Essentially: hills as floors, + trees as terrain with the correct special property enabled. Might not even be necessary to do that. I have not had time to test any of this junk extensively, this is a proof of concept more than anything else. It seems to work in Issac's 3D Editor though. EDIT: the code is irrelevant now. [ Sunday, October 16, 2005 04:21: Message edited by: CPeters ] -------------------- Microsoft Patents Ones, Zeroes (March 25, 1998) "Asians are good at Starcraft because they're always squinting, thus they can see things sharply. Remember to always squint in war." ~ Sun-Tzu Posts: 215 | Registered: Sunday, April 7 2002 08:00
Thralni Master Member # 5977	written Sunday, October 16 2005 02:35 Profile Homepage #1 I don't if I can be a real help here, but I( do know, that hills generally are like you would define trees, and not like floors. About the floors, I know, that if you don't put it in in a diamond shape, you get it all weird in the game. So yes, its a hard and fast rule. -------------------- Play and rate my scenarios: Where the rivers meet View my upcoming scenario: The Nephil Search: Escape. Give us your drek! Posts: 3029 | Registered: Saturday, June 18 2005 07:00
Xoid Shock Trooper Member # 932	written Sunday, October 16 2005 04:20 Profile #2 I was fairly certain that it would crash the game when actually in BoA proper. It did. However, it is curious how the 3D editor let it work at all though. Unless someone does know the rumoured method of a three icon terrain, having the taller trees on a hill is little more than a pipe dream. -------------------- Microsoft Patents Ones, Zeroes (March 25, 1998) "Asians are good at Starcraft because they're always squinting, thus they can see things sharply. Remember to always squint in war." ~ Sun-Tzu Posts: 215 | Registered: Sunday, April 7 2002 08:00
Niemand Infiltrator Member # 5576	written Sunday, October 16 2005 04:31 Profile Homepage #3 It doesn't work, because Jeff made the assumption that all floors will be contained by the correct rombus, and so his code may draw the floor tiles in any arbitrary order. With the terrain icons, which are supposed to overlap, he had to make the code be careful about the order of drawing, but with floors he didn't need to. So, if you put in a floor icon that extend outside of its rombus, other tiles may be drawn over the parts that stick out, and this is exactly what happens. Actually, the game just ignores it, htough it looks terrible. -------------------- Überraschung des Dosenöffners! "On guard, you musty sofa!" Posts: 627 | Registered: Monday, March 7 2005 08:00
Kelandon Off With Their Heads Member # 4045	written Sunday, October 16 2005 09:12 Profile Homepage #4 Um, couldn't you just make a terrain graphic that was a hill with a tree on it? -------------------- Arancaytar: Every time you ask people to compare TM and Kel, you endanger the poor, fluffy kittens. Smoo: Get ready to face the walls! Ephesos: In conclusion, yarr. Kelandon's Pink and Pretty Page!!: the authorized location for all things by me The Archive of all released BoE scenarios ever Posts: 7968 | Registered: Saturday, February 28 2004 08:00
Thuryl ...b10010b... Member # 869	written Sunday, October 16 2005 12:09 Profile Homepage #5 He already mentioned the possibility of using custom graphics in his first post. He's trying to find a way to get by without them. -------------------- The Empire Always Loses: This Time For Sure! Posts: 9973 | Registered: Saturday, March 30 2002 08:00