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Started by Blechx Jul 7, 2003 at 7:06 PM 2 replies 1.1k views
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Blechx
Blechx
i need theories or methods for rendering sprites on a multi height isometric view. The sprites are pixel offset, so they will not always be exactly on a tile.
TANSTAAFL
TANSTAAFL
when i am rendering tiles and sprites, i make all images renderable by using a single point of reference(called an anchor point). typically this reference point matches up with the center of a tile that has a height of zero. in this way, it is really easy to adjust the sprite in any direction.
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FrancoisSoft
FrancoisSoft
When faced with this problem I would break the sprites down into smaller tiles so that the sprite only moves by a tile offset rather than a pixel offset. That is what is done in Mario games. Try to break up the graphics into smaller tiles too. For example tiles should not be more then 8x8 pixels or 4x4 pixels or even 3x3 pixels. You should develop a program to break up graphic images into these kinds of tiles.


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Blechx
Blechx
Thanks a lot, that will work out just fine :D

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