scrolling isometric example for netnija

This is a basic scrolling isometric example for netninja as discussed in this thread

You need the following extensions to view this example;
- Isometric Grid Object
- Background Images Object

crashes - deletes frame.
what version did you make this with?

download the latest version from here
http://www.clickteam.com/epicenter/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=71684#Post71684

nice example

Ohhhh my gawdd. I love you :) This is exactly what I was looking for. Thank you so much for taking the time to make it! I really appreciate it :)

No worries mate. I have done so much isometric stuff over the last year or so, including making hills/slopes and stuff. But MMF really isnt the best tool for big resolutions so I am moving to another program instead.

You can optimize this much more though.
Right now it is always finding which grid cell its in and updating the image from that which is a waste.
The best way to do this would be to add a few extra events that detects if the BIO is too far off the screen if the user has scrolled and then position it on the other side and update it then. This means that only the BIo that move need to be updated and keeps CPU usage right down. This is the way my previous engine works but this example should explain the basics :)

Should I update this to include slopes and heights? Would people actually find that useful?

For my game I was planning just one-height. However I'm sure many people would find heights and slopes very useful! It would be a complete engine that lots of people could use. I had originally planned multiple heights but I decided to change it to one for simplicity.

I did make a basic multi-height engine but the problem I had wasn't so much the code but the actual visualization. When I moved blocks up skyward it was sometimes hard to look at them and work out their actual position. What it really needed was dynamic shadows:

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3031/2931958161_04e53f2f74_o.png

There's a challenge for you :)

Edit: Thanks once again!

Ok floating blocks wasn't really what I was thinking, I was talking more about hills, like this: http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c22/karczewski/DukeCuldeeFellMountainRailway.jpg

I will try to make an example over the next few days which will allow you to paint slopes to create landscape with hills.
Different height blocks are much harder to implement effectively, as the biggest problem is drawing the cliff face and layering, which is very limited using the background images object.

Oh I see. Yes I'm sure slopes would be very useful :)

Great example. I've been working on a iso map editor. I've seen all your posts lauding the BIO but I could never get the scrolling right. Now Ive see what I've been doing wrong. Thank you. And an example with hills would be really great. Thanks again.

glad some people found it useful. Im working on slopes as we speak, but just a warning, the code is going to be pretty full on and is not for beginners.
Will try get it done this weekend.

Could you include a step by step tutorial explaining what each step does when it's being made? I'm new to advanced loops and code, I know a lot but loops and certain stuff confuse me. The tutorial would be great for others to understand the extension and concepts rather than only ready comments in the event editor.
If it's too much work I understand, people aren't made of time.

I will go even one better, im working on an extension that does this for you automatically ;)
I will post a public beta in a few weeks once I am ready to release...