gridGameMovement

[LordRichard2]

I wanted to know a good way to make a good grid-isometric game board. Should i go with sprites? Or should i render it?
I also wanted the board to be displayed and my "characters" to only move units that are in "board spaces".

I tried the game board extension but i havent found documentation on how to apply the extension.
How would i go about doing this?
The theme i want is very close to UFO-ET a turn based strategy.

[nivram]

There is the Isometric Extension. That may help.

Marv

[Jacob]

It's called ISOGrid2, if I recall correctly.

[nivram]

You recall correctly Jacob, and thanks.

Marv

[uprize]

Use Iso-grid object to make it work. If you are displaying a large scrollable background, also use the background images object.
I will try to find an example I posted a while ago

here it is: http://www.clickteam.com/epicenter/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=166591

[LordRichard2]

Ok for the iso grid will it take my image or scene and then put it in the iso perspective? Or do I need images from that angle? And can the grid handle multiple levels? (like 1st floor, 2nd floor, 3rd floor) kinda things?

[uprize]

No you will need to render the images at the isometric perspective you want to use. The iso grid object only handles the maths side of things, thats why you use the background images object like the example I posted to draw your tiles.

Look at this example for the iso grid object, it shows multiple heights (not made by me)
http://www.clickteam.com/epicenter/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=23572#Post23572

[ledtsket2]

thanks for the post.

[LordRichard2]

Hmm the background images object is out of date in my install, and fusion updater wont fetch it from the repo. The installer says it cant find my mf2Dev installation. I re-installed but no luck. My install is on win7 64-bit and is installed to a custom directory not in program files on my root drive. im having the same problem with the revision 249 installer, it doesnt recognize my mf2dev version/directory. I confused on that.

[LordRichard2]

Can the "tiles" be mapped with a texture to look like walls or buildings? And could i have 3d models as characters to move in the grib? Or would it be better to model it, then take 4 directional frames for when it moves?