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[lordvtp]

I'd like to chime in on the issue of isometric views. There are two really good methods to get isometric/parallax tiles in GMS that I know of..



http://gmc.yoyogames...howtopic=502715

The method described here is to use layered sprite draws with a z- offset, very effective but when used large scale on mobile devices is also slow.


The other method is to use 3d rendered art tiles and generate how ever many degrees of view you want and match the direction to the frame number...


image_index = ((direction)/6) *for 60 frames rotating counter-clockwise*

image_index = ((direction)*0.08333) *for 30 frames rotating counter-clockwise*


This method is FAST but you sacrifice texture memory for draw speed, also slow rotations are not perfectly smooth even with 60 frames. Generally speaking most mobile devices have far more memory then your like to use though.

Edited by lordvtp, 05 September 2012 - 04:33 AM.

[Mr. RPG]

Be aware that Studio is still basically in "Beta" still and has many problems and bugs.

Please stop telling people Studio is still in BETA, it's not. Regardless of how you feel personally about it, it's a full product which has produced award winning games.

Studio's release was premature. I understand why you would say that though, since you are the a part of the development team.

I know for certain that many other users feel the same way (through messages)

It is still buggy and the IDE is glitchy, clumsy, and slow compared to 8.x.

I never once said not to get Studio so if you are worried I am trying to discourage other people from getting it, then that is not what I am trying to do at all. Studio is a huge improvement in many, many ways over pre-8.1 and I vastly prefer it over all previous versions.

Edited by Mr. RPG, 06 September 2012 - 12:47 AM.

[Mike.Dailly]

I never once said not to get Studio so if you are worried I am trying to discourage other people from getting it, then that is not what I am trying to do at all. Studio is a huge improvement in many, many ways over pre-8.1 and I vastly prefer it over all previous versions.

As I said, this is just your opinion, and it's not up to you to decide if our product is in Beta or not, but yes.... I know you've never said "don't buy it", quite the contrary - and we appreciate that.
But please stop referring to it as Beta software. I've used beta stuff at least as much as you may have, and I know what makes something beta or not.

Thanks,
Mike