| From: | Andrew Bell |
| Date: | 12 Aug 2001 at 19:11:53 |
| Subject: | [amiga-c] Re: isometric gfx engine |
Hi Allan
On 12-Aug-01, you wrote:
> On Sun, 12 Aug 2001, Stephen Illingworth wrote:
>
>>> What's an isometric gfx engine?
>> The kind of GFX you get in Diablo, or more historically, Head over Heels
>> and the like.
>
> I'm afraid any reference to a game don't bring me closer to an
> understanding --
It's a style of fixed-3D gfx. Isometric refers to the game's style of
viewpoint.
Basically the game levels are built from a series of "3D-looking" bitmap
blocks/tiles, no real 3D maths is usually involved.
Take a look at http://www.blizzard.com/diablo and you'll get the idea.
Regards, Andrew Bell.
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