Re: [GD-General] More screen res love (tile graphics)

[Dan B. <_da...@ya...>]

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From: "Ivan-Assen Ivanov" <as...@ha...>
To: <gam...@li...>
Sent: Monday, March 31, 2003 10:06 AM
Subject: RE: [GD-General] More screen res love (tile graphics)


> >   I've thought a bit abut this for an (amateur)
> > project I'm about to start. I came to the conclusion
> > that I will store the tiles as a simple mesh, then
> > render a tileset at the start of a level/room or if
> > the resolution changes. Nice and cacheable (especially
> > on a PC where you can dump it to disk afterwards).
>
> So, it's like, enjoy the problems both from 3D and tile technology,
> and reap the benefits of neither ;-)


I'm a masochist...

ahem, it's not quite that bad, the foreground stuff is 3d, but the
backgrounds are static so I might as well save some cycles if the tile
meshes become more intricate (i.e. if someone other than me does the
artwork). I didn't need dynamic effects so I decided on this scheme.

Cheers,

  Dan