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Newcomers DBPro Corner / 2d tile system?

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David iz cool
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Posted: 26th Sep 2007 01:30
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hi,how would you make a 2d tile system for a 2d game???

like a platform type game where the player bumps into certain tiles,swims in others etc. ??
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Posted: 26th Sep 2007 19:00
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...with practise.

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Zotoaster
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Posted: 26th Sep 2007 21:26
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Make a UDT for a tile, containing data for what tile type it is, and any other data you may want, then, make a 2D array. Fill it in with data, then display it by looping though each dimention, getting the data, and pasting a specific image at that tile's position.

Then, when making controls, check what tile type the player is on so you can ensure you can move him.

"It's like floating a boat on a liquid that I don't know, but I'm quite happy to drink it if I'm thirsty enough" - Me being a good programmer but sucking at computers
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Mr Kohlenstoff
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Posted: 4th Oct 2007 13:11
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I would use Tile-Templates, and each tile gets a pointer to one template. This technique doesn't need that much memory. And if you make an editor you don't have to change hundreds of tile's attributes but just the template (e.g. if you want to use another texture).
This template should have, like zotoaster said, a user defined type, defining things like "walkable", "Sprite_ID" and maybe even "SpeedFactor" etc.

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David iz cool
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Posted: 4th Oct 2007 22:55
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ok.. but how would i even get started??

i dont know what types are? or how to make one.
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Posted: 4th Oct 2007 23:10
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I wrote a tut. Search.

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