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3 Dimensional Chat / Isometric style game using 3d objects

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Maxmacster
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Posted: 5th Oct 2003 04:32
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I'm thinking of doin a simple Isometric platform game in the style of the spectrum classic 'KnightLore' or 'Head over Heels' but I want to use 3D objects and characters.
Texturing, positioning and moving a 3D cube has got to be easier than drawing and position hand drawn isometric tiles as well as collision detection.
Can anybody tell me how to set up the camera fov so that objects look isometric?
Im using DarkBasic (not Pro)
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APEXnow
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Posted: 5th Oct 2003 14:52
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I'm not sure that DBC has an FOV command but an alternative method would be to scale all of your objects very big and move your camera a very long way from the playing area, this will produce the illusion of a non-perspective view. If there is an FOV function, you will need to set it to a very small angle and move the camera far away again to achieive the same result.

Not a brilliant answer but I hope it helps.


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M00NSHiNE
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Posted: 5th Oct 2003 14:58
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I think there is a FOV command in Classic, if I remember right.

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David T
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Posted: 5th Oct 2003 15:54
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See the orthogonal topic in Newscomers forum. That might be what you're looking for.

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Maxmacster
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Posted: 5th Oct 2003 17:08
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apexnow - I'll give that a go. It might just work

David89 - Thanks for the tip but the code in that thread only applies to DBP
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David T
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Posted: 5th Oct 2003 21:31
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Don't think it does - SET CAMERA FOV is in DarkBASIC, no?

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Maxmacster
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Posted: 6th Oct 2003 03:25
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sorry David i misread your code!!
I thought 'set camera fov iso' was a command in DBP, but I realised that it isnt.
I'll give that a go.
Thanks a lot.
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Maxmacster
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Posted: 7th Oct 2003 02:17
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david89 - erm. i tried your code and it doesnt like the command 'global'
Is this a DBP only command?
or do I have a faulty version of classic!
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