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Collision detection issue on 2D game engine with isometric game graphics [duplicate]

Let me first show you an example of issue so you'll see the problem. http://i.imgur.com/dTxJIN7.jpg The player object has red colored collision borders. Since I'm using an 2D engine, his head ...
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Distance between two points with staggered isometric coordinate system

I don't think this exact question has been asked already (I've done a lot of searching but come up empty).. I am trying to work out what would be described as the 'L0 Tile' distance between two points ...
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3D isometric depth sorting

How is it possible to depth sort tiles and objects in an isometric environments without any limitations? I've been researching this for a while now and there seems to be no publicly available answers ...
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Please help me with my 2D isometric tile picking [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: How to convert mouse coordinates to isometric indexes? Okay, I apologise in advance if I make no sense here. Basically, I've got a simple application that takes in a ...
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Find the footprint of an isometric entity

I'm working on making a 2D isometric engine in Java. I'm getting into collision detection and I've hit a bit of a problem. Characters in-game are not restricted to movement from tile to tile - they ...
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Isometric smooth fog

I'm working on a simple 2d game with direct3d 9. It's a isometric game with diamond tiles and a staggered map. This is what I have: As you see I have some kind of fog which is acomplished by having ...
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Is there an isometric 2d game that doesn't use tilemapping? [closed]

Is there an isometric 2d game that doesn't use tilemapping? I want to do this in tilemap but the client doesn't want to use it (since it's easier to design maps without using tiles). I've tried to ...
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isometric drawing order with larger than single tile images - drawing order algorithm?

I have an isometric map over which I place various images. Most images will fit over a single tile, but some images are slightly larger. For example, I have a bed of size 2x3 tiles. This creates a ...
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Is it possible to map mouse coordinates to isometric tiles with this coordinate system?

I'm trying to implement mouse interaction in a 2D isometric game, but I'm not sure if it's possible given the coordinate system used for tile maps in the game. I've read some helpful things like ...
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Issue with distinguishing levels in isometric game [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: How can I change this isometric engine to make it so that you could distinguish between blocks that are on different planes? I'm working on an isometric game however I ...
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Drawing at negative coordinates in XNA?

I am trying to make a 2D isometric RPG and I kind of hit a wall when it comes to lighting. I was thinking of using shaders, if I manage to understand them.The problem I am anticipating is the presence ...
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Advanced Animation for 2d Isometric Game?

I need help with workflow suggestions for a flash game. (although the concepts would apply to other game engines, too). In a game like: Hero Academy There are several different character models each ...
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help a 2D image onto a 3D cube

I am just diving into the Stage3D APIs for Flash Player 11. I am trying to figure out a simple way to display isometric 2D content that gets blitted from a sprite sheet onto a 3D cube. The idea ...
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Are there any good engines for isometric collision detection and platforming?

I've decided to resurrect an old game idea I had years ago. I currently have zero experience with programming, but I'm going to begin studying either C#, Python or both in the near future. The issue ...
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Collision Detection on floor tiles Isometric game

I am having a very hard to time figuring out a bug in my code. It should have taken me 20 minutes but instead I've been working on it for over 12 hours. I am writing a isometric tile based game where ...
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Real time shadow casting in a 2D isometric game

I'm writing a small 2d isometric engine in C++ and I'm trying to implement real time shadow casting. I followed a simple approach described on this page and here is the result (light is located at the ...