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Smooth scrolling a staggered iso map [closed]
I got a staggered iso map that I want to be able to drag scroll with the mouse. I have it almost working but it is a bit glitchy, especially near the borders. Maybe you have an idea how to fix that.
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Free movement in a tile-based isometric game
Is there a reasonable easy way to implement free movement in a tile-based isometric game? Meaning that the player wouldn't just instantly jump from one tile to another or not be "snapped" to the grid ...
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HTML5 Canvas Depth Sorting
I'm have problem with Isometric. I'm don't know how to name this "problem", but I'm show you some sceen what I get and what I'm need to get.
My code now drawing something like: ...
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Z axis in isometric tilemap
I'm experimenting with isometric tile maps in JavaScript and HTML5 Canvas.
I'm storing tile map data in JavaScript 2D array.
// 0 - Grass
// 1 - Dirt
// ...
var mapData = [
[0, 0, 0, 0, 0],
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HTML5 Canvas Converting between cartesian and isometric coordinates
I'm having issues wrapping my head around the Cartesian to Isometric coordinate conversion in HTML5 canvas. As I understand it, the process is two fold:
(1) Scale down the y-axis by 0.5, i.e. ...
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Converting coordinate systems to/from an isometric game world
I have tried searching and reading for an answer, but the information I could dig up either didn't fit what I need or was in the form akin to "Just multiply the vectors with the inverse matrix of.." ...
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Isometric Optimization in javascript
I'm having some issues with my optimization of my game.
I have a simple tile map looped like this in my case the images are 64 by 64 pixels:
for (i=0; i < 50; i++){ //horizontal
for (j=0; ...
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Javascript Isometric draw optimization
I'm having trouble with isometric tiles drawing.
At the moment I got an array with the tiles i want to draw.
And it all works fine until i increase the size of the array.
Since I draw ALL tiles on ...
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3answers
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HTML5 canvas screen to isometric coordinate conversion
I am trying to create an isometric game using HTML5 canvas, but don't know how to convert HTML5 canvas screen coordinates to isometric coordinates.
My code now is:
var mouseX = 0;
var mouseY = 0;
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How should I sort images in an isometric game so that they appear in the correct order?
This seems like a rather simple problem but I am having a lot of difficulty with it.
What should I do to properly sort images in an isometric game?
In a normal 2d top-down game one could use the ...
