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Given a 2D sideview with even-sized grid squares and our hero in a known center-ish position like this

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... and imagining this hero's line of sight like this...

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how could one get the point values needed for the black overlay polygons as shown here? Thanks!

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  • \$\begingroup\$ Though it doesn't directly answer the question, and the page describes 2D lighting, I think the following page me be of help (particularly the bottom part): greweb.me/2012/05/… \$\endgroup\$
    – Lysol
    Feb 7, 2014 at 20:37
  • \$\begingroup\$ Sweet, especially as we're using JS/ Canvas here. Thanks!! \$\endgroup\$
    – Philipp Lenssen
    Feb 7, 2014 at 20:48

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you can do the simple scaling trick.

yea too lazy to explain, just look at the image and ask if you don't understand

In this example I just scaled by a factor of 2. Higher values give longer shadows.

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  • \$\begingroup\$ I'm not sure i understand, how do you determine the locations of the scaled blocks? \$\endgroup\$
    – ThatOneGuy
    Feb 8, 2014 at 14:17
  • \$\begingroup\$ I just scaled with the eye position as the origin. \$\endgroup\$
    – Arne
    Feb 9, 2014 at 13:30
  • \$\begingroup\$ Ah ofcourse, that makes sense. \$\endgroup\$
    – ThatOneGuy
    Feb 9, 2014 at 19:00
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I think you will need raycasting or walltracking to solve this.

This link might help you out. It shows the basic idea behind raycasting and walltracking with some interactive examples.

edit 1: changed raytracing to raycasting on first line, comment pointed out my brainfart

edit 2: Only use raycasting on the corners of your square, the rest can be interpolated. No need to cast endless amount of rays.

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  • \$\begingroup\$ I think you mean raycasting. Raytracing is used for computer graphics to create ultra realistic images, although it can take a very long time. I get what you mean though :) \$\endgroup\$
    – Lysol
    Feb 7, 2014 at 22:25
  • \$\begingroup\$ no you don't need raycasting. And I wouldn't recommend raycasting since a lot of rays would be required. \$\endgroup\$
    – Arne
    Feb 8, 2014 at 2:07

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