TGB Isometric Add-On Pack - Part 5

- TGB Iso Builder -

Continued from my previous blog post


Something that had bothered me for quite some while was having to constantly switch between the Iso builder GUI and the level editor, and I thought that I should really look into integrating it directly, and when I was asked to participate in the TGB Closed Beta I thought it would make an excellent testing project and it gave me the push I needed to just get it done. The iso builder is now fully integrated with the level builder and I must say it is so much more productive. I will flesh out this plan a bit more later but for now here is a movie and some screenies of the highlights :

THE MOVIE (9MB)


Level Builder Integration


Pixel Perfect Selection

Selection of map elements are pixel perfect (with an adjustable alpha tolerance, etc):


Texture projection

The engine can project a normal square image map or animation onto a terrain tile which saves all the
headaches of converting images and allows one to use existing image maps and animations. Here is an example using the excellent shore animation from the Adventure Kit from the SickHead lads...





And lastly a pretty pic of a quick little getaway for kork at the shore...


I'll update this plan a bit more later in the week, enjoy...