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2 Cameras and 2 Tilemaps

by Jeff Trier · in Torque Game Builder · 08/07/2005 (7:01 pm) · 4 replies

Hi guys,

I have been looking through the Docs (the updated ones now :D) and forums for a way to have multiple tilemaps exist on the screen simultaniously with their own camera, and I am not having any luck.

Is this a possibility?

As always, thanks!
-Jeff
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Torque Owner Jeff Trier
Simple Distractions Software

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    Torque Owner Jason Cahill
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    #1
    08/07/2005 (7:13 pm)
    I'm not sure that 2 cameras is what you want... though only you can tell me. I think what you want are two tilemaps that can be sized and scrolled independently? If so, that's super easy: just use TileMap.setSize and .setPosition for each one independently.

    If you truly meant, you want two camera for some reason, then you'll need two fxSceneWindow2D/fxSceneGraph2d pairs. I do this in my game because I need totally independent scaling on two totally different "game layers." My bottom layer (window/graph) is the "game" and my top layer is the UI. I do all of my UI in T2D and avoid the GUI stuff altogether at the moment. Of course my game is GBA style, so I'm not using a traditional keyboard/mouse UI. I only bind to a gamepad and keyboard (as a backup) to catch DPAD + buttons.

    Torque Owner Jeff Trier
    Simple Distractions Software
    #2
    08/07/2005 (7:29 pm)
    Hey thanks Jason.

    After a lot of coding and failed attempts, I "Ass-u-me'd" I need an extra camera to get the thing working... hehe don't ask me why.

    As it turns out, I just missed a line of code... which thanks to your post made something click and I fixed it.

    Thanks again!
    -Jeff

    Torque Owner Jason Cahill
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    #3
    08/07/2005 (10:13 pm)
    Glad I could help. Did you end up needing two cameras?

    Torque Owner Jeff Trier
    Simple Distractions Software
    #4
    08/08/2005 (5:44 pm)
    Hehe... nope! :)