3D Platforms -UPDATED now with X and Y scrolling

[jimmynewguy]

has any one here ever played any of the old metal gear solid games? this type of viewing the map is just like those games were, so technically some one could remake one (which were rated top back in the day )

[Bee-Ant]

A good explanation feral. Well, in GE we can trick the z axis by using zdepth and positive y axis.
For example make 2 actors.place them on positive x y coordinate (higher than (0,0) coordinate).make 1 of them can move up and down,using keydown or something.then,put this code on DrawActor event on both actor:
ChangeZDepth("Event Actor",y*0.001);
Now you can see that,the lower position(the higher y) will cover the higher position(the lower y). This method usualy used on RPG,front view race,first person shooter,etc .
Oh yah,btw what i mean with "how do you make the z axis" is how do feral draw the diagonal line which connect every side of the front box with the back box...

[feral]

Oh yah,btw what i mean with "how do you make the z axis" is how do feral draw the diagonal line which connect every side of the front box with the back box...

Sadly ( for bee-ant who doesn't like canvas's )... I used one very large canvas which covers the screen and sits between the front squares and the back squares...(zdepth)

I then calculated each corner of the "back squares" and each corner of the 'front squares" and used canvas drawing to draw the lines between each corner.

It actually works very well with decent speed. , I still used sprites for the square to help speed things up.

note: there is a small test to determine if the "any of corners" are "onscreen" , if so draw the lines

hope that helps..
feral