Well hello there!

Thank you for your explaination, when I'm building a 'real' game (this is more of a test now) I shall use the provided formulas

About the mouse map, it isn't that bad, I use a 2D array so it is faster then an Image. I make the 2D array source code with a simple program I wrote, which laods an images and makes the source for a 2D Java Array.

I still think that it's faster to do without. (When I jsut started I also didn't wanna use a mousemap)

I'm now busy finishing this small Java isometric engine, I will post here when I have finished it

I'm really happy that I got it all working and I would like to thank everyone who has posted here, especially VertexNormal and Hotstone with there (long and) great posts

Just something I like to tell

Isometric is still used by the 'big' companies, I saw Tony Hawk Underground on the GBA today and it is ....... in an Isometric perspective. YAY!

When I was at my local games shop I saw the game "Theme Hospital" at the discount shelfes, I had played this game (alot) before, but I lost it. So I bought the game, installed and when I played I noticed that it was also Isometric. Maybe it's the oldest Isometric game? I have no idea, I don't know that many games

Thank you all for you time and patience!
Wesley

[edited by - wicked_Wesley on December 9, 2003 1:30:48 PM]

quote:Original post by wicked_wesley
When I was at my local games shop I saw the game "Theme Hospital" at the discount shelfes, I had played this game (alot) before, but I lost it. So I bought the game, installed and when I played I noticed that it was also Isometric. Maybe it''s the oldest Isometric game?

No way. Not by a long shot. The original Populous by Bullfrog was isometric (and elevated), and it dates back to 1989. I''m sure there were more before that.

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quote:Original post by Doc

No way. Not by a long shot. The original Populous by Bullfrog was isometric (and elevated), and it dates back to 1989. I'm sure there were more before that.

Cool I just started playing games back then, and I didn't played alot, I had like 2 games for a couple of years, lol


[edited by - wicked_Wesley on December 10, 2003 4:27:39 PM]

The Last Ninja came out 1987 (Commodore 64) with isometric
perpspective and elevation.



Chimera (1986) and Ant Attack (1983).






hmm isometric has been around quite a while ^^

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[edited by - Herr_O on December 10, 2003 4:01:00 AM]

Wow, nice pics :D The Ninja game doesn''t look so bad (I know GBA games which are more worse ) I didn''t knew isometric was that old. We have to keep up the tradition!!! So when people in the year 2694 say "Ahh, finally a new isometric game, they are way better then those virtual 9D games"

GO ISOMTERIC! :D

Zaxxon, the earliest isometric game I know of, came out in 1982.

aha, zaxxon is that old.. thought it was newer

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[edited by - dw on May 10, 2004 7:38:14 PM]