quote:Original post by Thygrrr
You CANNOT switch into a first person perspective in Isometric Graphics - stuff that is distant will look exactly the same size as stuff that is close by. It''d totally suck.
If you even have the ability to switch into first person all your geometry is probably in 3D. So just change your projection from orthogonal to perspective as part of the switch and you''re fine. There''s no problem here.
quote:Original post by Anonymous Poster
Did ''Populus: The Beginning'' suck? I admit it didnt have a first person view but you could change the view angle to one that was almost parallel to the ground. And yes, stuff in the distance was the same size as stuff up close.
I''d hardly call it isometric or tile based. That would really stretch those definitions. I didn''t like The Beginning as much as the earlier Populouses.
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