A method for visually representing three-dimensional objects in two dimensions, often referring to isometric tiles.
Questions tagged [isometric]
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Transforming and drawing isometric textures
I'm planning to make a game and doing some research.
One of the features will be an isometric third-person view, which should be able to be rotated freely over 360 degrees.
This rules out the use of a simple tileset, because I cannot rotate tiles.
I…

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What is the best way to store an isometric grid in memory?
As a learning experience, I'm trying to make a turn based strategy game with Java+ObenGL, and I started with squares as terrain tiles. Now I decided I'd rather have an isometric perspective and ever since I've been debating with myself over how to…

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iOS - Isometric grid image problems
I have a myriad of UIImageViews that act as 'tiles' on a map. They align up next to one another to form a grid of images. The layer of each UIImageView is added as a sublayer of a UIView.
Ordinarily, the grid images are flush against each other, but…

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How do I accomplish a 2D Isometric Projectile (3D) Rotation Effect
I am working on an isometric 2d game and one aspect of it will be units that shoot projectiles. If the projectiles are circular its not to bad. Just position the projectile in isometric space. But what if the projectile is long like a missile or an…

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Render 3D model orthographically in Python
I want to write a tool in Python that will help me create isometric tiles from 3D-models. You see, I'm not a very proficient artist and free 3D-models are plentisome, and creating something like a table or chair is much easer in 3D than in…

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Can't figure out inverse of get world coords function for isometric game
I'm writing an isometric game, but unfortunately I've got stuck writing with the algorithm used to map back to world coordinates from screen coordinates (or possibly vice versa). Anyway I can't figure out the implementations which are the inverse of…
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HTML5 Canvas Isometric map depth sorting
I'm have problem with Isometric. I'm don't know how to name this "problem", but I'm show you some sceen what I get and what I'm need to get.
My code now drawing something like:…

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Getting isometric grid coordinates from standard X,Y coordinates
I'm currently trying to add sprites to an isometric Tiled TMX map using Objects in cocos2d. The problem is the X and Y metadata from TMX object are in standard 2d format (pixels x, pixels y), instead of isometric grid X and Y format. Usually you…

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Isometric world scrolling Java
So I created an isometric world and I made that it scrolls the world when you use the W A S D keys. Now what I did is actually move all the world according to the player's movement and not the player. Is this a good way of doing it? I have some…

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What is the connection between an isometric angle and scale?
I am trying to work out an isometric projection matrix for a custom angle. In the engine I'm using there's a projection matrix defined like so:
var project:Matrix = new Matrix();
projection.rotate(45 * (Math.PI / 180) );
scale = 1.4142137000082988;…

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Isometric graphics Java
While drawing graphics in 2D, how can I handle the depth of a picture in the frame? For example the ground would be depth -1 and the player depth 0?
And another question how do I achieve this kind of looking ground? When I say achieve, I mean just…

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How to get program to not throw "Error: Can't load Floyd's algorithm library"
another question for all of you-
So i am trying to get a program called Pysomap to work (its basically ISOMAP but for python[http://web.vscht.cz/spiwokv/pysomap/]), i follow the directions best as i can, building it on Ubuntu, Windows, and Fedora…

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Combining of views using coordinates and zstack
i have an issue with ordering, combining and positioning of my solid shapes and text
the task is simple enough, but while im completely newbie in swfitui i cannot do it for my self
task: place solid shapes with zstack relative by their parrent using…

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Bouncing ball on isometric line
I am trying to simulate the bouncing ball effect on unity for my isometric game. I got a code to make that and it works fine from this…

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Python, Pygame, Image manipulation: Restretch a loaded png, to be the texture for an isometric Tile
I'm a 17 year old programmer, trying to program an isometric game in python, with pygame. After finishing a tile engine, working with not good looking, gimp-drawn PNG's, I wondered, if it would be possible to render some Tiles by texture. I hope I…

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