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Isometric Backgrounds in BYOND Discussion

ID:132625 Feb 8 2010, 11:37 am
Vermolius	From the DM Reference for Isometric Maps: Screen objects (in client.screen) are always drawn on top of all isometric tiles. This keeps one from adding a nifty background to isometric maps, which are prone to displaying large portions of empty space along their edges. Could it be possible to have a special setting that would draw a screen object UNDER all isometric tiles?

#1 Feb 8 2010, 12:34 pm
Ripiz	There is a way, add objects to players screen, to fill whole screen, and set it's layer to TURF_LAYER-1

#2 Feb 8 2010, 12:48 pm In response to Ripiz (#1)
Vermolius	Give me sample code and I'll believe you.

#3 Feb 8 2010, 12:49 pm In response to Ripiz (#1)
Lummox JR	Ripiz wrote: There is a way, add objects to players screen, to fill whole screen, and set it's layer to TURF_LAYER-1 As Vermolius already said, that won't work in isometric mode. Layering in isometric mode is based on position as well as layer, and screen objects always appear on TOPDOWN_LAYER. Lummox JR

#4 Feb 8 2010, 1:23 pm In response to Lummox JR (#3)
Vermolius	No comment as to whether this is feasible?

#5 Feb 8 2010, 1:36 pm In response to Vermolius (#4)
Lummox JR	It's entirely feasible; the question is specifically how it would be implemented (a special layer like TOPDOWN_LAYER makes sense, but what number that would be would need some thought) and what kind of priority it would have in our to-do list. Lummox JR

#6 Feb 8 2010, 1:54 pm In response to Lummox JR (#5)
Vermolius	Thanks for addressing the feature request. I hope to see this implemented eventually.

#7 Feb 28 2010, 1:12 pm

Gunbuddy13

The way I got around those large black bars on the top/bottom of the isometric map was to make its width 2x its height.
ex:
width=500, height=250

Then just offset the map in the skin to the left of 0 so that it would be centered.

To find out how far to move it left, take the difference between the width and height, divide by 2.

In this case (500-250)/2 = 125. So set the map's "x" location to -125 and voila!

#8 Feb 28 2010, 1:15 pm In response to Gunbuddy13 (#7)
Vermolius	Yes, this is practically what we're doing now, but it's an ugly workaround, considering maps have to be so much larger than their meaningful content.