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• • mt206
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  • • Joined 1 Jun, 2013
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  • 30 Jun, 2013
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  Thanks for the reply. After playing around with things, I think it will work out better anyways without physics. This allows me to use the built-in platform behavior and allows for more control over what the player does.

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• • mt206
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  • • Joined 1 Jun, 2013
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  • 25 Jun, 2013
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  Hi all. I have been trying to find the best way to create the appearance of smooth terrain that will work with a physics-based game.

  What I am looking for is something like Tiny Wings. Rolling hills with a simple pattern fill. I found a nice tutorial for Box2d and Flash but I am not sure I would be able to translate this to Construct2. The whole level is basically made up of slices. Each slice being a portion of the hill with a 4-sided collision polygon.

  Here were my initial thoughts:

  1. Create a base set of tiles to piece together hills

        + Simple

        + Perhaps possible to automate generation of slices

        - Super tedious to manage            

        - Would need to create duplicate tile sets for each pattern fill

        - Probably not performant and would require I load everything dynamically to keep the amount of physics objects to a minimum

  2. Try ditching physics and faking it

        + Solves my terrain problem

        + Probably better performance wise

        - Requires me to simulate everything I get for free with physics

  3. I have overlooked something painfully obvious (which is highly likely)

  Thanks for any help!