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  • Let me explain. I would like to put 3D sprites on a 2D background. Or have this plugin as a layer and any area not containing 3D graphics you would see the 2D graphics in the background.

    For example: My background layer is a pre-rendered static monopoly-like board, on one layer, On top of this layer i would like to use some 3D elements moving around on this backgound. Is that doable with this plugin?

    Example 2: My game level is made in 2D isometric but the characters in the game i would like to be real 3D.

    So all in all. Is this plugin "see-through" so you can see graphics behind this layer?

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  • Interesting plugin.

    Is it possible to add 3D objects to a 2D canvas as well? Or is there any similar plugin that does that?

  • Thanks for the replies. My plan is to make all NPC's randomly generated, with different kind of "stats" to represent their personalties, and their actions and reactions would be based on those. So you could make a lot of checks, if the npc has a cetain stat 'lower' than X while being attacked. > Flee - otherwize fight back. Another stat higher than X while being robbed, > Do this or that.

    I guess this will be some trial and error to get the desired results. The game it self also will be based on trial and error to succeed, to learn the traits of the different "personalites" by trial and error to win the game.

    Would it make sence to make all those checks global? As every NPC would react... just react differently based on their stats?

  • I had an idea about making a simple adventure game taking place in a small village. The main feature would be advanced AI in the game. Before i start off I would like to know if anyone have any experience doing advanced AI here and if theres a lot of limitations in Construct 2 that would stop me from finishing the project.

    Every NPC in the game would have randomly generated "things to do", and personalities. And daily schedule based on their current inventory and their profession and a lot of other variables. You could mess things up by stealing from them, that would trigger them to start looking for the lost item, alert guards, or something else based on their personality. They could also start steal from others and do a lot of other stuff if the right conditions are met.

    How far could u take AI in Construct for characters in a game? Is it only a matter of sorting out the logic behind it?

  • Finally i have enough reputation to post the link to the project file. Hopefully this will help out people doing games with isometric perspective.

    https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/20560446/z_order_isometric.capx

  • +1 for this. Some of my favorite games of all time use an isometric layout and I wanna make those kind of games too.

  • I was looking around the forum and tried to find a solution for moving objects (both the player and NPC's etc) in an isometric setup and I came up with this solution, mixing layers and z-ordering and it came out quite nice. Hope this can help others out too trying to make isometric games.Yesterday I thought this would be impossible, but with a bit of research and trial and error i solved it.....

    * Edit - I didn't have enough rep to post the link to the project file, so sending a picture instead, will send link as soon as i have enough rep.

  • I was trying this out but it has some flaws, since it only works for objects within the family, ie, particles, bullets etc that are not "sprites" won't get ordered correctly. There must be some workaround for this. Is there any way to set the zIndex to a specific number depending on the objects y position? I also think sorting all objects in a sprite intense layout every tick will be quite heavyweight calculations wise.

  • Thanks, that was exactly what I was looking for too.

  • Well that much I can figure out myself, but how do I go about doing it? Using some function or what? And what would be the best way to do it since a LOT of objects needs the same kind of instructions.

  • I'm working on a project with a birds eye view kind of like (Fallout 2 image) and need some help with z-order.

    For example: When I place a tree in the layout I want the players index to be higher when he's in front of the tree. The head of the player sprite should cover the tree. But if he's moving behind it the top of the tree sprite should cover the player when walking behind it, meaning that the the z-order of the tree should have changed. Collision boxes are already set to a small square at the base of both the tree and the player sprite, but I cant get the player to be both behind and in front of the tree.

    So what I'm looking for is a way to set the z-order of the tree relative to the player position, or according to the grid or something like that. Is that possible and how could it be done? I'm planning to have a lot of these kind of objects, where the player can walk behind them, and the player can also cover them.

    Any help appreciated.

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