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[Goboom]

I think he means something like:


Look at the road...
He would like it more if graal had the optics of the left but it only has that of the right.

[Zero Hour]

Originally Posted by Goboom

I think he means something like:


Look at the road...
He would like it more if graal had the optics of the left but it only has that of the right.

Yes, essentially. Even if you make a very nice 3D building and everything else 3D you will always meet this flat appearance... unless you use the 3D engine and that changes the game very dramatically.

[Crono]

Originally Posted by Zero Hour

Yes, essentially. Even if you make a very nice 3D building and everything else 3D you will always meet this flat appearance... unless you use the 3D engine and that changes the game very dramatically.

I think I see what you mean. So you must like graal's current cliffs since they appear on the sides rather than keeping realism. hehe

[Zero Hour]

Originally Posted by Gerami

I think I see what you mean. So you must like graal's current cliffs since they appear on the sides rather than keeping realism. hehe

I think I am just becoming picky, because it really bothers me.

[Crono]

Originally Posted by Zero Hour

I think I am just becoming picky, because it really bothers me.

Do something about it then you're the GFX pro :[

[Zero Hour]

Originally Posted by Gerami

Do something about it then you're the GFX pro :[

There would have to be some sort of 3D engine probably using the current GMAP and some perspective engine.

[Raelyn]

Originally Posted by Zero Hour

Yes, essentially. Even if you make a very nice 3D building and everything else 3D you will always meet this flat appearance... unless you use the 3D engine and that changes the game very dramatically.

This is not entirely true, there is a way to make graal's flat 2D engine look angled without an abrupt flat appearance.

It just requires new concept of level-design, and you wouldn't be able to really use gmaps in the same way..

For example..





In these images, the same flat 2D engine is being used, but the ground you can actually tread is actually limited, leaving the top portion of the level for aesthetic background space to give the area depth and the illusion of a 3rd dimension.

I've worked with this in the graal editor before, and taking into consideration that graal characters themselves are more seen from the side than from the top, with a bit of a tweak to the tileset, it looks fantastic.

Unfortunately, I am a graphic designer, and making these tilesets and styles is easy, finding someone to comprehend them and output levels for my server has been very difficult.