[Freeciv-Dev] Re: tilted isometric tiles...

[Raimar Falke <rf13@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Wed, Jul 03, 2002 at 02:40:58PM +1000, Christian Stock wrote:
> One thing which annoys me in freeciv is that the isometric tilesets are 
> tilted by 45 degrees. This makes scrolling quite hard. I thought about it 
> and I think the solution is to use diamond shaped tiles rather than tilted 
> square tiles. What I mean is that you treat each tile as a true diamond, 
> not just a projected square. This means that units would move over the 
> corners rather than the edges, and you get a zigzag pattern at the poles. 
> However, the maps will be projected 1 to 1, not a 45 rotated view and the 
> scrolling should be easier too.

Although I'm not the expert in this area this sounds like you want
"true" isometric maps which will come with the generalized topologies
in 1.13.1-devel.

        Raimar

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