XNA - 2D isometric terrain generation

2D isometric terrain generation in XNA. The terrain is procedurally generated and can be randomised each time. Points on the terrain can be raised and lowered (pulling the surrounding vertices up or down automatically), and you can scroll around the world with the mouse.

Category:

Gaming

Tags:

• XNA
• 2D
• game development
• C#
• isometric
• terrain

[yksnimus]

i wanna know what tiles are you using..those fancy elevations must require some bunch of weirdo tiles..

[ExclMarkPirateFlag]

@yksnimus They were all custom made - one for every possible combination! Then I just store the height of each corner as 4 bits (i.e. raised in N and E would be 1100, N and S would be 1010) and use that as a lookup for the correct texture to display.

[yksnimus]

@ExclMarkPirateFlag Thanks! Thats how I though for solving this, but then I started to get scared with the many different combinations possible, and the many tiles required..

Now imagine doing all that for different terrains..sand, rock, tall grass, etc, and the transitions between them! woahhh..

Thanks for answering!

[ExclMarkPirateFlag]

@yksnimus Haha, I don't have to imagine it - I did it for grass, sand, and water! If you do each set on a single sprite sheet and split them into separate sprite rectangles, it isn't so bad. And once you have the template set up you can just recolour them.

[yksnimus]

@ExclMarkPirateFlag cool! Are you still working on it? Whats the project about?

[ExclMarkPirateFlag]

@yksnimus Haven't done anything on it for a couple of months, but the plan is to use it for an isometric RTS.

[ensampojken]

Source code? Would like to see how this is done in 2D!

[trickyfishy]

souce link?

[halofreak1990]

This definitely looks like the engine from Transport Tycoon, especially when modifying the height of the terrain.

[SuperJAbros]

Link, please!!!!!!! D:

[SuperJAbros]

SimCity!

[tutlex]

Source?