Is it possible?
by Bejong K Yang · in General Discussion · 01/21/2006 (12:02 pm) · 7 replies
Is it possible to have Side-Scrolling with the TGE? So basiclly Side-Scrolling 3D? Is this possible?
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#2
Create an interior for use as a background, I made mine really long. I also added "platforms" for jumping on.
Limit the game area to just around the interior
do some creative 3rd person camera work, so it always faces the interior.
Granted, my way turned out like crap, but it worked. I then purchased T2D and am working on a side scroller with that.
I wish I had a screenshot to show you, but I trashed that game long ago.
01/21/2006 (12:13 pm)
As funny as this sounds, yes you can. How I did it was:Create an interior for use as a background, I made mine really long. I also added "platforms" for jumping on.
Limit the game area to just around the interior
do some creative 3rd person camera work, so it always faces the interior.
Granted, my way turned out like crap, but it worked. I then purchased T2D and am working on a side scroller with that.
I wish I had a screenshot to show you, but I trashed that game long ago.
#4
I don't really want to go out and but T2D yet, is it possible to strecth the terrain to be a long rectanglaur patch?
01/21/2006 (12:41 pm)
So its possible, but very hard, and very limited...I don't really want to go out and but T2D yet, is it possible to strecth the terrain to be a long rectanglaur patch?
#5
01/21/2006 (12:47 pm)
Not sure you would need to stretch the terrain, I think it would be long enough to make any side scroller level. For that matter, you could eliminate the terrain and just use interior instances. 
#6
01/21/2006 (2:45 pm)
Use an interior and the Advanced Camera resource. It will take a bit of work, like with any engine, but it is definitely doable. 
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