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Title: Isometric Building Creator
Post by: Pick Yer Poison on June 26, 2009, 06:30:20

Hey there! I finally got a bit exasperated at how much time creating isometric pixel art buildings took, so like any good programmer, I designed a program to do it for me! :P I thought I'd share it here. So here it is! (http://www.box.net/shared/qxldcr6ain) (Press F1 for help)

Spoiler: Changelog (click to show/hide)

Version 1.4:

• Added the different onion skinning methods (and the button to switch between them)
• Touched up the picture button image
• Moved the "Loading grid" progress bar to the center of the screen

Version 1.3:

• Added onion skinning (thanks to Firecat for the idea)
• Infinite height levels
• Adding mass raising and lowering
• Fixed problem where save files were 5+ MB (this is why v1.2 was never released)
• Fixed picture function
• Revamped source to make things so much easier I could frikkin' SING! :crazy:

Version 1.2 (unreleased):

• Added clear building function
• Added saving and loading

Version 1.1:

• Added color picker
• Added transparency picker

Spoiler: Demonstration (click to show/hide)

In this program, you build your house up layer by layer...

(http://www.freeimagehosting.net/uploads/023ab4dad6.png)   (http://www.freeimagehosting.net/uploads/61ecd504bb.png)
(http://www.freeimagehosting.net/uploads/7b50af8a35.png)   (http://www.freeimagehosting.net/uploads/e1e8cd538a.png)
(http://www.freeimagehosting.net/uploads/e25bfc0358.png)   (http://www.freeimagehosting.net/uploads/20753153d9.png)
(http://www.freeimagehosting.net/uploads/0d53d9e3ef.png)   (http://www.freeimagehosting.net/uploads/116cf3324d.png)
(http://www.freeimagehosting.net/uploads/292ad29503.png)   (http://www.freeimagehosting.net/uploads/808f592f60.png)
(http://www.freeimagehosting.net/uploads/1c9ba44115.png) The final product! (After some coloring in GIMP)
(http://www.freeimagehosting.net/uploads/54236497d7.png) But hey, who says you need to stick to making buildings?

Of course, one thing that you need to remember is that something like this will never be able to compare to an isometric pixel art building done by hand by someone good. But it helps to provide a framework!

EDIT: The Isometric Building Creator is now on YoYoGames! (http://www.yoyogames.com/games/show/92056) Stop in, drop me a comment, and most importantly, rate!

Title: Re: Isometric Building Creator
Post by: Pumpkinbot on June 26, 2009, 06:35:54

Woah. :o That's cool.

Title: Re: Isometric Building Creator
Post by: inky84 on June 26, 2009, 07:25:17

hey, that's a cool idea!

Another cool thing would be to have some simple 2d extrusion thing.

Title: Re: Isometric Building Creator
Post by: Purple Pineapple on June 26, 2009, 18:42:33

Quote from: pick yer poison on June 26, 2009, 06:30:20

Of course, one thing that you need to remember is that something like this will never be able to compare to an isometric pixel art building done by hand by someone good.

So true.

Title: Re: Isometric Building Creator
Post by: Mathexpert on June 26, 2009, 21:43:45

nice, easier to use then I would've thought. :)

Title: Re: Isometric Building Creator
Post by: Pick Yer Poison on June 26, 2009, 23:00:31

Version 1.1 is here! :D I'll put it up on the first post as soon as I can; the MySQL server is messing up or something and not letting me edit my posts. <_<

Get it here! (http://www.box.net/shared/3xq07lffgz)

Title: Re: Isometric Building Creator
Post by: Mathexpert on June 27, 2009, 00:05:10

Quote from: pick yer poison on June 26, 2009, 23:00:31

Version 1.1 is here! :D I'll put it up on the first post as soon as I can; the MySQL server is messing up or something and not letting me edit my posts. <_<

Get it here! (http://www.box.net/shared/3xq07lffgz)

whats the difference between version 1 and 1.1

Title: Re: Isometric Building Creator
Post by: Pick Yer Poison on June 27, 2009, 01:01:30

Quote from: Mathexpert on June 27, 2009, 00:05:10

Quote from: pick yer poison on June 26, 2009, 23:00:31

Version 1.1 is here! :D I'll put it up on the first post as soon as I can; the MySQL server is messing up or something and not letting me edit my posts. <_<

Get it here! (http://www.box.net/shared/3xq07lffgz)

whats the difference between version 1 and 1.1

Here, I'll put a changelog up on the front post. That'll probably help avoid this in the future.

Title: Re: Isometric Building Creator
Post by: Mathexpert on June 27, 2009, 01:55:21

Quote from: pick yer poison on June 27, 2009, 01:01:30

Quote from: Mathexpert on June 27, 2009, 00:05:10

Quote from: pick yer poison on June 26, 2009, 23:00:31

Version 1.1 is here! :D I'll put it up on the first post as soon as I can; the MySQL server is messing up or something and not letting me edit my posts. <_<

Get it here! (http://www.box.net/shared/3xq07lffgz)

whats the difference between version 1 and 1.1

Here, I'll put a changelog up on the front post. That'll probably help avoid this in the future.

ah. nice touch. :)

Title: Re: Isometric Building Creator
Post by: Firecat on June 27, 2009, 06:44:17

Great editor, reminds me my not-so-far chidlhood when i was bulding houses with LEGO bricks  C)p

Also, a great idea it will be a onionscreen mode, you know, something like this

Layer4  ... ... ...
Layer3  <> <> <>
Layer2  [ ] [ ] [ ]
Layer1  <> <> <>

[ ] Visible blocks
<> Traslucent blocks
... Invisible blocks

Title: Re: Isometric Building Creator
Post by: Pick Yer Poison on June 27, 2009, 08:01:42

Quote from: Firecat on June 27, 2009, 06:44:17

Also, a great idea it will be a onionscreen mode, you know, something like this

Layer4  ... ... ...
Layer3  <> <> <>
Layer2  [ ] [ ] [ ]
Layer1  <> <> <>

[ ] Visible blocks
<> Traslucent blocks
... Invisible blocks

That's a great idea! Unfortunately, with the semitransparent blocks I just introduced (v1.1), things would get weird. I might still be able to make it work, though.

Title: Re: Isometric Building Creator
Post by: Pick Yer Poison on July 02, 2009, 03:59:30

New version is out! Just use the link in the first post; I've updated it. We're skipping over v1.2 and heading right into v1.3! See the changelog for new features and the reason for the skip.

Title: Re: Isometric Building Creator
Post by: Purple Pineapple on July 02, 2009, 05:55:14

How does the onionscreen mode work?

Title: Re: Isometric Building Creator
Post by: Pick Yer Poison on July 02, 2009, 06:45:53

Quote from: Purple Pineapple on July 02, 2009, 05:55:14

How does the onionscreen mode work?

Let's say you're at height level 5. You'll be able to see height levels 1-4, and if there's anything at height level 6, it will show up as semitransparent. It's currently always on; hopefully the next update will feature an options menu. :)

Title: Re: Isometric Building Creator
Post by: smeagle on July 10, 2009, 03:29:23

im using Ubuntu, and can open it under wine and it works, partially.
the inside of the window is just black.
i can open the help menu.
so it seems that it dosen't work on ubuntu even when using wine. :sigh:

Title: Re: Isometric Building Creator
Post by: Pick Yer Poison on July 10, 2009, 05:54:13

Quote from: smeagle on July 10, 2009, 03:29:23

im using Ubuntu, and can open it under wine and it works, partially.
the inside of the window is just black.
i can open the help menu.
so it seems that it dosen't work on ubuntu even when using wine. :sigh:

Yeah, that's GameMaker's fault (the program I used to make this). When you don't use it on Windows, it starts having seizures. :/

Title: Re: Isometric Building Creator
Post by: smeagle on July 10, 2009, 07:10:56

after rebooting to windows  <_< i used it. Good work!!! C)p
but.... why can you make "blocks" under the menu?
good work!

Title: Re: Isometric Building Creator
Post by: Pick Yer Poison on July 10, 2009, 07:22:26

Quote from: smeagle on July 10, 2009, 07:10:56

after rebooting to windows  <_< i used it. Good work!!! C)p
but.... why can you make "blocks" under the menu?
good work!

I'll have fixed that in the next version. ;) And thanks! :D

Title: Re: Isometric Building Creator
Post by: Pick Yer Poison on July 13, 2009, 04:29:54

Introducing v1.4! (http://www.box.net/shared/qxldcr6ain) Cehck the changelog for, well, changes. :P

Not a whole lot of new stuff in this update, though. I've already implemented everything that doesn't give me a headache just thinking about coding. If anyone has any suggestions, go ahead and toss 'em out there for me to hear! :)

Title: Re: Isometric Building Creator
Post by: smeagle on July 13, 2009, 05:26:22

if gamemaker allows it, a VERY cool feature would be for the output to be a 3d file.
If so you could make a building and export it to blender  :whoa:
well just a suggestion.
anyway, keep up the good work!

Title: Re: Isometric Building Creator
Post by: Pick Yer Poison on July 13, 2009, 05:40:45

Quote from: smeagle on July 13, 2009, 05:26:22

if gamemaker allows it, a VERY cool feature would be for the output to be a 3d file.
If so you could make a building and export it to blender  :whoa:
well just a suggestion.
anyway, keep up the good work!

I think that GameMaker can actually do that...but only for actual 3D models, unfortunately. My program makes 2.5D isometric buildings, but they're not actually 3D models. :( There are freeware programs for building 3D houses, though.

Thanks anyway! :)

Title: Re: Isometric Building Creator
Post by: Evil on July 13, 2009, 15:54:36

i wish i can see stuff in isometric view, then i can see everythign! :D