Isometric Building Creator

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Isometric Building Creator
« 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! (Press F1 for help)
Spoiler: Changelog (click to show/hide)
Spoiler: Demonstration (click to show/hide)
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! Stop in, drop me a comment, and most importantly, rate!
« Last Edit: August 05, 2009, 07:53:07 by Pick Yer Poison »

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Re: Isometric Building Creator
« Reply #1 on: June 26, 2009, 06:35:54 »
Woah. :o That's cool.
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Re: Isometric Building Creator
« Reply #2 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.

Re: Isometric Building Creator
« Reply #3 on: June 26, 2009, 18:42:33 »
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.
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Re: Isometric Building Creator
« Reply #4 on: June 26, 2009, 21:43:45 »
nice, easier to use then I would've thought. :)

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Re: Isometric Building Creator
« Reply #5 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!

Re: Isometric Building Creator
« Reply #6 on: June 27, 2009, 00:05:10 »
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!
whats the difference between version 1 and 1.1

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Re: Isometric Building Creator
« Reply #7 on: June 27, 2009, 01:01:30 »
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!
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.

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« Reply #8 on: June 27, 2009, 01:55:21 »
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!
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. :)

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Re: Isometric Building Creator
« Reply #9 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
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Re: Isometric Building Creator
« Reply #10 on: June 27, 2009, 08:01:42 »
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.

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Re: Isometric Building Creator
« Reply #11 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.

Re: Isometric Building Creator
« Reply #12 on: July 02, 2009, 05:55:14 »
How does the onionscreen mode work?
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Re: Isometric Building Creator
« Reply #13 on: July 02, 2009, 06:45:53 »
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. :)

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Re: Isometric Building Creator
« Reply #14 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: