Author Topic: Tile Engine (Read 4385 times)

deathsangel · « **on:** April 29, 2009, 05:29:55 am »

Can somebody tell me how one would approach making a tile engine.
I used to use sdl so im used to being to just blit a surface.
Is this possible in sfml if so how do you do it?

example code from sdl

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for (int r = 0; r < rows; r++)
{
    for (int c = 0; c < columns; c++)
    {
          SDL_Rect rect = {c * tileWidth, r * tileHeight, tileWidth, tileHeight}
          
          switch(map[r][c])
          {
                case 0:
                     break;
                case 1:
                     SDL_BlitSurface(tileImage, NULL, screen, &rect);
                      break;
          }
    }

}

So pretty much is it possible to recreate something similar in sfml. Or if not what should I do?[/code]

Hiura · « **Reply #1 on:** April 29, 2009, 01:24:25 pm »

with an image manager (there is one on my wiki), and a set of sprite (eg a std::vector).

Isn't there already one tile engine on the official wiki ?

SamuraiCrow · « **Reply #2 on:** April 30, 2009, 06:08:48 pm »

There is this resource manager on the official Wiki. Also, in SFML 2.0 there is planned to be a batch-rendering mode that will improve the performace of tile maps.

SamuraiCrow · « **Reply #3 on:** April 30, 2009, 06:36:34 pm »

After thinking about it for a while, you could use the sf::view class to scroll around a bunch of sf::sprite objects placed at absolute coordinates. That way you wouldn't have to calculate which tiles are visible and which tiles are not.

csiz · « **Reply #4 on:** April 30, 2009, 09:39:24 pm »

what is batch rendering? I couldn't find on google

edit:I logged in to see if anyone replied and oaa new message in this thread...and its my own message :lol:

SamuraiCrow · « **Reply #5 on:** May 01, 2009, 06:51:21 pm »

Batch rendering is the 2d equivalent to mesh rendering in 3d. It means that since the vertex between 4 tile images is shared between them, it will only calculate the vertex position once and apply it to all 4 tiles.