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Fifth Quadruped Registered 07/05/2003 Points 5818	1st March, 2012 at 01/03/2012 16:54:47 - Right, I'll see what I can do. Hexagons should be an interesting problem to tackle. Go Moon!
Fifth Quadruped Registered 07/05/2003 Points 5818	1st March, 2012 at 01/03/2012 19:29:27 - Alright, got it. Dealing with hexagons is trickier business than I had thought. I wish you good luck in making a complete game around them. http://www.l-ames.com/logan/arraytest3.mfa Go Moon!
SolarB Registered 26/12/2011 Points 564	2nd March, 2012 at 02/03/2012 03:46:03 - Thanks so much fifth, this is utterly awesome. That kind of math is much to complex for me to get my head around Cheers! My Open Source Examples: http://bit.ly/YyUFUh
Fifth Quadruped Registered 07/05/2003 Points 5818	4th March, 2012 at 04/03/2012 22:21:10 - Yarr, no problem! ...Though really, when I was trying to figure it out, I realized you could probably get by with a much simpler interpretation of the hex grid. You see, the first part of making the hex grid work was simply taking a normal grid, squashing it, and offsetting every other row. And frankly, that last grid would be good enough for most uses. Especially if you're controlling your movement by setting hex-based paths beforehand. It was the last part of turning it into a hex grid that was tricky, which was just the extra little zig-zag at the bottom/top of each tile space. And you'd never really need to detect the object moving over those little zig-zags, really. ...Anyway, the example does include the zig-zags to make proper hex tiles, it just seems it's not ever really worth the extra math. I dunno, just something to think about. Go Moon!
Sketchy Cornwall UK Registered 06/11/2004 Points 1971	4th March, 2012 at 04/03/2012 22:53:15 - Ah, the classic square-hexagons I'd be tempted to use some transition tiles to make nice soft edges, but I can't be bothered. n/a
Fifth Quadruped Registered 07/05/2003 Points 5818	4th March, 2012 at 04/03/2012 23:53:33 - Heh, I didn't realize that was ever a thing. But you could still make the tiles look like hexagons while using the simpler positioning math of the hexagon-squares. Go Moon!
nivram Registered 20/07/2006 Points 171	5th March, 2012 at 05/03/2012 00:19:06 - Originally Posted by Sketchy Ah, the classic square-hexagons I'd be tempted to use some transition tiles to make nice soft edges, but I can't be bothered. Hi Sketchy. Why can you not be bothered? Thanks, Marv 458 MMF2 & CTF 2.5 examples and games http://www.castles-of-britain.com/mmf2examples.htm
SolarB Registered 26/12/2011 Points 564	8th March, 2012 at 08/03/2012 06:15:07 - @Fifth: Thanks again, and that's some good theory. But which part exactly is the extra zig-zag math in your example? Not a huge matter, but would still like to know. Cheers My Open Source Examples: http://bit.ly/YyUFUh

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