This topic was of high interest for me a couple of years ago, when I wanted to implement collision detection. I never came up with something that worked correctly though. :p
Basically, for our needs (2d engine which elements have a "height"), the solution I wanted to implement was to represent objects shapes via 2d polygons, but for which each point has a "height" parameter that is used to extract another counterpart that gives a third dimension to the object. That way, it was possible to have slopes and the like. On the other hand, it was not possible to make shapes like the ones you did without using tricks. Considering how painful tricks are, I'd rather think that your solution is much better. It would even become better if you could extend the cubes to any kind of polygon. Anyway, even though I don't think I have the time to significantly contribute on that, I'll keep an eye on it. This is the cornerstone of the new engine and a very important part of the gameplay. Keep up the good work! ;) Alex. _______________________________________________ Adonthell-devel mailing list Adonthell-devel@nongnu.org http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/adonthell-devel
