Rotating the map in the Battlescape

[Grey]

How hard would it be to implement a 90° map rotation in the Battlescape? I would love that feature, and it would improve the gameplay immensely (at least for me).

[Yankes]

Near impossible, it would require whole code overhaul and redraw 4 times every tile graphic in game.

[Grey]

Near impossible, it would require whole code overhaul and redraw 4 times every tile graphic in game.

That's too bad

Well, thanks for the info.

[Grey]

I've been thinking about it some more. Isn't already almost everything in the battlescape drawn from every possible (0, 90, 180, 270) angle? I think I've seen everything (trees, barriers, crafts, UFOs, buildings, soldiers, aliens etc.) from every possible angle. And the actual rotation of the scene shouldn't be such a problem in SDL (I haven't dug too deep in the code yet, though).

[Warboy1982]

I've been thinking about it some more. Isn't already almost everything in the battlescape drawn from every possible (0, 90, 180, 270) angle? I think I've seen everything (trees, barriers, crafts, UFOs, buildings, soldiers, aliens etc.) from every possible angle. And the actual rotation of the scene shouldn't be such a problem in SDL (I haven't dug too deep in the code yet, though).

no. everything apart from the soldiers and aliens are drawn from 1 angle only. some of the north and west walls have the same wallpaper, but that's about it.
it is simply not possible, SDL or no.

[Grey]

no. everything apart from the soldiers and aliens are drawn from 1 angle only. some of the north and west walls have the same wallpaper, but that's about it.
it is simply not possible, SDL or no.

Okay, thank you.