How can I support objects larger than a single tile in a 2D tile engine?
- by Yheeky
I´m currently working on a 2D Engine containing an isometric tile map. It´s running quite well but I'm not sure if I´ve chosen the best approach for that kind of engine.
To give you an idea what I´m thinking about right now, let's have a look at a basic object for a tile map and its objects:
public class TileMap {
public List<MapRow> Rows = new List<MapRow>();
public int MapWidth = 50;
public int MapHeight = 50;
}
public class MapRow {
public List<MapCell> Columns = new List<MapCell>();
}
public class MapCell {
public int TileID { get; set; }
}
Having those objects it's just possible to assign a tile to a single MapCell. What I want my engine to support is like having groups of MapCells since I would like to add objects to my tile map (e.g. a house with a size of 2x2 tiles). How should I do that? Should I edit my MapCell object that it may has a reference to other related tiles and how can I find an object while clicking on single MapCells? Or should I do another approach using a global container with all objects in it?
