Enhanced Walls II

[Dinonykos]

I have made the diagonal-walls-slots wider than before.
Why did I do this? Because now the walls can be used to "simulate" floors! You have to experiment a little bit and use at least two walls for proper results, but I for example now managed to create an acceptable bridge. Should also be possible to create docks without doing dozends of background images!
However, I think that only a few people (like harbour designer Manikus?) really need those enhanced walls...



// format for wall type 2 - Dinonykos HYPER Walls ("Bridge Walls")
// uses 5 distant walls
WIDTH_WALL_FORMAT_2 = 1500
HEIGHT_WALL_FORMAT_2 = 375
NUM_DISTANT_WALLS_2 = 5

A2_WALL_RECT = 132,2,220,213
B2_WALL_RECT = 406,2,494,213
C2_WALL_RECT = 959,2,1047,213
D2_WALL_RECT = 499,2,587,213
E2_WALL_RECT = 225,2,401,213
F2_WALL_RECT = 592,2,680,213
G2_WALL_RECT = 866,2,954,213
H2_WALL_RECT = 733,2,813,213
I2_WALL_RECT = 1193,2,1233,213
J2_WALL_RECT = 1445,2,1461,213
K2_WALL_RECT = 1259,2,1299,213
L2_WALL_RECT = 1352,2,1440,213
M2_WALL_RECT = 1052,2,1140,213
N2_WALL_RECT = 640,2,680,213
O2_WALL_RECT = 866,2,906,213
P2_WALL_RECT = 1238,2,1254,213

A2_OFF = -32,0
B2_OFF = 56,0
C2_OFF = -56,0
D2_OFF = 0,0
E2_OFF = -32,0
F2_OFF = -64,0
G2_OFF = 24,0
H2_OFF = -16,0
I2_OFF = -16,0
J2_OFF = 0,0
K2_OFF = 24,0
L2_OFF = -72,0
M2_OFF = 0,0
N2_OFF = -16,0
O2_OFF = 24,0
P2_OFF = 0,0


// Defaults for 5 distant walls
VIEWPORT_COORD_0_1 = 0,0
VIEWPORT_COORD_1_1 = 144,0
VIEWPORT_COORD_2_1 = 32,0
VIEWPORT_COORD_3_1 = 112,0
VIEWPORT_COORD_4_1 = 64,0
VIEWPORT_COORD_5_1 = 0,0
VIEWPORT_COORD_6_1 = 160,0
VIEWPORT_COORD_7_1 = 16,0
VIEWPORT_COORD_8_1 = 112,0
VIEWPORT_COORD_9_1 = 64,0
VIEWPORT_COORD_10_1 = 0,0
VIEWPORT_COORD_11_1 = 144,0
VIEWPORT_COORD_12_1 = 32,0

[Dinonykos]

Ah yes! Some of you might want to add these walls to the config.sys without deleting the former wall type 2. In this case, keep in mind that you have to change every 2 into a 4 or 5 or whatever you like... e.g.
WIDTH_WALL_FORMAT_4 = 1500
HEIGHT_WALL_FORMAT_4 = 375
NUM_DISTANT_WALLS_4 = 5

A4_WALL_RECT = 132,2,220,213
B4_WALL_RECT = 406,2,494,213
...

[manikus]

This looks cool. I'll have to see what I can do with this.

[Dinonykos]

Forgot to mention that the yellow part of the wall is the "standard wall" position.

This wall type can also be used to place tables, holes and trapdoors in the center of a square.

[manikus]

Good to know. That's kind of what I figured, based off of your other template.

[Uatu]

Oh, maaan, this is hard to understand Do the wider sides overlap a bit with the middle?

Any example walls using this new coordinate set for reference? (That bridge would be nice... )

[manikus]

Yes, an example would be nice. Though, I do know how it works.

[Uatu]

Aaargh, walls, waaaaaalls!

[manikus]

It's entirely possible to do a design without walls, just using backdrops (a lot of 'em) instead. At one point, Harri Polsa was going to do this make a round building, interior and exterior. You could actually do better perspectives and have thing visible further than three squares away, too. But, it would take a lot of planning.

[Uatu]

Ha ha... not sure I want to do THAT, either! (In a perfect world, there would be a very easy wall method that someone like me could use...)