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Drawing tilemap with zoom
Posted: Sun Nov 11, 2018 4:47 pm
by wombats
Hi,
To draw a tilemap, I calculate which tiles to draw like this:
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x1 = scroll_pos\x / 32
y1 = scroll_pos\y / 32
x2 = ScreenHeight() / 32
y2 = ScreenWidth() / 32
If x1 > tiles_x
x1 = tiles_x
EndIf
If y1 > tiles_y
y1 = tiles_y
EndIf
For y = y1 To (y2 + y1)
For x = x1 To (x2 + x1)
; draw...
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How can I incorporate zooming into this? I'm struggling to understand what I need to multiply by the zoom value.
Re: Drawing tilemap with zoom
Posted: Mon Nov 12, 2018 12:39 am
by Demivec
wombats wrote:How can I incorporate zooming into this? I'm struggling to understand what I need to multiply by the zoom value.
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tile_size = 32
zoom_amount = 1 ;za = 1 for normal size, za > 1 to zoom in, 0 > za > 1 to zoom out
screen_tile_size = tile_size * zoom_amount ;zoomed tile size on screen
x1 = scroll_pos\x / screen_tile_size
y1 = scroll_pos\y / screen_tile_size
x2 = ScreenHeight() / screen_tile_size
y2 = ScreenWidth() / screen_tile_size
If x1 > tiles_x
x1 = tiles_x
EndIf
If y1 > tiles_y
y1 = tiles_y
EndIf
For y = y1 To (y2 + y1)
For x = x1 To (x2 + x1)
; draw...
Next
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This should adjust for the tile size and can be considered 'simple zooming'. When zooming in things will 'grow' towards the bottom-right of the screen.
'Complex zooming' would require a bit more effort to calculate the position of the visible tiles and would allow zooming in/out of a particular point on the screen such as the center of the screen or the position of the mouse pointer and would cause things to 'grow' outward from or inward to the point of zoom.
Re: Drawing tilemap with zoom
Posted: Mon Nov 12, 2018 10:59 am
by wombats
Thanks for the reply.
I think I need more 'complex' zooming. I already calculate the tiles that should display based on the scroll position, so it works at zoom level 1, but not at 0.5, 2.0, etc. Wherever I put the zoom value, it just causes problems like tiles being cut off.
Re: Drawing tilemap with zoom
Posted: Mon Nov 12, 2018 2:22 pm
by Demivec
Are you using sprites to display your tiles or drawing images?
Re: Drawing tilemap with zoom
Posted: Mon Nov 12, 2018 2:29 pm
by wombats
I am drawing images. I subtract the current scroll position from their grid position.
Re: Drawing tilemap with zoom
Posted: Mon Nov 12, 2018 3:42 pm
by #NULL
You need to scale the position as well as the size of tiles, i guess that's what you are already doing. If you have gaps, it might be because you are using integer division when applying the scaling. Make sure you have some floating point variables in your division or in the relevant context like variables that are being assigned to.