Hi. How much memory do the tiles used for firstperson view take? Would it possible to create more tilesets (to simulate different areas, for instance) and if so, what would be the limit?
Also, is it possible to define just when an item in the distance is seen? I've noticed in your demo that chests/boxes seem to be invisible from 3 steps away but show up when closer (I'm assuming a rendering quirk or limitation?).
Hi! The plugin is simply a type of Scene in GB Studio and is based on those limits, which you can read about in the GB Studio docs.
In the example scene that comes with the plugin, the background uses the maximum number of tiles (192), but that is only one area type. If you take a look at my (very unfinished) jam game, Abducted, there’s forests, caves, and a more plain warehouse style areas, each using different tilesets.
I don’t know how many full backgrounds you could fit into a GB Studio game, but there are projects with literally hundreds of them out there so just play around.
Seeing objects farther than the space in front of you was not a rendering quirk or limitation but rather a design choice. When I was originally making it for the jam, having to draw multiple sized sprites was not something I had time for so I didn’t implement it, and in the classic games that inspired the plugin (specifically Wizardry and the original SMT) you can’t see chests, etc, until they are in front of you anyway so it worked.
It’s not something I’ll be building into the plugin (it’s finished besides possible bug fixes with newer versions of GBS) but if you decide to use it, you’re more than welcome to build that out.
Thank you! ^^
It's definitely fun to mess with and while I'm still unsure I'll use it for a full project, I'll definitely include it in some gameplay segment. I've been going over the documentation & it's too bad doors and events cannot be shown like in the picture for more unique tiles... But I've found a laborious (but useful) method to switch some Background tiles for cases where I don't want to change scenes or the whole background, so that might help somewhat.
Not sure if you'll include more plugin features in the future, but even as it is, it's fantastic work :)
