Scrolling Engine Code

Anyone have an idea of the best way to load in several 2D game screens (bitmaps) of my game so I can scroll across?

I think if defender or other side scrollers, and would like something similar.

Thanks
Teff

I also remembered, a 3D plane, textured with a camera in a top/down view may work. All I would do is 'scroll' the textured plain.

Ideas?

Or you can use tiles.

Try out Mappy to make the maps with.

I have made a small test proggy, get it here

Well heres a test tile scroller i just made, here ya go, hope it helps:

Graphics3D 800,600,16,2
SetBuffer BackBuffer()
cam=CreateCamera()
PositionEntity cam,64,10,64
RotateEntity cam,90,0,0;turn camera so its pointing straight down,place in middle of field
light=CreateLight()
RotateEntity light,90,0,0

mapx=128
mapy=128

;create a terrain
terr=CreateTerrain(128)

;create a generic floor tile
tile=CreateMesh()
surf=CreateSurface(tile)
v1=AddVertex(surf,0,0,0,0,0)
v2=AddVertex(surf,1,0,1,1,1)
v3=AddVertex(surf,1,0,0,1,0)
v4=AddVertex(surf,0,0,1,0,1)
tri=AddTriangle(surf,v4,v2,v1)
tri2=AddTriangle(surf,v2,v3,v1)
HideEntity(tile)

;create 1 quick texture
texture=CreateTexture(256,256)
SetBuffer TextureBuffer(texture)
EntityTexture terr,texture
SetBuffer TextureBuffer(texture)
Color 128,128,128
Rect 28,28,200,200
SetBuffer BackBuffer()
Dim m.map(mapx,mapy)

;set each maptile to the texture
x=0
While x<mapx
For y=1 To 100 Step 1
m(x,y)=New map
m(x,y)\mesh=CopyEntity(tile)
m(x,y)\image=texture
EntityTexture m(x,y)\mesh,m(x,y)\image
Next
x=x+1
Wend

While Not KeyHit(1)
If KeyDown(200)=True MoveEntity cam,0,.25,0
If KeyDown(208)=True MoveEntity cam,0,-.25,0
If KeyDown(205)=True MoveEntity cam,.25,0,0
If KeyDown(203)=True MoveEntity cam,-.25,0,0
RenderWorld
Flip
Wend
ClearWorld()
End

Type map
Field mesh
Field image
Field x
Field y
End Type

Note you could use data statements or your own little data file to read the different map images:like this

dim image.image(100)
image(1)=loadimage..
image(2)=loadimage...
image(3)=loadimage...

file=openfile("c:\mapdata.dat")
x=0:y=0
while not eof(file)
b=readline(file)
If x>mapx then
y=y+1 and x+0
endif
m(x,y)\image=image(b)
x=x+1
wend
closefile(file)

That's good. I think I will attempt something along those lines.

Now in a defender type of side scroller, in order to make parallax scrolling, I would just use >1 plain scolled at different speeds right?

Or should I just scroll by moving the camera rather?

Teff

I just added -

I could also just make the world out of 3D blocks as shown above and scroll the camera then.

I think I will try either way to create something...

Teff