[Question] Getting different angles in the overworld

Hey im developing a fan game and for a particular area in game i need to change the perspective so the player cant see overhead, i want yo know if theres a way i can change the angle so this is possible.

Might want to give some more information if you expect an answer. We don't know what program you're using, what your current graphics look like, or even what "angle" you want.

The over head angle is essentially the way the graphics are working.
Gen I - V of Pokémon mainly utilise a set of graphics to make it look over head or top down.

Where as Gen VI and VII are 3D games, and utilise an actual camera to change angles of the overworld as they please.

What can be done with this infomation, I'm not too sure, to be honest.

lilbluedemon said:

The over head angle is essentially the way the graphics are working.
Gen I - V of Pokémon mainly utilise a set of graphics to make it look over head or top down.

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That's almost 100% accurate, gens 4 and 5 use 3D models for their terrains but sprites for their characters. Though gen 4 does little with it (As far as I can remember, I think Platinum did some stuff in the distortion world), gen 5 has a number of camera angle tricks (That bridge which has the spiral before you get up is one I can think of from the top of my head.)

But back to the main topic, the bottom line is, it depends based on what you are using to make your game. I don't think Essentials can do that out of the box. Maybe can't do it at all. If it can, it's going to be a fair bit of work.

AceTrainerGecx said:

Hey im developing a fan game and for a particular area in game i need to change the perspective so the player cant see overhead, i want yo know if theres a way i can change the angle so this is possible.

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It will not work out of the box with Essentials because of it's and RPG Maker's nature of being sprite based.

Also how do you image no-top-down sprites if all tilesets are optimized for a top-down view?
You would not have a pleasing image as in the newer gen games of Pokemon(Newer gen uses 3D Meshes).

Either you ditch RPG Maker and use a 3D Game Engine or you write a 3D Subsystem in Ruby for RPG Maker which is not worth the effort in my opinion.

sincerely,
gl4cieR

gl4cieR said:

It will not work out of the box with Essentials because of it's and RPG Maker's nature of being sprite based.

Also how do you image no-top-down sprites if all tilesets are optimized for a top-down view?
You would not have a pleasing image as in the newer gen games of Pokemon(Newer gen uses 3D Meshes).

Either you ditch RPG Maker and use a 3D Game Engine or you write a 3D Subsystem in Ruby for RPG Maker which is not worth the effort in my opinion.

sincerely,
gl4cieR

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Ok thanks, but thats a real shame, oh and yes i am using RPG XP

gl4cieR said:

It will not work out of the box with Essentials because of it's and RPG Maker's nature of being sprite based.

Also how do you image no-top-down sprites if all tilesets are optimized for a top-down view?
You would not have a pleasing image as in the newer gen games of Pokemon(Newer gen uses 3D Meshes).

Either you ditch RPG Maker and use a 3D Game Engine or you write a 3D Subsystem in Ruby for RPG Maker which is not worth the effort in my opinion.

sincerely,
gl4cieR

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Ive ditched rpgxp maker and went with unity, but im still unsure about how to go about getting the different angles

AceTrainerGecx said:

Ive ditched rpgxp maker and went with unity, but im still unsure about how to go about getting the different angles

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I would strongly recommend watching some tutorials on the Unity engine then. You'll learn a lot of things that way.