isometric view and gameplay

[callmefate]

Hi guys,

 

My question is how hard is it to make minecraft look like an isometric game like diablo, update the gui and make the cursor move independent etc. Is that possible at all?

 

thanks

[TheGreyGhost]

Hi

 

Yes it's possible.  And for an expert it wouldn't be very difficult, just fiddly.  But for someone just starting out it would be a nightmare

 

-TGG

[callmefate]

I have some experience in programming but it is mostly php and JS (i have some websites running right now). So what do you think can i make this mod(i don't want a perfect one, but something i can show my friends) in 2-4 months if i have 2-3 hours a day for it, or i just look for another "cool" project? I'm asking this because i don't have minecraft, but of course i'm going to buy it when I start modding.

[spongieDev01]

I would say, buy Minecraft and playing around with Forge. Even if you have programming experience, it might still be complicated to do that as your first project.

But that's just my opinion. 

[callmefate]

ok thank you for your answers if i have more questions i will post them

[Ernio]

Logical way would be to rewrite whole client's motion input (keyboard/mouse/keyBindings).

You would also need to move and lock camera.

This would obviously need coremodding (ASM) in order to work WELL.

 

As to forge way (less or maybe no coremodding) - I think it would still be possible - there are events responsible for mouse and keyboard input.

Changing camera is also possible - There are mods that do that, you could look at e.g Pixelmon Mod - does that during combat.

 

Hardest part would be actually not applying your own code (because as mentioned - there are hooks for that), but removing vanillas code itself (thus ASM or other tricky ways).

 

So if you want an opinion - yes it is possible and is not that super-hard, yet - it would need a good reason to do so and would most likely break most of stuff that include client input.

 

Not recommended, if you want to play diablo, go play diablo. If you want "cool project" - I'd think of something easier for now, different at least - minecraft is FPS in 3D world, jumping in isometric view would be real pain.

[callmefate]

i think i better use unity for this, but for that i need to write a server side.