[Help]: (3D) Isometric Game

[Muta]

Hey everyone, I'm new here but I was wondering if anyone could give me some help here.

What I'm trying to do it create is an isometric game that has height in it for sort of a fake 3d effect. Here's an example of what it might look like (the bricks I made are kinda crappy but you get the idea):

http://img198.imageshack.us/img198/5928/3diso1jf.jpg

For that particular map, the code would look something like:

NOTHING = 0;
BLOCK = 1;
FLAT_TILE = 2;
RAMP_NE = 3;
RAMP_SE = 4;
STAIR_NE = 5;
STAIR_SE = 6;
map = 
[
 [[2,1,1,1],
  [2,1,1,1],
  [2,1,1,1],
  [2,2,6,4]],
 
 [[0,3,1,1],
  [0,5,1,1],
  [0,0,0,0],
  [0,0,0,0]],
 
 [[0,0,5,1],
  [0,0,0,4],
  [0,0,0,0],
  [0,0,0,0]]
 
 ]

Anyway, I was just wondering if anyone tried anything like this before and if they had any example code or any advice or tips they can give. (By the way, I read tonypa's tutorials on isometrics already, great tutorials tonypa!)

To narrow it down a bit more, the main thing that I'm trying to do right now is write a function to place the tiles I have in a map (like the one above). Any help would be greatly appreciated


*EDIT* I was looking around the forums and I saw this post:

http://www.flashkit.com/board/showth...&highlight=iso

That is somewhat what I'm trying to do (although, the person making that game hasn't added the height thing yet), so I guess that might give you a better idea.

[iopred]

http://members.optusnet.com.au/chrisrhodes/isoBoard.swf

It is an easy thing to set up, set them up exactly like you would normal iso tiles. In the MC, where you specify the graphics, just make them higher.

The hard part will be calculating heights, if you see the example above, it is easy when you move a tile at a time. Apart from that, good luck.

[swak]

http://www.friendsofed.com/download....sbn=1590595181
here are some good tutorials (meant to go with a book so no explanation). You can see how he builds it up. part way through he does some 3d

[Muta]

Thanks guys I'll be sure to read that those tutorials, and yeah I'm planning on making it a tile at a time so it'll be easier.

[Muta]

Thanks guys I'll be sure to read that those tutorials, and yeah I'm planning on making it a tile at a time so it'll be easier.

Edit: Oops sorry, it posted twice for some reason.