Hi Everyone,
im pretty new to the gamemaking world. My Controls and views are working fine and i have read a lot.

I could not finde anything on the topic how to create a "fog of war" effect for a isometric view, like in strategie games. Uncovering the terrain from black to lighted viewed Terrain and to grayed terrain when the entety leavs the area it was in.

I'm thinking a combination of fog and sprites. But maybe there is a smarter way and I would be very thankfull if somebody could point me in the right direction.

Thank you all in advance!

do you plan the game on base of a grid like a quads- or hex-fields ?

For the buildings there is a grid for where they can be build. That is a square based grid where different Buildgs take up a different amount of n x m squares. But the Enteties and there view radius move absolutely freely.

there was a long time ago a very simple rts example with fow, I don't remember how it worked. maybe you could also use a panel covering the full screen, and adjust its transparency pixel by pixel depending on the actual area below it (but maybe it would be slow).

Wasn't this covered in the AUM? But very old now I think. AUM 43 beginners corner - old but might give you some ideas.

I like Sivan's you just have to shift the alpha spots around when the camera moves till they are off screen. Maybe you could use the view instructions to actually black out parts of the camera-view-panel like a post-processing effect, but I know little about that.

Thank You Malice,
it was covered in AUM 43 Beginners Corner. They use a sprite grid on the ground and wor the alpha chanel of the sprites.

I'm gone try to aply that and translate it to the "new" light c language.

Is there a certain place where I should post or place my results?

Thanks again!

you can do it at Projects, or User Resources or Lite-C Contributions. good luck

http://www.rp-interactive.nl/ws/wshops.html command and conquer workshop covers a fog of far system.

yes, I thought of it!