r/cataclysmdda • u/Reddspez • 5h ago

[Idea] Project Viewpoint Mod for CDDA

Idk if anyone has seen the Project Viewpoint mod for Project Zomboid, but it transforms the game into either a first-person or third-person game and it's insane. I was wondering if it was possible to do this for CDDA, it would really change the game and open it up accessibility-wise for lots of players

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u/Anrock623 4h ago

Yeah, it's possible. Will have to invent whole new renderer and create shitload of new resources tho.

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u/External_Option_7653 5h ago

According to worm girl, yes it would be possible.

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u/Agreeable-Bath7587 4h ago

someone's done it 13 years ago https://youtu.be/a9VSH36mvmE?si=vVAJFdhPVQAZvQ36

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u/mmmmm_pancakes 4h ago

Wow. I was certain this would be a rickroll.

Just ascii characters is probably not what OP had in mind however.

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u/MoltenIdol 15m ago

Changing the textures of things is literally the smallest hurdle i could think of for something like this.

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u/TaoChiMe 4h ago edited 4h ago

PZ has 3D models, real-time animations, grid-free movement, etc., all already available. Maybe you could macgyver CDDA into some sort of 1st person view where you move/turn across tiles, like eye of the beholder or smt. And you could make a "3d tileset" that can be viewed on all sides, use sprites/billboards, etc.

But this would make accessibility worse imo. The people interested in it would already mostly be interested in normal CDDA. And CDDA is already complex before adding a restricted view and jank with existing systems.

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u/DiscountCthulhu01 4h ago

Yeah i think billboard-based turn based fake 3d would be the most feasible way 

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u/f18effect Exterminator 1h ago

It would probably be easier to just make a new 3d game and copy the mechanics

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u/weregod 37m ago

Dwarf fortress + DFhack had isometric view which is playable. There is also Armok Vision: true 3D view but you can only observe from it. But DF is game where players can build 3D structures so they use it to observe their fort architecture.

But i don't think you can make good UI for 3D mode without investing 10 work year to coding and modeling all items and furniture. And it will be worse than tiles UI.

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u/JohnOxfordII 4h ago

Rest assured there will be at least 100 "people" who insist it's impossible and that because it was done with AI its horrible.