03-14-2007, 10:09 PM
Not really. I had to experiment with it a lot before I could do anything useful, and I do it mostly by instinct now. But I can give you some tips.
The 3D fringe for blocks in layer 4 is placed into layers 1 through 3. Those fringe tiles are just like regular tiles, except that you can't access them directly from the tile scroll bar. I don't know exactly how the editor decides which layer to put the fringe into, so when I need a piece of fringe, I make a shape in layer 4 that will produce the right kind of fringe, and then I switch to layer 1. I select the piece of fringe I want, copy it, and paste it to see what I've got. With luck, I've got some 3d-looking fringe. Without luck, I've got nothing. So I try layer 2 and layer 3. Once I've got something usable on the clipboard (the imaginary space where copied things go), I erase the blocks from layer 4 and replace them with identical blocks in layer 0. At this point, the blocks will look 2d. Then I go to layer 5 (usually), and paste the fringe I grabbed earlier on the edge of the layer 0 blocks. Presto! It looks 3D, but Jack can go through it like it isn't there.
You can paste the fringe in layers 1 through 3, but it usually messes something up. Same for layer 4, really, but if you want to do something complicated like what you've got in the screenshot, you'll have to use at least two layers.
The 3D fringe for blocks in layer 4 is placed into layers 1 through 3. Those fringe tiles are just like regular tiles, except that you can't access them directly from the tile scroll bar. I don't know exactly how the editor decides which layer to put the fringe into, so when I need a piece of fringe, I make a shape in layer 4 that will produce the right kind of fringe, and then I switch to layer 1. I select the piece of fringe I want, copy it, and paste it to see what I've got. With luck, I've got some 3d-looking fringe. Without luck, I've got nothing. So I try layer 2 and layer 3. Once I've got something usable on the clipboard (the imaginary space where copied things go), I erase the blocks from layer 4 and replace them with identical blocks in layer 0. At this point, the blocks will look 2d. Then I go to layer 5 (usually), and paste the fringe I grabbed earlier on the edge of the layer 0 blocks. Presto! It looks 3D, but Jack can go through it like it isn't there.
You can paste the fringe in layers 1 through 3, but it usually messes something up. Same for layer 4, really, but if you want to do something complicated like what you've got in the screenshot, you'll have to use at least two layers.