Isometric Engine for XNA Game

[foozball3000]

I'm working on an application that will display some form of maps/landscape and data.

I need two ways to display it, due to the vast range of hardware it might be run on, one low performance and a very nice version for the gaming PCs.

So a friend suggested to use an isometric engine for the low performance version... Like what Diablo II used. My google-fu must be a bit rusty, because I can't find much on the subject involving XNA.

Hence, this post.

I'll figure out the fancy 3D side of it all when I get there.

Does anyone have some experience with it or any info that will help?

 

[FarligOpptreden]

AFAIK, if you go the XNA route you're already looking at PCs running DirectX 9c or higher. Might as well write the the 3D engine scalable enough to accommodate both scenarios?

 

[foozball3000]

I did not know that... Although troubling news, it is no use to use any other tool at this point.
And I was so looking forward to messing about with the Isometric Engine. (I found a promising resource)

On the other hand I have a tutorial on 3D Terrain generating that I can't wait to try out.
/and off I fly...!

 

[FarligOpptreden]

Enjoy!