Tilebased Movement

[Moopers]

Ok, it's been a long time since I started a thread. I am now creating a game like Advance Wars (on GBA) using arrays.

My question is:

What is the most effective way of making (and moving) units on using a tilebased engine? (arrays, not arrays, other?)

[lostinbeta]

http://oos.moxiecode.com/ <- Tile based game tutorials at their best.

[JoMan]

http://www.tonypa.pri.ee/tbw/index.html <- More Tile Based game tutorials.

[Moopers]

...well I obviously went to those sites before I started this thread...I just wanted an opinion (if anyone is experience in tilebased).

[Dr Warm]

how are u making movements, with mouse or keyboard. I've never played advance wars before, but do u want to have like preset paths for certain objects (like tanks only move forward and right etc) is this what u mean? so moving objects around like chess?

[Dr Warm]

BTW i know this game is for GBA and GBA doesn't have a mouse, but does it have one of those cursors like a mouse that u control with the D-Pad?

[Moopers]

Yes it does have a cursor like a mouse and you do control it with a D-Pad, but the one i'm planning to make is going to use the mouse. The game is basically like chess, but you can move in all directions since it's bird's eye view. The way you move is first select the unit, then tiles around it light up and those are the places where you can move. I'm just wondering if it's better to put all the units in an array, or create a separate movie clip for each one.

[Dr Warm]

I don't know what u mean by put all the enemy's in an array, do u mean like tonypa does

enemyArray = [type, x, y]; etc or something different?