2.5D game similiar to Ragnarok online

[phatality123]

How would I go about making a 2.5D rpg game with 2D monsters,characters,items,and tiles but 3D buildings, terrain, etc? Also, I would want the camera to point at the player from a perspective angle (rather than orthagraphic), so how would I make the player,items,etc billboard the camera, and/or is 2D Toolkit capable of making a game like this? Thanks.

[unikronsoftware]

I haven't tried something like that, but 2D Toolkit does support isometric tiles, so thats a first step there. You can paint isometric 2.5D tiles in there, and have them layer correctly. There is one bug where there could be overlaps at partition boundaries, but this can be worked around in the game.

I imagine positioning the player properly will be tricky, as it would have to be in front of the right things and behind others.

[phatality123]

Ok thanks.