Thanks again for trying!

Layer entities although I thought would make them appear flat still gives the same results.

Rotating in MED won't work as their position will be changed, the position at the front of the view won't always be as it is now.

Ideally I wanted the grid to be a perspective projection rather than isometric as there would be 1st person elements in it later.

I'll look at it again in a few days/weeks, hopefully something will inspire me.

Thanks again!