Tile Editor: Script (when shown) and Custom Data?

#1 Not sure if you can do this with tile layers as I haven't really messed with them, but you could have a large graphic that contains all of the different tiles you want to use. A random number can be generated, and then you display that frame of the tile image.

I do this with sprites to randomly pick a cloud to scroll across the screen.

#2 That's actually exactly what I'm looking for. :) I know how to do this with a sprite, but is this possible with tiles? I'm not sure how to define a tile image in script.

edit: It just occurred to me that I should probably look through the tile editor scripts to figure this out, since I recall Melv saying it was written entirely in script. I'm not in any rush or anything, just something that would be nice to know. :)

#3 www.garagegames.com/mg/forums/result.thread.php?qt=26526

You could use something like what I use to fix the collision info to scan the map, and when it sees a specific tile, replace it with a random tile.

#4 Ohh, sweetness. Thanks!

#5 Just be careful though as there is a bug in "Custom Data" that means it doesn't save from the tile-editor.

- Melv.

#6 Melv, thanks for the heads up. I'll see if I can find some time this week to look through the tile editor code, and I'll be sure to keep that in mind.

#7 The change is easy to make, it's just that the load/save for the custom data was missed from the "loadStream()" and "saveStream()" calls in the fxTileLayer2D. My fault. *bends over for a good kicking*

Fixing this is easy but we're just dealing with the issue related to not breaking peoples existing work at the moment for load/save of objects.

- Melv.

#8 *kicks Melv*
:)

#9 Yeah, sorry. ;)

*limps away*