I’m trying to create simple platforms using automapped tiles inside a World. I need to create smooth transitions between maps, but I couldn’t get the neighboring tiles between maps to work properly.
I’ve looked into these three options: MatchOutsideMap, OverflowBorder and WrapBorder, but I haven’t been able to achieve the expected result.
Is automapping not working between neighboring maps? What are the possible solutions to make this work?
Automapping only takes the current map into account, it doesn’t know anything about the World and the other maps. OverflowBorder should work in most cases where the maps connect since the tiles are usually the same on both sides of the border between maps, but you’ll need to patch up the minor inconsistencies (like that “hole” in one of the shapes in your screenshot) yourself.
Since Worlds do exist now, it would be cool if Automapping could take them into account, perhaps with a second set of properties (since the current set is still necessary for maps in Worlds that don’t have adjacent maps). But, this would not be easy to implement - multiple maps may abut the same edge, maps may overlap, maps may have different rules lists, etc.
Thank you for your quick reply. Yes, I expected automapping to work between maps when I created my first world and that would be really good for my case.
Now that I’ve tried OverflowBorder again, I think I can live with patching. What would be the best way to patch? A patch layer on top of the output tiles or is there a better way?
Depends on what you need, really. I’d modify the output layer (possibly in a final polish pass after the map is largely done), but my needs and preferences are probably different from yours.
