Custom tile IDs (Export with custom ids/names/data values for each tile)

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1

Is there a way to assign custom tile IDs to each tile? If not, this is something that should be added.
Below is an example of a small map export with the tile array populated with integers corresponding to the tile type, this is the perfect format for the game I’m making, however I would like to be able to assign a particular value to each tile in the editor to determine the ID it will be exported to. The main reason is so I don’t have to rewrite my loader if I re-size my tile-sheet and to make it easier to sort out when I have multiple tile-sets. It would also be nice to make multiple tiles with the same ID so that they export as the same tile.

[header]
width=16
height=16
tilewidth=16
tileheight=16
orientation=orthogonal

[tilesets]
tileset=…/Documents/eclipse workspace/runes-game/Runes/res/graphics/terrain.png,16,16,0,0

[layer]
type=Tile Layer 1
data=
9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,
9,9,9,6,14,7,9,6,14,7,6,14,7,9,9,9,
9,6,14,15,3,12,9,10,3,12,11,5,8,9,9,9,
9,11,4,5,13,14,7,10,8,9,9,11,12,9,9,9,
9,9,9,11,4,5,13,15,8,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,
9,9,9,9,9,10,31,3,12,9,9,9,6,7,9,9,
9,6,7,6,14,15,31,13,7,6,14,14,15,8,9,9,
9,10,13,15,31,31,3,4,12,11,4,4,4,12,9,9,
9,10,3,5,31,31,13,7,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,
9,11,12,10,31,3,4,12,9,9,6,14,7,9,9,9,
9,9,9,11,5,8,9,6,7,6,15,3,12,9,9,9,
9,6,14,7,10,8,9,10,8,11,4,12,9,6,7,9,
9,11,5,8,11,12,9,11,12,9,9,9,9,11,12,9,
14,7,10,13,14,7,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,
5,8,11,4,4,12,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,6,
15,8,9,6,14,7,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,6,14,15

2

I believe the only workaround at this time is to use tile properties. For instance in TilemapKit I assume that every tile property named “tile.name” indicates the key the tile should be stored under, so I can get the tile’s texture from the dictionary (map) by using that “tile.name” key.

Since you seem to have “only” 32 tiles at the moment that workaround seems quite reasonable for your situation.

3

You should definitely not use these IDs directly in your loader. Instead you’ll want to set properties on the tiles as suggested by Steffen.

Another thing I have to note is that you’re using the Flare map format, which was written for the Flare engine. It does not support all Tiled features. Actually it only supports properties on the map and on objects, not on tiles, so I would suggest to pick another format, like the standard TMX format or the JSON format.