Trying to open the WolfRPGEditor map
I’m trying to open the map I made in WolfRPGEditor, but it gives an unknown format error. The map file is in .mps format, there is also a way to export the file in WolfRPGEditor to CSV, but it also gives an unknown format error.
The screenshot below shows all the possible formats for creating the map in WolfRPGEditor
As far as I’m aware, Tiled doesn’t have built-in support for WolfRPGEditor, so unless you have or write a custom map format script or plugin for it, you will not be able to open those files in Tiled.
While Tiled does support a format with the CSV extension, the data contained in a CSV can differ substantially from format to format, so just because WolfRPGEditor can export a CSV doesn’t mean Tiled can read it.
I see, I don’t think I can do much since I don’t know anything about programming, but if I decided to make a script or plugin, is it difficult to do? Or how long does it take for someone who doesn’t know anything about programming to get started?
The difficulty depends on how the format is set up and how well you understand it (or how well it’s documented).
The boilerplate of a custom map format script for Tiled isn’t complicated, but you will probably need some familiarity with basic programming concepts like functions/methods, variables, conditionals, and loops, to be able to create a usable TileMap (if reading) or to traverse a TileMap to get the data you need (if writing).
You would register a Map Format, which has some properties like the format name and extension, and at least one of read and write methods, which do the reading and writing of the map file, respectively. This is where knowledge of the format comes in - you need to know how the data is set up to be able to read/write it.
It’s not something I’d recommend as your first programming project, but it’s not something you need to be a good or experienced programmer to create. I don’t know how long it might take you, as I don’t know how your brain works or how complicated these formats are.