Hello everyone, I wanted to share a script I’m working on in Python 3:
# data exists in .\Tiled_maps\*
# need to convert all tmx map files to tilemap files for Defold w/o
# accessing the Tiled process
import sys
import xml.parsers.expat
import codecs
import getopt
inputfile = ''
outputfile = ''
state = 0
try:
opts, args = getopt.getopt(sys.argv,"h:i:o:",["ifile=","ofile="])
for arg in args:
if state == 0: # read opts
if arg == "-i":
state = 1
elif arg == "-o":
state = 2
else:
if state == 1: # read input file
inputfile = arg
elif state == 2: # read output file
outputfile = arg
state = 0
except getopt.GetoptError:
print ('tiled_to_defold.py -i <inputfile> -o <outputfile>')
sys.exit(2)
layer_name = ""
layer_width = ""
layer_height = ""
cdata = ""
odata = ""
def start_element(name, attrs):
global layer_name, layer_width, layer_height, cdata
if name == "layer":
layer_name = attrs['name']
layer_width = attrs['width']
layer_height = attrs['height']
cdata = ""
return
def end_element(name):
global odata, cdata
if name == "layer":
y = int(layer_height)-1
x = 1
odata += "layers {\n"
odata += " id: \"" + layer_name + "\"\n"
if layer_name == "background":
odata += " z: 0\n"
elif layer_name == "walls":
odata += " z: 0.01\n"
elif layer_name == "entities":
odata += " z: 1\n"
odata += " is_visible: 1\n"
split_data = cdata.strip().split(',')
for d in split_data:
if int(d) != 0:
odata += " cell {\n"
odata += " x: " + str(x-1) + "\n"
odata += " y: " + str(y) + "\n"
odata += " tile: " + str(int(d.replace("\n", ""))-1) + "\n"
odata += " h_flip: 0\n"
odata += " v_flip: 0\n"
odata += " }\n"
x += 1
if x > int(layer_width):
x = 1
y -= 1
odata += "}\n"
return
def char_data(data):
global cdata
cdata += data
return
p = xml.parsers.expat.ParserCreate()
p.StartElementHandler = start_element
p.EndElementHandler = end_element
p.CharacterDataHandler = char_data
tmx = open(inputfile, "r")
tmx_str = tmx.read()
parsed = p.Parse(tmx_str)
with codecs.open(outputfile, "w", "utf-8") as output_map:
output_map.write("tile_set: \"/assets/gfx/gametiles.tilesource\"\n")
output_map.write(odata + "\n")
output_map.write("material: \"/builtins/materials/tile_map.material\"\n")
output_map.write("blend_mode: BLEND_MODE_ALPHA\n")
output_map.close
To use, simply modify the script to set the Z-values you desire for the named layers and update the tile_set path to whatever tilesource you plan to use. I’m now using this in my project to speed up conversion of the map files. I’m probably going to add batch map conversion functionality soon as well if anyone is interested in that. 
If anyone has questions feel free to ask!