Tileset

Questions
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Hello Everyone,

I am new here to Defold and so far I really enjoy using this program. I do have a question regarding using a tileset. I have a very large tileset that I use for the game I am working on and I do like that I can create levels directly in the program Since my tiles are 16x16 it is taking me a very long time to create the levels and even just the complete picture of a tree for example. Now to my questions… is there a way to grab multiple tiles from the tileset or do I have to continue one at a time? Second question since my tileset is large is there a way to zoom in on the tileset after I press the space bar?

If not should I separate my one large tileset into multiple different tilesets? If I do that will I still be able to use all of them on the same map?

I am using my phone to send this so if there are mistakes in my text I apologize.

Thank you,
Tashkin

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your best bet is to get an itch.io account, and download Tiled for free, it can export directly to Defold, and has a lot more editing features, one of which is selection of multiple tiles

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+1 for Tiled

btw. I do not recall the requirement for an itch.io account, has that changed recently?

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I will definitely check that out. I wasn’t sure if there was a program that would import into Defold. Thank you.

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erm, don’t know, I assumed you needed an account, but it’s free so why not get one.

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Tiled is an excellent external tool that recently got Defold export format support. But you can also shift-select a rectangular area of already drawn tiles and use those as a brush. This should speed things up for you.

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You can do that for already placed tiles. It wont let me do that when I press space to bring up the tileset for selection though.

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True, maybe a feature for the new editor @Ragnar_Dahlen and @Erik_Angelin?

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I don’t see the export feature for Tiled.Below is the options I see using the Windows Version 0.18.1 @ThunderZ am I looking in the wrong sections?

I click Export As and this is what I see as options.

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go edit, preferences, plugins and select Defold

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Thank you. That added the option.

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And add multiple tilesets to a tilemap would be nice as well.