Tiled: can I make the properties of the tileset works by default when added on a map?

Loner_Cat · June 12, 2018, 9:53am

Hi.

Sorry for the unclear title, I’m having difficult to explain myself in a few words.

I’m working with Tiled and I’m facing an annoying problem that would be great to fix.

In my tilesed I set a few properties (variables) to any tile I use, in order not to have to set it manually any time I put this tile on a map.

But when I put this tile on a map (in a object layer, I’m not using tile layers), the property I set appears in grey, and it does not appear in the exported file. In order to make it work I have to click on it, change something and press enter. In this case it becomes black and works.

This is very annoying: the tileloader I made in corona requires any object to have a “type” property, plus other variables are needed in order to make physics and other scripts work. It is really frustrating to set it manually to any object I put on a map, when it could be a lot easier to set them in the tileset and have them working for any object.

ldurniat · June 12, 2018, 11:26am

This is sketch. It show you how copy all properties from tileset to objects.

for i=1, #layers do &nbsp; &nbsp; local layer = layers[i] &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;-- Object Layer? &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;if layer.objects then &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;for j=1, #layer.objects do &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;local object = layer.objects[j]&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;-- Find tileset based on gid &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;local tileset = findTileset( object.gid ) &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;if tileset then &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;tileset.properties = tileset.properties or {} &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;-- Copy properties &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;inherit( object, tileset.properties ) &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;end &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;end &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;end end

You can find Object Type Editor useful for this task.

ldurniat

Loner_Cat · June 12, 2018, 5:16pm

Thanks for your answer, I solved

I didn’t notice that those properties actually appears in the exported file under the “tilesets” table this because the tileloader I made does not use those informations in order to build the level, so I always ignored this table

ldurniat · June 12, 2018, 11:26am

This is sketch. It show you how copy all properties from tileset to objects.

for i=1, #layers do &nbsp; &nbsp; local layer = layers[i] &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;-- Object Layer? &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;if layer.objects then &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;for j=1, #layer.objects do &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;local object = layer.objects[j]&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;-- Find tileset based on gid &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;local tileset = findTileset( object.gid ) &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;if tileset then &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;tileset.properties = tileset.properties or {} &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;-- Copy properties &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;inherit( object, tileset.properties ) &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;end &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;end &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;end end

You can find Object Type Editor useful for this task.

ldurniat

Loner_Cat · June 12, 2018, 5:16pm

Thanks for your answer, I solved

I didn’t notice that those properties actually appears in the exported file under the “tilesets” table this because the tileloader I made does not use those informations in order to build the level, so I always ignored this table