Tiled and collectables

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• techdojo Guru

  February 2013

  There is a way to change the tile used with the :setTile function, it can be little difficult to get your head round as the coordinates are world space coords (ie multiples of tile size) NOT tile map coords (this is where bit shifting would really have helped - translating world coords to map index's and back again). Look at the tiled map loader example and you'll see how it works.
  
  However if you want animated tiles or collectable objects your probably better off either having them as a separate layer in tiled, or placing them as objects and then building up a list of sprites and dealing with them separately (remembering to make them invisible when they go off screen for performance reasons).
  

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• Scouser Guru

  February 2013 edited February 2013

  Firstly, Hi & welcome to the madfun house @anefiox
  
  As @techdojo said, put collectable / movable objects on a separate layer.
  
  I also create a separate map sized array with the objects (usually a tile index) placed into it to make it easier to check if there is something on or near a certain tile. You then know which tile you have to remove from the object layer so calculating the tile offsets within your texture is made easier.

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• anefiox Member

  February 2013

  Thanks. It sounds like having an object layer and then drawing a list of sprites is the best way to go.
  
  Need to crack on now as I want to get some feedback off a bunch of indies tomorrow!

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