GameMaker Studio 2! TileSets - GMWolf

[@TomTheHorseGamesChannel]

Your videos are really high quality, and are some of the best I can find for gamemaker 2! Keep up the good work!

[@GMWolf]

+Tomthehorse thanks a lot! Glad you are enjoying them.

[@JeremiahT]

Thanks for these introduction videos. I really like what I see of GMS2 so far!

[@Nightflash28]

Thanks for explaining how to work with tiles in GM2. I have to say though: it's ok to edit your videos. When you're stuck on doing something that doesn't work out, for us viewers it's pretty much wasted time because we want to see how things work and not how one struggles with the tools. We do that part ourselves. :D

[@VictorBStan]

The little grass patch surrounded by gravel... jeez

[@mr_koko2070]

THANK YOU !!!!! I was just trying to find the video on how to use autotile !! I was lucky to find that with the first try =d

[@lucvergnes]

Please help me, I can only make tilesets that are 4x4 tiles. Im using a sprite that is 256x256 and I set my tilesize 32x32 and the most right set of tiles doesnt get a white box in the tileset editor. Bug? or am I doing something wrong?

[@bartinthetrulyepic6709]

to expound on the brush builders capabilities, you can also select multiple tiles at once by either drag selecting the tiles you want or control-click to select tiles that are geographically seperated. -_- making it less click intensive than highlighted in the video.

[@Ragnark1]

Could you theoretically have 2 or more auto tile instances of the same set of tiles? In other words, let's say you wanted the first tile set with the grass and stone path but then wanted 2 or more copies of it with slight variations of the individual tiles themselves. Is it possible to call randomly from each version of the grass and stone tile set while constructing the room to give the appearance of randomness/naturalness?

[@thefallenlime]

Told me what I needed to know: it's similar enough to Unity that I can do it for others without much issue. Thanks.

[@stijnd.6320]

Are there any changes to physics?

[@Cartoonicus]

I have transparency in my sprite and the bigger I make the tiles, the less imagery it recognizes. How to I tell it to shut up and let ME decide where I want the tiles to start?

[@AngriedAndroid]

Nice video. Question, how to place Tiles without autofit the cells. Sometimes I want to draw some tiles overlapping in an irregular position. Thanks!

[@GMWolf]

Then those would not be tiles. What you are looking for are asset layers, where you can place sprites in any position/scale/orientation

[@khuyenlam3550]

thanks for these videos, GMWolf

[@TheCivildecay]

autotiling will be such a timesaver!

[@johnsonyessir6638]

I may misunderstand the purpose of tiles but when putting my player in the room, the tiles come over the player object. I tried changing the depths of the player object but it just seems to ignore it.

[@GMWolf]

+JOHNSON! yes sir! You have to change the order of the layers. Make sure your tile layer is underneath your instance layer.

[@VaughnCampbell]

Hi GM Wolf, I want to be able to make tilesets with a 16 x 16 pixel grid from drawn surfaces right within GML. I know I can use sprite_create_from_surface to create the sprite, but how do I create the tileset with the settings in it so that I can set custom tiles to a tilemap using GML only?

[@GMWolf]

Last I checked you could not create tile sets from within GML, they have to be created in the IDE.

[@VaughnCampbell]

GM Wolf Thanks for the response. Do you know if creating a sprite on a layer is as fast as adding a tile? (Given that they are the same size) I read somewhere that when you create sprites in runtime they will all have their own texture pages. Know of any way around this? Or do you know if part of a sprite can be added on a layer? Thanks so much! Your videos are great!

[@GMWolf]

Sprites on layers will not render as fast as tilemaps. That is because tilemaps can make extra assumptions you can't do with sprites. To get multiple sprites on single texture, you have to load an image with multiple sprites on it, then use draw_sprite_part.

[@rogueoperative1547]

Hello there, thanks for the tutorial. I have a problem which I hope you can help me with. I bought a tile set online, which has separate tiles, with no single tile sheet. How do I import them into GM Studio 2 as a single tile sheet? Thanks.

[@GMWolf]

+RogueOperative i dont think there is a good way to do this automatically in GM. I found that using an external tool like TexturePackerGUI is best.

[@rogueoperative1547]

Thanks

[@adron115]

How can I seach a picture like the picture as an sprite in the video???

[@aexofspades8520]

Try googling "Game Tilesets" or something similiar, but make sure the license is useable (so you don't get sued)

[@mailmallett]

I have spent a considerable amount of time on creating my own level editor in GMS2. This saves to an ini which can be restored and converted into a tileset/map. Have I wasted my time?

[@GMWolf]

I can't say without knowing more about the editor you wrote. If possible it does more, or is better suited to your game, then no.

[@mailmallett]

Would you be able to do a tutorial on dealing with layers via code. I have a very specific problem. I am trying to use the following function tilemap_tileset. This only works if a tileset is already assigned. If nothing is assiged it will do nothing.

[@GMWolf]

I could, but I think the manual does a far better job at explaining what all the different functions do.

[@mailmallett]

I understand it, but I am having problems with it. I can't perform more than one transformation at a time or it will ignore it.

[@GMWolf]

Oh? That sounds like a bug. I have been having a bit of trouble with layer functions myself, especially in HTML5...

[@larryteslaspacexboringlawr739]

thank you for gamemaker video

[@Mijdax]

You skipped the part most interesting to me, tile animation. Cant find anything about it

[@GMWolf]

+Mijdax true. I don't think I could make a dedicated video now, But it's really not all that difficult. The manual covers it in detail.

[@Mijdax]

K, thanks for the reply. I avoided the manual for some reason on that regards :D Was just looking for videos straight away

[@mailmallett]

GM WOLF PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE... explain how to flip, rotate, mirror tiles. This just is not working for me. I understand how it works (for the most part) but it's just not working for me.

[@jefvanderavoirt4627]

What country are you from??

[@GMWolf]

+Jef van der Avoirt from France :)

[@emanu1674]

Why the first tile can't be selected? TERRIBLE PROGRAM!

[@GMWolf]

The first tile is the empty tile. It's used when you don't want a tile there. I have had no issue selecting it in room editor.

[@emanu1674]

In my tileset, it's supposed to have a ground piece there, but the empty tile gets in the way and i can't select it :c

[@GMWolf]

Just move the first tile somewhere else, or, if you are lazy, just move the whole tileset one tile down.

[@emanu1674]

Thank you

[@gottafindacoolname]

@@GMWolf how? i really need this info? been looking on the internet for 2 hours! pleeeaaase help!