Legacy GM [SOLVED] How to find which tile at a position

[Steneub]

I would like to know what tile is at a given position.

if (mouse_check_button_released(mb_left)) {    
    //d is defined as depth of tiles
    var tile = tile_layer_find(d, mouse_x, mouse_y);    
    if (tile != -1) {        
        show_debug_message(string( tile_get_background(tile) ));
    }
}

This is helpful in finding the tile and which Background, but it doesn't give me enough information about the tile itself. I want to know which tile is being indexed here. If I have two tiles next to eachother which use, say, the grass tile, the tile value is unique between them.

When I click two adjacent positions that use the same tile from the same background asset, these values appear in my console:

10000000
10000001

Which I've discovered these values are what are generated sequentially in the order in which they were placed (starting with 10000000 apparently).

If I could even get the x and y offset into the background asset, that would still be helpful enough to do some simple math to determine which tile is at the position.

Any help would be appreciated.

 

[Steneub]

I'm continuing to dig, check this out

<tile bgName="tileset2" x="24" y="24" w="8" h="8" xo="0" yo="16" id="10000029" name="inst_D5885631" depth="1000000" locked="0" colour="4294967295" scaleX="1" scaleY="1"/>

This is pulled from the room file in a text editor.

• x,y are for roomspace;
• w,h are for the size of the tile; and
• xo,yo are the offset where that tile is pulled from in the background asset source

If I could extract this xo and yo from the tile id, I might be well on my way to solving this problem

 

[Steneub]

After poring through the documentation again (for the nth time), I found what I was looking for! The not so intuitively named get_tile_left and get_tile_top

Together, these functions will return the offsets within the Background asset for the given tile. Here is my updated script to show how I'm doing this

if (mouse_check_button_released(mb_left)) {   
    var tile = tile_layer_find(d, mouse_x, mouse_y);   
    if (tile != -1) {       
       
        var left = tile_get_left(tile) / TILE_SIZE;
        var top = tile_get_top(tile) / TILE_SIZE;      
       
        show_debug_message("("+ string(left) + ", " +string(top) +")"); 
    }
}

I was able to figure out my problem and I'm trying to be responsible by showing the solution instead of fading into obscurity

 

[rIKmAN]

I was able to figure out my problem and I'm trying to be responsible by showing the solution instead of fading into obscurity

Thanks - it's a real pet peeve of mine.

Congrats on solving it yourself too.

 

[woods]

awesome.. ive been struggling with similar problem... i am glad to posted your issue AND your fix ;o)