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Question - Code tilemap_get_x/y
- Thread starter babyjeans
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You can't give the tilemap ID from the room editor as you don't know it. The room editor only permits you to get the LAYER ID. You need to use the layer ID to get the element ID for the tilemap layer, then supply the element ID to the functions to get the x/y.
EDIT: The tilemap_get_x/y entries in the manual explain this and even give an example... you have read the manual, haven't you?
EDIT: The tilemap_get_x/y entries in the manual explain this and even give an example... you have read the manual, haven't you?
babyjeans
Member
Woah woah woah, chill out there buddy.. I have read the manual.. I'm simply looking for clarifications.
Now, before you took your bad day out on me - I had first called "var mapId = layer_tilemap_get_id(layer_get_id("Layer Name"));" This works to receive all the tile data in the world that I want, but I'd like a programmatic way to find out the values I set in the room editor for the X Offset and Y Offset.
From my understanding of the manual, that I did read, I pass that mapId to those functions, and I was expecting to to return those offsets. I get 0 back for both, but I have set the offset to -7, -5 in the editor.
Is there another function to use? I may have missed it when I read the manual.
Now, before you took your bad day out on me - I had first called "var mapId = layer_tilemap_get_id(layer_get_id("Layer Name"));" This works to receive all the tile data in the world that I want, but I'd like a programmatic way to find out the values I set in the room editor for the X Offset and Y Offset.
From my understanding of the manual, that I did read, I pass that mapId to those functions, and I was expecting to to return those offsets. I get 0 back for both, but I have set the offset to -7, -5 in the editor.
Is there another function to use? I may have missed it when I read the manual.
lol! It's funny how people read comments in ways very different to how the person writing them reads them... My comment was meant in a humorous way and not hostile at all! I sometimes forget that people don't realise that I am the one that writes the manual, so the irony of my comments obviously is missed. I should probably have added a smiley at the end too... 
Anyway... If you are passing a correct and functioning tilemap ID into the get x/y functions then it should indeed return the offsets for that element on the given layer. If it's not then it would suggest a bug and I'd appreciate it you'd file it as one and supply a link to a YYZ of the project that shows the issue.
Anyway... If you are passing a correct and functioning tilemap ID into the get x/y functions then it should indeed return the offsets for that element on the given layer. If it's not then it would suggest a bug and I'd appreciate it you'd file it as one and supply a link to a YYZ of the project that shows the issue.
babyjeans
Member
Sorry I interpreted that aggressively, thanks for clarifying!
And thanks for the reply, after GM48 I'll make a test project with the issue and submit a bug with my findings.
I was mainly not sure if tilemap_get_x / tilemap_x were not the same thing as the XOffset in the editor (since it's technically set on the layer, I was wondering if we're missing some sort of layer_tilemap_offset). Admittedly, I haven't tried manually moving it with tilemap_x and seeing if that gives me anything but 0 with tilemap_get_x... so that'll be a good test.
And thanks for the reply, after GM48 I'll make a test project with the issue and submit a bug with my findings.
I was mainly not sure if tilemap_get_x / tilemap_x were not the same thing as the XOffset in the editor (since it's technically set on the layer, I was wondering if we're missing some sort of layer_tilemap_offset). Admittedly, I haven't tried manually moving it with tilemap_x and seeing if that gives me anything but 0 with tilemap_get_x... so that'll be a good test.