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    Thread: tile_info.type returning 0?
Post: tile_info.type returning 0?

Hello, I'm trying to get collision to work with the forest sample. I've added types to the tileset in Tiled, but when I go to get the tile type using TLN_GetLayerTile (LAYER_FOREGROUND, 11*16,12*16, ...
RootBeerKing Support 2 5,183 08-16-2023, 04:01 PM
    Thread: Sequence for color cycling
Post: Sequence for color cycling

Hey, trying to wrap my head around what the sequence file for the color cycling sample is doing exactly. I understand what “delay” is, but what are the other values doing like “first”, “count”, and “d...
RootBeerKing Support 3 10,551 04-22-2020, 03:11 AM
  Question Thread: Scaling to fake camera zoom effect?
Post: Scaling to fake camera zoom effect?

I've been wondering how might a camera zooming effect, like the ones found in old 2D fighters, be done using sprite/tile scaling in Tilengine? What would be the proper way to incrementally increasing/...
RootBeerKing Support 1 4,865 11-26-2022, 09:50 PM
    Thread: [Suggestion] Getting the positions of a layer
Post: RE: [Suggestion] Getting the positions of a layer

Did you ever make the pull request for this? Would love these features to be added to the main project.
RootBeerKing Support 8 22,678 05-18-2022, 11:29 PM
    Thread: tile_info.type returning 0?
Post: RE: tile_info.type returning 0?

Must be an error in how I'm writing the print code in C++, once I switched to your C code for the print the error went away. Thank you so much
RootBeerKing Support 2 5,183 08-18-2023, 02:34 AM
    Thread: Tilengine step-by-step?
Post: RE: Tilengine step-by-step?

Yes, I wish the documentation(the step by step part) was complete as well, at least the stuff on the Raster effects and Sequences, as those are the two things I'm really lost on as a beginner, lol.
RootBeerKing Support 13 42,961 04-13-2020, 03:25 AM
    Thread: Tilengine step-by-step?
Post: RE: Tilengine step-by-step?

megamarc Wrote: (04-13-2020, 03:06 PM) -- I totally agree, the documentation should be better. Being the developer of Tilengine, I am the only one who can explain everything that can be done, I canno...
RootBeerKing Support 13 42,961 04-13-2020, 04:03 PM
    Thread: Tilengine step-by-step?
Post: RE: Tilengine step-by-step?

Richard Kain Wrote: (09-02-2020, 02:44 AM) -- And as you point out, the fundamental nature of libraries like Tilengine is part of what makes them so flexible and modular. They can be compiled and run...
RootBeerKing Support 13 42,961 09-19-2020, 05:31 AM
    Thread: Tilengine step-by-step?
Post: RE: Tilengine step-by-step?

Richard Kain Wrote: (08-29-2020, 03:41 AM) --  After that a few basic tutorials on how to wrap Tilengine structures and procedures in a more OOP-friendly architecture would probably be a good idea. -...
RootBeerKing Support 13 42,961 08-31-2020, 02:51 AM
    Thread: Sequence for color cycling
Post: RE: Sequence for color cycling

Thank you very much! I didn’t think to look in the structs for this information, haha my bad. One more question if you don’t mind; I was reading through the reference docs trying to familiarize my...
RootBeerKing Support 3 10,551 04-23-2020, 03:24 AM
    Thread: Release 2.9.0 - World mode
Post: RE: Release 2.9.0 - World mode

Oh wow, this sounds like a very nice, and much needed update! It couldn't have came at a better time, as I've been racking my brain trying to figure out this exact problem for weeks now, lol. Can't wa...
RootBeerKing News & Announcements 8 28,905 03-16-2021, 08:32 PM
    Thread: Release 2.9.0 - World mode
Post: RE: Release 2.9.0 - World mode

Hey Marc, I'm running into an issue with loading a tmx file with the new TLN_LoadWorld function. I'm getting an Invalid Tileset reference error. The tmx file works fine with the old TLN_LoadTilemap fu...
RootBeerKing News & Announcements 8 28,905 03-18-2021, 01:26 PM
    Thread: Release 2.9.0 - World mode
Post: RE: Release 2.9.0 - World mode

Hey, thanks for checking that out for me. It was the empty object layer as you said. Got it working now. One more question: is it possible to toggle the visibility of certain layers on and off whe...
RootBeerKing News & Announcements 8 28,905 03-19-2021, 09:39 PM
    Thread: Release 2.9.0 - World mode
Post: RE: Release 2.9.0 - World mode

megamarc Wrote: (03-19-2021, 10:22 PM) -- Hi, Good question. World mode is recent and the feature you suggest isn't implemented. You can use TLN_DisableLayer() to turn off a layer, but then you ha...
RootBeerKing News & Announcements 8 28,905 03-23-2021, 06:46 PM
    Thread: Release 2.8.0 - revamped animation engine
Post: RE: Release 2.8.0 - revamped animation engine

I’ve been thinking about tilengine again(as I often do), and I was reading through the updated docs and I was getting really excited to use Tilengine again, after a little break to learn more about C,...
RootBeerKing News & Announcements 10 33,999 08-07-2020, 12:00 AM
    Thread: Release 2.8.0 - revamped animation engine
Post: RE: Release 2.8.0 - revamped animation engine

I’m using Pro Motion NG by Cosmigo. I’m not sure how common loading a palette from a png is in game development, but most pixel art editors have it as an option for outputting and inputting palett...
RootBeerKing News & Announcements 10 33,999 08-08-2020, 01:54 PM
    Thread: Release 2.8.0 - revamped animation engine
Post: RE: Release 2.8.0 - revamped animation engine

Very nice update! This is a very good quality of life change. Can’t wait to play around with it. So if I understand correctly, can we now use one tmx file for multiple layers; instead of having to...
RootBeerKing News & Announcements 10 33,999 05-03-2020, 05:48 PM
    Thread: Release 2.6.0 - loads .json and 24/32 bpp images
Post: RE: Release 2.6.0 - loads .json and 24/32 bpp imag...

Loving the more frequent updates! Can't wait to try out the json spritesheets, and that's awesome to hear about the automatic conversion for the 24/32 bpp images, that should stop some confusion a few...
RootBeerKing News & Announcements 4 15,337 04-23-2020, 06:30 AM
    Thread: Reflecting on its development
Post: RE: Reflecting on its development

megamarc Wrote: (06-14-2023, 03:23 AM) -- [*]https://rasterscroll.com/mdgraphics/ (Genesis) -- Very interesting! Is Tilengine capable of the silhouette effect mentioned on that website? I really li...
RootBeerKing Presentations 6 14,281 08-17-2023, 05:32 AM
    Thread: No longer free to download from itch.io?
Post: RE: No longer free to download from itch.io?

I tried to build from git and I get an error “cannot open SDL2/SDL.h” “cannot open zlib.h” and “cannot open png.h” how do I fix this?
RootBeerKing Support 6 17,954 04-30-2020, 05:30 PM