autotile.lua - Build Rome in a Day!

[Alucard648]

Autotile.lua is LunaLua API for making blocks called Autotile Seeds and if pattern is provided, these blocks transform into connecting landscape, when level loads. More info in Readme file and example level inside download.

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v1.0.1
Fixed parsing of tilesets made in X2 beta 4 or older.

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Credits: CircleFiendo from SMWCentral, for inspiration about workaround for editor incapabilities.

Requires Beta 5 and newer.

Bugs? Issues? Setup questions? Post here.

Have fun putting level building onto industrial rails!

[Squishy Rex]

I am really interested in trying this out. Been watching this take shape over on Discord and I can’t wait to mess around with it. I have a few tilesets I want to test it out on to how it handles them. Really nice work, I love all the neat little tools that have been coming out recently.

[MegaDood]

Looks amazing! However the download link doesn't work.

[Alucard648]

Looks amazing! However the download link doesn't work.

Fixed.

[Ice_Blazar]

would be interesting to use this.

[RunninPigeon]

why am i getting this error?

[Alucard648]

why am i getting this error?

What is your SMBX2 version? Mine works on Beta 5 p3
Looks like you used older SMBX2 version.
EDIT: Have you tried to open the level in beta 5 and re-save all tilesets used as autotile patterns?

[RunninPigeon]

why am i getting this error?

What is your SMBX2 version? Mine works on Beta 5p3
Looks like you used older SMBX2 version.
EDIT: Have you tried to open the level un beta5 and re-save all tilesets used as autotile patterns?

uhhh how do i do that?

[Alucard648]

why am i getting this error?

What is your SMBX2 version? Mine works on Beta 5p3
Looks like you used older SMBX2 version.
EDIT: Have you tried to open the level un beta5 and re-save all tilesets used as autotile patterns?

uhhh how do i do that?

1. Update SMBX2 to beta 5 or newer. Better apply latest patches.
2. Launch editor.
3. Open your level in question.
4. Go to tileset item box.
5. For each tileset used as autotile pattern, click on pencil button next to it.
6. Inside tileset editor, hit "save" without editing tileset.

If this bug happed after creating new autotile tileset in B4, this might help.

[RunninPigeon]

What is your SMBX2 version? Mine works on Beta 5p3
Looks like you used older SMBX2 version.
EDIT: Have you tried to open the level un beta5 and re-save all tilesets used as autotile patterns?

uhhh how do i do that?

1. Update SMBX2 to beta 5 or newer. Better apply latest patches.
2. Launch editor.
3. Open your level in question.
4. Go to tileset item box.
5. For each tileset used as autotile pattern, click on pencil button next to it.
6. Inside tileset editor, hit "save" without editing tileset.

If this bug happed after creating new autotile tileset in B4, this might help.

apparently it happens cuz it doesnt scan the tileset again for new changes?
edit: it actually happens bc its looking for [item 0-0] then [item 1-0] instead of [item 0-0] then [0-1]

[Alucard648]

uhhh how do i do that?

1. Update SMBX2 to beta 5 or newer. Better apply latest patches.
2. Launch editor.
3. Open your level in question.
4. Go to tileset item box.
5. For each tileset used as autotile pattern, click on pencil button next to it.
6. Inside tileset editor, hit "save" without editing tileset.

If this bug happed after creating new autotile tileset in B4, this might help.

apparently it happens cuz it doesnt scan the tileset again for new changes?
edit: it actually happens bc its looking for [item 0-0] then [item 1-0] instead of [item 0-0] then [0-1]

It happens because it tries to look for entry in tileset ID called "type", which denotes item type in tileset(block, BGO, NPC) in mixed tileset (to avoid including NPC IDS, should they happen to be in tileset). This line in each tileset entry is missing in tilesets made in Beta 4 or prior editor. And when script tries to read old tileset, it fails to find line labeled "type" and causes aforementioned error. Re-saving tileset in B5 editor adds those lines for all entries, and script runs normally.
The loading procedure, in fact, reads entries in sequential manner, putting IDs of found entries in respective slots of output 2D array, whose dimensions are defined prior by reading "rows" and "cols" lines in tileset file.

If the error still persists after re-saving all tilesets, check every tileset that is used as pattern by opening it in Notepad++ or other plain text editor. If it has missing " type=* " under each entry, open SMBX2 editor and repeat instructions above.
Example of tileset made in B4: https://drive.google.com/file/d/19xR4ep ... sp=sharing
Example of tileset made in B5: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1opPy83 ... sp=sharing
Open them in Notepad and see how they are structured.

[Alucard648]

Double post - small update. Fixed Beta 4 tileset parsing. Check OP for more info.
Anyone could test this script on X2 beta 4 or older versions?