SMBX2 Tileset Importer (Now Supports Windows 7)

[Sambo]

SMBX2 Tileset Importer

Have you ever created (or ripped) a tileset for SMBX and found the process of importing it slow and tedious? No way! Same here! Well, my friend, I might have the software just for you.

The days of tedious tileset importing are in the past! No more spending hours cutting your tileset image up into individual tiles! No more painstaking searches through that long list of tiles in PGE's tileset editor! And, no more doing the whole process all over again if you decide to recolor your tileset later!



Features:

• Automatic creation of all needed .png and .txt files for SMBX
• Automatic creation of PGE tileset files
• Automatic image scaling (so you can open an image with 1x1 pixels and import it with 2x2 pixels)
• Simple, easy-to-use interface for selecting and creating new tiles
• Access to all TXT configurations available for blocks and BGOs in SMBX
• Configurable grid size (can be any size between 8 and 128 pixels)
• Can import both blocks and BGOs to SMBX
• Save your tileset imports and work on them later or export again with a recolored tileset
• If you export a tileset, then delete or add tiles to it, the existing tiles will be exported with the same IDs as last time

Go to the GitHub page for more information, including a walkthrough to get you started and a list of features planned for the future.

You can also report a bug or request a new feature.

Downloads:

GitHub
Dropbox

Known Issues:

• Sizables that are not set to be semisolid will not be rendered in-game. There is a workaround for this, but it requires Lua. Feel free to ask about it in the Codehaus server. A fix for this in SMBX2 is planned.
• The .exe does not work on Windows 7. However, if you have Windows 7 and Python 3.8, you should be able to clone/download the repo and build an .exe that will work on your machine. If you are able to do this, please send me a copy of your .exe so I can distribute it for other Windows 7 users.

This program is open source and was created using Python. It will only be officially supported on Windows.

Please do not report bugs in this thread. Report them on GitHub instead.

Changelogs:

Spoiler: show

v0.2.1-hotfix

Spoiler: show

Features:

• The maximum width and height of the displayed image are now configurable. These options can be accessed through File > Preferences. The default dimensions have also been lowered to 400x300 pixels to resolve issues on smaller screens.
• The .exe should now work on Windows 7.

Bugfixes:

• Fixed a crash that was occurring when Pixel Scale was changed after creating tiles.
• Made the Grid Size entry a bit wider to accommodate differing grid width and height.
• The grid will now display correctly on images that are in portrait orientation.

v0.2-beta

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Features:

• The grid can now be offset horizontally and/or vertically.
• The grid can now have padding added between cells.
• The grid can now have differing width and height. To do this, enter wxh into the Grid Size entry (i.e. 32x16).
• Added scrollbars for large tileset images. These are activated if the displayed image becomes larger than 800x600 pixels. In addition to the scrollbars, the image can be scrolled vertically with the scroll wheel, and it can be scrolled horizontally with Shift + scroll wheel.
• Added a Tileset Name option. This changes the name the tileset will have in PGE/Moondust, as well as the name of the generated tileset files.
• The program can now be built on Linux and MacOS (thanks to some contributions from Wohlstand).

Bugfixes:

• Exported tiles in the 751-1000 range will now show the correct images in PGE/Moondust.
• Removed block-26 from the default ID list as it is used by playerblocktop NPCs. Nice one, Redigit.
• Grid Size now shows the correct value on file load.
• A prompt will now appear when attempting to close the program with unsaved changes.
• All blocks will now default to having no item inside, even if the original block had one.
• The scroll wheel can no longer be used on Comboboxes, because it was causing issues.

Happy tileset making!

[MrDoubleA]

Thank you thank you thank you SO MUCH for this!

[Blake Izayoi]

Such an amazing tool! Thank you so much for making this a thing.

[AirShip]

I've been following the progress through discord, an amazing tool that you have there, very nice.
Finally, I won't have to take 20 minutes to port a tileset.

[Marioman2007]

Thank you so much!

[PROX]

THANK YOU!!!! You have no idea how much this helps.

[Sambo]

Released a hotfix for the few bugs that were reported. Downloads updated.

[KKaruch]

For some reason my windows defender recognize it as a Trojan virus, anyway thank you soo much for this tool! it's already helped me a lot.

[MarioLover64]

where does this save to?

[SpoonyBardOL]

Looks like it exports to the same directory you loaded the image from? Adding the ability to select an export directory might be a good addition for the future.

Also I made up a template image that contains most every tileset piece I can think of, along with one sizeable, some semisolids, and a few BGOs, just to use as a starting point for making new tilesets.

[MarioLover64]

Looks like it exports to the same directory you loaded the image from? Adding the ability to select an export directory might be a good addition for the future.

Also I made up a template image that contains most every tileset piece I can think of, along with one sizeable, some semisolids, and a few BGOs, just to use as a starting point for making new tilesets.

Well the files arent on my phone where the image was

[h2643]

Oh, if only this existed 10 years ago

[Sonya Sanchez]

Well the files arent on my phone where the image was

I suggest not using this for stuff on a Phone and rather use this on a Computer... Is there a specific reason you have them on the Phone rather than on a PC which is easier to be used for these things?

[MarioLover64]

Well the files arent on my phone where the image was

I suggest not using this for stuff on a Phone and rather use this on a Computer... Is there a specific reason you have them on the Phone rather than on a PC which is easier to be used for these things?

Was editing it on phone, too lazy to move it over

[Sonya Sanchez]

Well maybe don't be lazy about that? These things surely don't take long to drag over or mover over IMO.

[Sambo]

Was editing it on phone, too lazy to move it over

You got the app to run on a phone? Or did you just plug the phone into your computer and open an image from it? If it's the former, I'm somewhat impressed. In either case, I'd recommend just copying the image to your PC first as Idunn suggested. If you export to your phone, you'll have to take the generated files off the phone to have any use for them anyway, so it's not as if it's saving you any effort to leave the original image on the phone in the first place.

[Sambo]

Beta 2 is out now!

This version mainly adds improvements to the grid. It also fixes many bugs and addresses many issues that users were encountering. Thanks to everyone who submitted bug reports and feature requests for the feedback! All download links have been updated.

Changelog:

Features:

• The grid can now be offset horizontally and/or vertically.
• The grid can now have padding added between cells.
• The grid can now have differing width and height. To do this, enter wxh into the Grid Size entry (i.e. 32x16).
• Added scrollbars for large tileset images. These are activated if the displayed image becomes larger than 800x600 pixels. In addition to the scrollbars, the image can be scrolled vertically with the scroll wheel, and it can be scrolled horizontally with Shift + scroll wheel.
• Added a Tileset Name option. This changes the name the tileset will have in PGE/Moondust, as well as the name of the generated tileset files.
• The program can now be built on Linux and MacOS (thanks to some contributions from Wohlstand).

Bugfixes:

• Exported tiles in the 751-1000 range will now show the correct images in PGE/Moondust.
• Removed block-26 from the default ID list as it is used by playerblocktop NPCs. Nice one, Redigit.
• Grid Size now shows the correct value on file load.
• A prompt will now appear when attempting to close the program with unsaved changes.
• All blocks will now default to having no item inside, even if the original block had one.
• The scroll wheel can no longer be used on Comboboxes, because it was causing issues.

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Beta 2 Hotfix

This hotfix resolves a major bug that was discovered shortly after release, so it is strongly recommended that you get it right away. It also adds support for Windows 7.

Features:

• The maximum width and height of the displayed image are now configurable. These options can be accessed through File > Preferences. The default dimensions have also been lowered to 400x300 pixels to resolve issues on smaller screens.
• The .exe should now work on Windows 7.

Bugfixes:

• Fixed a crash that was occurring when Pixel Scale was changed after creating tiles.
• Made the Grid Size entry a bit wider to accommodate differing grid width and height.
• The grid will now display correctly on images that are in portrait orientation.

[Sambo]

Beta 2 Hotfix 2

Changelog:

Bugfixes:

• Opening a .tileset.ini file created in a version before v0.2 should no longer cause a crash on image resize or tileset export.

[cuB_e]

It is impossible to state how great this tool is. You have literally revolutionized the very art of porting Tilesets into SMBX. This is amazing.

[Rixitic]

Sizables that are not set to be semisolid will not be rendered in-game. There is a workaround for this, but it requires Lua. Feel free to ask about it in the Codehaus server. A fix for this in SMBX2 is planned.

So I just spent a couple hours trying to implement said workaround, and... it turns out it's not needed? At least for passthrough sizables. Just setting the following properties in the block-n.txt seems to work in in the latest release of SMBX2, no rendering issues or anything.

semisolid = false
passthrough = true
sizable = true