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How to export tile maps from Tiled which are compatible with `createObjectsFrom` in Phaser?

The function createFromObjects has the gid as the second argument to be passed. The argument is used in the createFromObjects function in the following way:

createFromObjects: function (name, gid, key, frame, exists, autoCull, group, CustomClass, adjustY) {

    // ...

    for (var i = 0, len = this.objects[name].length; i < len; i++)
    {
        if (this.objects[name][i].gid === gid)
        {
           // ...
        }
    }
}

This expects the objects in the layer name to contain the field gid which points to the gid of the sprite to use.

However, the JSON file exported from Tiled does not contain any field gid.

Tiled only allows one to add custom properties to the Objects and there is no gid field present on the object to edit.

How can I include an gid in the exported JSON?

Solution

  • The answer to the question can be found here.

    Indeed you can't set the gid of an object after you have placed it.

    You place these tile objects using the "Insert Tile Objects" tool, after selecting the tile in your tileset.