TMX Maps

This extension is based on the one created by Shaun Mitchell, and allows a starling game to load and display a TMX Tilemap created using Tiled

The major contributions include:

• Compatible with Starling v1.3
• Target is Tiled v0.9.0
• Ability to use tilesets with margins and spacing
• Improved performance by using flattened sprites
• Added support for properties
• Added support for Objects and ObjectGroups
• more to come…

This extension is still under development. If you want to contribute, feel free to help out at GitHub: http://github.com/pachilo/TMX_Starling

Known issues:

• Can't load tilemaps that use a TSX tileset

There is an example project included with the extension. Here's an example:

Loading your tilemap using embedded assets and displaying it:

[Embed(source="../../../../assets/example.tmx", mimeType="application/octet-stream")]
private static var exampleTMX:Class;
 
[Embed(source = "../../../../assets/tmw_desert_spacing.png")]
private static var exampleTileSet:Class;
 
// (...)
 
var mapXML:XML = XML(new exampleTMX());
var tilesets:Vector.<Bitmap> = new Vector.<Bitmap>();
tilesets.push(Bitmap(new exampleTileSet()));
 
var mapTMX:TMXTileMap = TMXTileMap.createMap(mapXML, tilesets);
 
for (var i:int = 0; i < mapTMX.layers.length; i++)
{
    addChild(mapTMX.layers[i].layerSprite);
}

• 2013/07/10 08:42: Added support for Objects and Properties
• 2013/06/23 11:44: Updated examples.
• 2013/06/23 00:54: Removed dynamic map loading. Added support for other TMX object types.
• 2013/06/22 15:48: First public version

All source code is avaliable at GitHub

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