Official Experiences with upgrading to Tilemap Editor Package in 2019.2

The changelog for 2019.2.0 mentions:
2D: Users can now convert Prefabs to Tile Palettes by dragging a valid Prefab onto the Tile Palette window.

I havent been able to make this work. Can gameobject prefabs be dragged in?

 

Ah I suppose I misunderstood the purpose of this feature. I thought that this meant that we can finally drag any prefab and make it into a tile (i.e. paint with prefabs and not sprites).

Will this be supported in the near feature?

 

Ah I see, I think I've got it now:

So currently, you can drag GameObject prefabs that have a Grid and Tilemap component into the palette, so that you can "paint" directly onto those prefabs (instead of drawing to a tilemap in the scene hierarchy).

But as of right now, theres no way to have GameObjects as a tile itself in your palette that you can select and paint with. I have to use the Prefab Brush from 2d extras as it is for now?

In the future update, you mention that we will be able to place GameObjects and Instanced Prefabs in the palette, but still need to use the GameObject brush. Will the brush automatically update its reference to the gameobject you have selected in the palette?

Currently my problem with the 2d Extras prefab brush is that its so cumbersome to paint various prefabs. Either I have to create an entirely new brush for each prefab i want to paint, or i have to keep dragging in a new reference

 

Do the dragging of these GameObjects and Prefab Instances inside tile pallet area of tile pallets window require this objects to have a Grid component?

This seems illogical to me. Becouse those objects will not be treated as tilemaps iNstead they will be placed at tilemaps.

Because you said right after above quote.

 

I guess that you might want to create a grid, populate it with one or multiple gameObjects as childs, drag and drop it in the tile palette, and by doing so, creating a palette populated with the gameObjects that were the childs of that grid, that will be ordered in that palette the same way they were in the grid prefab. (Not sure I understood that correctly, but that seems to be a pretty nice workflow to me)

 

Finally it will happen. Thank you

 

Hi there. I am using Tilemap but on Unity ver 2018.3.0f2. If I move to Unity's latest 2019 version, would this affect my current project negatively?

 

How can I use code to generate a Palette and import Tile to Palette?

 

Thank you, I saw in the forum that someone has asked the question, but no one answered, so I asked questions here. Sorry.

 

Will tileMap could be editored in run-time in futher Unity versions?

 

If you mean in game level editor, then I do not think so.

 

(⊙o⊙)… Impossible or unvaluable?

 

it is too game-specific. They just could not benefit each unique game. (at least in UI style)

 

Maybe it is not about UI... I mean if level map using tiledMap could be editored in run-time,which is for players. Just like Mario does on Switch..

 

For users to be able to edit in game levels there need to be some kind of user interface(UI). And the style of that UI is different for each game. It's is just one example. If style and positions of UI will be exactly the same then each unity game that uses this feature will be kind of affiliated with each other, but in fact they not.
Of course they can provide us some place holder UI which we can modify. But knowing Unity team I think they will not bother about that feature.. This is my personal opinion though.

 

Hi guys! I had another issue I was hoping someone could help with.

I have a custom brush that subclasses from <<GridBrush>>.
I have an editor script for this brush that inherits from <<GridBrushEditor>>.

I obtain the SerializedProperty that represents a game object member variable like this:

Code (CSharp):

1. private SerializedProperty m_Parent;
2. protected override void OnEnable()
3. {
4.     m_Parent = m_SerializedObject.FindProperty("m_Parent");
5. }

And then I display the field like this:

Code (CSharp):

1.  public override void OnPaintInspectorGUI()
2. {
3.      EditorGUILayout.PropertyField(m_Parent, true);
4. }

But unlike every other editor script I've made, this field won't accept a scene object reference. Any idea why? is this a limitation of OnPaintInspectorGUI?

 

Hi @ChuanXin,

Boy do I have a bug/question for you. Looking to see if maybe you can help me out!

So I spent the better part of yesterday updating our project over from 2019.1 to 2019.4.3. As part of that process, I noticed that many of my existing scenes where I had used the 2d Extras RuleTiles (where each rule has an associated gameobject) would look perfectly find at edit time, but at run time, many of the gameobjects associated with those rules tiles wont be instantiated. I use these rule tiles to generate walls and floors.

Debugging a bit further, I noticed that on the first frame, the startup method of the rule tile passes along a null for the instantiated gameobject of many of these tiles, which would explain why I'm not seeing these objects at runtime.

I've spent hours now trying to find a solid repro, and I think i finally have it, but I dont really understand if this is regression or intended behaviour.

You see, one of my scripts was calling tilemap.CompressBounds() on start, and it looks like this method call is the culprit. I've attached a 2019.4.3 project with the 2d-extras listed in the packages manifest (latest version of the 2d-extras). Take a look the "SampleScene". In it I've drawn on tilemap a rectangle of rule tiles (each of which spawn a gameobject).

Repro Project:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1PtsrhHzpa7VPjgFka6srdM6mwS4vD-zm/view?usp=sharing

On the tilemap object, i have a "TilemapCompress" script component that simple makes a call to CompressBounds() on Start.

Press Play with this component attached and see how at playmode the cubes disappear (or rather they simply dont instantiate).

Remove this component and press play, and see how the cubes are there.

Whats going on here?

Best,
Shervin

 

Oh wow! Yeah this is pretty critical for our project. Is there anything i have to do (file an official bug report) in order to get it backported?

Thanks so much for the quick response (as per usual) @ChuanXin, always appreciate your help

 

Hi @ChuanXin ,

Do you have any idea on a timeframe we can expect for the 2019.4 LTS version that has this fix?

I don't see any mention of it in fixes or currently known issues in any of the releases.

Thanks!

 

Awesome! And no rush at all, was just merely curious so we could plan some work.

Thanks so much for the follow up, looking forward to the release

 

Hi, I read through the thread. I tried so many things but I can't manage to create a Tile Palette with gameobjects/prefabs.
1. I already have a grid, a tilemap and a palette for the ground. I created an extra tilemap called 'Enemies' and added 3 prefabs:

Tilemap in the inspector:

2. I tried to move the prefabs into the palette or a new palette, but nothing happens. I get the '+' sign as I drag them over, giving me hope every time I try, but the palette stays empty.

The only way to paint with the prefabs is by:
1. Creating a new prefab brush for each one. (or a random prefab brush)
2. By selecting the 'GameObject Brush' from the Tile Palette window/tab and pick objects included in the 'Active Tilemap' with the pick tool (I) from the scene.
3. Select the 'GameObject Brush' and set a size and set elements. Though I can only paint with the first one, did not get how to use the other objects set.


Is it actually possible to have a palette with prefab objects in it? From which I can pick and paint with. I can pick objects from the scene with the 'GameObject Brush' it would be nice to have the option to set a palette and do the same from there.

Thank you! Sorry if I picked the wrong thread to post this question.

 

Hi,

Sorry for the late response. Did not expect someone to reply so fast, I am impressed.
So I did update from 2019.4.13f to 2020.1.13f not long ago for another reason. And now I tried what you explained above and it worked! Now I can create a palette with the prefabs I wish!

Thank you so much!

 

Now with 2020.1.13f I guess I updated to 1.6.2, since I am now using 'https://github.com/Unity-Technologies/2d-extras.git#master' in my manifest.json file.