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Place a tile with SetTile without destroying the instantiated gameobject

Discussion in '2D' started by AidinD, Aug 25, 2020.

  1. AidinD

    AidinD

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    Is there a way to change a tile programmatically? The way I am trying to do it now is using the SetTile method which works except it destroys the GameObject the previously placed Tile instantiated.

    Example: I have a CustomTile1 which is a RuleTile and instantiates myGameObject and we have another CustomTile2 which does NOT instantiate a gameobject.

    CustomTile1 is placed in the tile editor. During runtime I click on a tile and use SetTile on the clicked tile to change it into CustomTile2. But I want to keep myGameObject. Instead it seems SetTile destroys any gameobjects previously instantiated by a tile.
     
    AidinD, Aug 25, 2020
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  2. ChuanXin

    ChuanXin

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    Sorry, I don't think this is possible right now without special scripting. To do this, you will need to script a custom Tile and override the 
    TileBase.StartUp
    method to handle the creation of the GameObject for the Tile.

    We will check out adding functionality to handle this properly.
     
    ChuanXin, Aug 26, 2020
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  3. Mr_FJ

    Mr_FJ

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    Hey sorry if it's not good custom to resurrect an old post, but are there any news on this, or do you have any tips on how to prevent the destruction of the old gameobject?
     
    Mr_FJ, Mar 21, 2023
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