proTile Map Editor 2 - Powerful tile based map editor + runtime support

Hi,

I would like to hear more details probably. If you want some more direct help, contact me privately (email / IM).

 

Hi, Yes.

 

Hi,

1. No, not fully. It's usually using different instances and then I do optimisations and combine them and etc.
2. I don’t know. I would have to buy this asset and check out.

In general, my tool is more for reusing tiles, not modifications them.

 

Hi,

I don’t really have control over this. It’s Unity API that I’m using for taking previews. As for forcing the update, they update at some point automatically but you can force by dragging them all again in the window.

I will look into it. Maybe I can do it better. Thanks!

 

Hi,

If you load already built map and combine it. It becomes not-editable automatically, so you can build everything on top of it.

See here (at 3:43): video link
(this example from video is included in the package)

 

Hi,

1. Yes, there is layering system so you can make different floors as different layers (and hide them if needed).
2. It will update in the Map Editor System (but not for loaded map if it was combined and optimised). You will just have to click and reload map again to make changes.
3. There are different snapping options for that. By default it snap on top of the tile, doesn't matter what height.
4. You can do that, but it will require to define some things in the script manually since there is no way for me to guess where is the inside or outside.
5. There is a tile randomiser for non-tile connector.
6. You can't rotate the grid but you can rotate the camera, it will be kinda the same effect I guess.

Hope that helps.

 

Hey all,

Wanted to apologise for very late reply. I usually use emails for support and forum stopped to send me notification about this thread. I'm really sorry. I will keep eye on it now.

Answered all of your questions above. If I miss something please contact me directly!

 

Hi, oh I thought you were talking about different Tile sizes. It's possible to change the snapping size (from uteMapEditorEngine.cs (around line 715~)) but I strongly suggest not to do that. Think about the grid cell as a X Unit and it's better to adjust Tiles for it (or you can use any Tile size anyway). The problem with changing size of cell is it can break snapping in other situations. If you still want to achieve this, please contact me privately and I could help you.

 

Hi, I've replied to you in the email.

 

They work just fine because I'm reusing prefabs you add as a Tile. So for map building you use Prefabs as they are.

 

Well they have to be dynamic to be able to destruct them but I don't think it's a problem because dynamic batching should take care of that and optimise it for you (just make sure dynamic batching is turned on). In general voxels are quite cheap to draw. If you have big-worlds maybe it could make sense to have them separated (as different maps) and load with async feature when is necessary.

 

It depends. If you load the map and use optimisation options it will batch all the tiles to single meshes to draw them fast. Which means there are no prefabs anymore. Of course you can just re-load the map if you do the changes in the prefab, then it will just load new prefabs (you don't need to build them again in the map editor).

 

Good to know. Let me know if you have any more questions!

 

Hi, Sorry for the late reply.

Painting is not planned for now, but maybe a good idea for future plans.

As for user reports as you showed, most of the issues are fixed. Of course there are some issues, but not many as far as I know.

There is also a new version should come out during couple of months (I hope), which will have some new features and more fixes / improvements.

If you want some follow-up questions, contact me via IM or email.

 

Hi, sorry again for the late reply. Having hard time to track all the stuff. And I think I replied to you in the email. Well anyway, most of the stuff is fixed with the latest version but there will be more improvements very soon with the big new update.

 

Hello!

New big update just hit the Asset Store, the version 2.4.

Release Notes v2.4:

• Features
  • 3D Grid (+grid scale)
  • Export Map (or any other GamObject) to Raw OBJ with textures/materials + Example
  • Save Get & Load Raw map data + Example
  • Fixed Tile Snap + Example
  • Custom Pivot + Example
  • Custom Snap Size + Example
  • Terrain & 360 snap (alpha) + Example
  • Ability to set Forced Global Fixed Snap
  • Change Camera Sensitivity
  • Ability to use (or not) Tile Prefab rotation reference in uteMapLoader
  • CMD/Ctrl + S for full Map Save
  • New Tiles
• Improvements
  • More UI additions
  • Better and more Undo functionality
  • Camera improvements
  • General UI & Design improvements
  • More support for Runtime API
  • General stability & performance improvements
  • Faster Map Load
  • Better data structure for memory improvements
  • Better Snap physics calculations
  • Improved mobile support
  • Improved all Examples
  • Complete support for latest 5.4 Unity version
  • Updated Documentation & Help
• Fixes
  • Fixed Grid up/down movement that was failing in some cases
  • Fixed “Prepare for Runtime” where Unity sometimes hung
  • Fixed Preview display when having lots of Tiles
  • Fixed Name display for Tiles & Categories when the name is very large
  • Fixed Async Load when loading more than 2 maps at the same time
  • Fixed Tile Rotations when updating Prefabs in some cases
  • Fixed Layers merge that were failing in some rare cases
  • Fixed Options sometimes not saving some settings
  • Fixed Undo bug

 

proTile Map Editor is on 24 hours SALE with 29% OFF - https://www.assetstore.unity3d.com/en/#!/content/11698

 

You can use it with Unity Navigation. Basically you load the map and bake the navmesh. Same as for anything else.

 

Hey, good point. I actually did that for the RuntimeAPI (you can see it here Resources/uteForEditor/uteGUIDID.txt). And it makes perfect sense to do this for offline editor as well. Unfortunately I can't think of a quick fix for you right now, since everything is tied together, so it would be a bit complex to explain, but this is something that I can do for the next update (which I'm planning to do early next year).

As for 64000 limit, where did you get this number from? Why it's a limit?

 

Sorry for the late reply! But I think after Unity update on the physics engine, there is no such problem anymore, but let me know if you have a problem with this kind of limit. I might consider to do something about it.

Thanks for the Layers tip! I might add it in some upcoming updates.

I'm doing quite big update at the moment, so it might help you with some of the things.

 

Hey, I'm still waiting for the approval, but it should be live this week on the asset store.

 

I'm happy to announce that v2.6 is now LIVE on the Asset Store - https://www.assetstore.unity3d.com/en/#!/content/11698

Supports Unity 2017.1+ and Unity 2018.

NEW FEATURES

- F + Left Mouse Button - Pick Tile (like a color picker in Photoshop)

- F + Right Mouse Button - Filter Tile (show it in the tile list)

- Hint system

- New Search

IMPROVEMENTS

- Better performance

- Smaller save files

- Better data structure

- Improved Tile placement

FIXES

- Fixed endless loops

- Tile placement when rotating camera

- Fixed uteGLOBAL3dMapEditor.isEditorRunning

- Grid movement

- Updated Tiles