map_tile

Prototypeint map_tile(int tile_position, int tile_index[-1])

map_tile() gets or sets the map tile for the tile at position tile_position.

The tile_position refers to a tile on the current screen. See map_hard_tile for more information.

The tile_index will range from 0 to 5247. tile_index 0 is the tile in the upper-left corner of tileset 1, tile 128 is the tile in the upper-left corner of tileset 2, and so on.

You must use draw_background() or draw_screen() in order for the tiles to be visibly updated.

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Although the maximum size of a tileset can be 600x550, with 11 rows, and a maximum of 8 tiles on the 11th row, all available map editors at the time of writing this do not have the capability to view tilesets of this size. Thus, if you were looking at the tiles as they are available in the editors (maximum of 8 rows visible), the bottom right tile of tileset 1 would be tile_index 95.

You do not have to stick to the visible limit imposed by the map editors! You can make tilesets of 11 rows and place the extra tiles using map_tile. The only exception this is tileset 41 - it can have a maximum of 8 rows.

It is recommended that you either use the map_tile() to get the value of a tile you already know, or to create your own function to do the conversion for you:

// get_map_tile_index
// &arg1 = Tileset (1-41)
// &arg2 = Tile X coordinate (1-12), 
// &arg3 = Tile Y coordinate (1-11)
void get_map_tile_index()
{
    // Calculate the Tileset offset
    int &temp = &arg1;
    &temp -= 1;
    &temp *= 128;
    int &index = &temp;

    // Calculate the X offset
    &temp = &arg2;
    if (&arg3 == 11)
    {
     //max X coordinate on the 11th row is 8.
     if (&temp > 8)
     {
      &temp = 8;
     }
    }
    &temp -= 1;
    &index += &temp;

    // Calculate the Y offset
    &temp = &arg3;
    &temp -= 1;
    &temp * 12;
    &index += &temp;
    return(&index);
}

There also exists a google sheet that will let you input tilescreen(0-9 and 'U'), tileset (1-4), column (1-12), and row (1-11), and it will output the tile_index: Get Tile Index Google Sheet

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