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Tiled Map Editor - Terrains window

DaveTheCoder

I'm trying use the Tiled Map Editor to create a 2D game level for use in Godot.

I'm stuck on a step in an early part of a tutorial: https://doc.mapeditor.org/en/stable/manual/using-the-terrain-tool/#editing-with-the-terrain-brush

The tutorial states: "Switch back to the map and then activate the Terrains window."

I switched back to the map, assuming it's the pane with the .tmx file.

But how I "activate the Terrains window"? I'm sure there's something obvious I'm overlooking.

Until I figure that out, I can't paint tiles in the map area.

Megalomaniak

Never used this editor myself but, in the very first image on that page you see one tab under the mouse pointer being the tilemap editor and then just left of it(the first tab in the list) is the terrain editor. That it?

DaveTheCoder

Good catch! I had to enable those tabs with Views >> Views and Toolbars >> Terrains. :)

My next problem is that nothing gets drawn in the map. :disappointed:

DaveTheCoder

I might be wasting time using this tool. My goal is to write a 3D game, but I thought I would create a crude 2D version of the game first while learning Godot, since it's simpler. Tiled may be overkill for that purpose.

DaveTheCoder

I found an excellent tutorial on tile maps that showed me that Godot has all the functionality needed. I had thought that a tool like Tiled was needed, but I was wrong. https://www.davidepesce.com/2019/10/18/godot-tutorial-7-using-tile-maps-to-create-game-map/