Tilemaps and tilesets

monascow

Hello everyone, I am new to godot! I have been following tutorials on youtube and so on but there's something I haven't found about so far or at least a detail which I am still in doubt about regarding tilemaps and tilesets.

So, I know how to insert tilesets in godot and how to use them for building my map. My main problem is that I dont know how to make the player interact with certain tiles.In my tileset for a room, there is a floor, walls and also the objects such as bed, computer, etc. I create two tilemaps to separate them (floor and walls/room objects)

I want to make the player interact with the objects tiles specifically. Is it possible or there is another way? I have seen that it is easier when you separate each object as a sprite but is this the only way? I mean, won't my project feel bloated with separate files for each object in the scene?

boruok

Have you read this post -> https://kidscancode.org/godot_recipes/2d/tilemap_collision/

DaveTheCoder

This tutorial has examples of using the TileSet editor to create collision shapes within tiles, if that's the kind of interaction you mean: https://www.davidepesce.com/2019/10/18/godot-tutorial-7-using-tile-maps-to-create-game-map/

Zelta

why not create an area2D with a collision shape? When your character 'touchs' the area, send a signal and you connect this to some fuction or whatever u want to happen.

If u need u can save that area like a scene and use it in the same object (tile) in other scene(room). And if you have to change the map or tiles for something, only have to move the shapes.