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and plz dont JUST tell me "I made my own" becasue thats not what im asking. how do i create a Tile/map editor for a 2d game. i've looked at other posts and they always say that they need one. well i need one but im asking how to make one. so could someone please maybe give me some help(even some code snippets would work perfectly fine also) i dont even know how to start. i have images and stuff but the other 2d mapmakers never work for me. plz help someone. thx in advance(and really thx to those who give me some code snippets *cough*cough*)

[edit} or even possibly show me a tutorial or something that would help get me started. just a little editor that can load bitmaps and place them on a map that you can change the size of in the beginning. thx again

u could use the data command to make the levels

like down below

hope that helps

well that kind of works but:
1) how do i load images as the tiles(see images i want to use below)
2)is it possible to have it so the camera stays directly above you so that when you move the map scrolls across
3)how do i make certain tiles so you cant walk through them

if you need a reference all my images are 60x60
the files i want to use are:
Game\Game characters\Zachron\Zachron_down.bmp
Game\Game characters\Zachron\Zachron_left.bmp
Game\Game characters\Zachron\Zachron_up.bmp
Game\Game characters\Zachron\Zachron_right.bmp
Game\Ground tiles\grass.bmp
Game\Ground tiles\boulder.bmp
Game\Ground tiles\bushesbmp

Zachron is my game character and i want the _down/up/left/right to respond to the corresponding arrows key presses But i dont know how to change the picture doing that.i want it so you can't walk through boulders and bushes. thx if you can help i know im asking a LOT but thx in advance if you can help.

right ok here we go

if u want to change the different tiles to pictures just load the image in like load image"Grass.bmp",2

then in the loop where it says
for a = 1 to 20
for b = 1 to 20
read data
if data = 1 then paste image 2,b*20,a*20,1
if data = 0 then paste image 3,b*20,a*20,1
next b
next a

where in the data is 1 your grass tile will be too.


Next question to set it as though u cant walk through the tiles you need to change the above command to this command this command
for a = 1 to 20
for b = 1 to 20
read data
if data = 1
paste image 2,b*20,a*20,1
if x=>b*20 and x<=b*20+20 and y=>a*20 and y<=a*20+20
x=oldx
y=oldy
endif
endif
if data = 0 then paste image 3,b*20,a*20,1
next b
next a



for your other question about changing the character u would have to do something like

load image "zachcron_down.bmp",1
hide sprite 1
etc
thwn in your main loop put
if downkey()=1 then show sprite1

for this u would also need a sprite to act as an idol one

i dont have dbpro so i cant help u with your camera cause im not sure if there is one in 2d dbpro

hope this clears some stuff up any questions just ask.

There is something that u can use to create a kind of camera. For all the sprites in your game put a "camera" variable plus the sprite position, like this

sprite 1,78+camx,90+camy,3
sprite 2,x+camx,y+camy,image

so that when you change the xcam and ycam would affect all the sprites. You can use that with "paste image" comand to create a moving scenary.
Then in your program you can use the xcam and ycam associated with a sprite which must be on the screen all the time:

If x+xcam>300
repeat
xcam=xcam-1
until x+xcam=<300
endif

Did it work?