utiLITI: how to avoid adding the same elements after impoting the same map?

[nightm4re94]

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Posted: 2019-03-17 14:13:31
User: CalvinMT [] (age: 1451 days 🔥; posts: 114)}
Hi!
I was wondering if it was possible to import/update a map in utiLITI without having to re-draw each of the objects along with their tags and properties (e.g.: collision boxes)?
In the past, it didn't bother me because I was only using test maps with extremely simple details. But even then, I found it time consuming placing the same elements at the same place over and over again.
And knowing that I'll add tiles on the go, I have the feeling that I'll have to do this a lot more that I'll be able to mentally handle it.
I know that it is possible to create Objects in Tiled, but they don't seem to be handled once tranfered into utiLITI. Will this kind of feature be available in future versions of utiLITI? Maybe am I missing something?
Or maybe someone has any other idea which would greatly help me...?

[nightm4re94]

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Posted: 2019-03-18 11:33:26
User: nightm4re [Admin 👑, Mod 🔧] (age: 1567 days 🔥; posts: 185)}
CalvinMT
*>*I was wondering if it was possible to import/update a map in utiLITI without having to re-draw each of the objects along with their tags and properties (e.g.: collision boxes)?
Usually, this is possible. But there currently seems to be a bug. Also, make sure to always keep the maps from your utiLITI project synchronized with the .tmx files in your maps folder. Do so by either clicking Project -> synchronize maps or by clicking maps -> export for each map individually. That way, all MapObjects you've created in utiLITI will be available in Tiled and therefore available on re-import too.
*>*I know that it is possible to create Objects in Tiled, but they don't seem to be handled once tranfered into utiLITI. Will this kind of feature be available in future versions of utiLITI? Maybe am I missing something?
Any MapObject you create in Tiled having one of the ~~~~MapObjectTypes as their "Type" property will usually also be recognized a MapObject of the corresponding type in utiLITI (as mentioned above, we seem to have a bug here currently). It is entirely possible to create your maps exclusively with Tiled if you know what you're doing setting Object types and all other properties correctly.

[nightm4re94]

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Posted: 2019-03-18 11:53:36
User: CalvinMT [] (age: 1451 days 🔥; posts: 114)}
nightm4re
Oh, ok! Good!
I knew I had to write in COLLISIONBOX as the objects type, but nothing happened.
Anyway, I'll figure out a way with what you said.
May I ask to clarify what "synchronize maps" do once checked?
Is it suppose to read the ".tmx" files each time I open the ".litidata" file with utiLITI?

[nightm4re94]

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Posted: 2019-03-18 12:00:00
User: nightm4re [Admin 👑, Mod 🔧] (age: 1567 days 🔥; posts: 185)}
Once you check that option, saving your project will export all maps automatically and overwrite the corresponding .tmx files on your file system.
Thinking about it, it's kind of a missed opportunity that we currently don't automatically re-import the maps as well when restarting utiLITI with the "synchronize maps" preference set.
However, this comes down to the same issue we've discussed last time: there are no explicit file references in our game resource file. Some day in a hopefully-not-too-distant future, we'll see this feature ;)