Tiled Objects not loading in utiLITI?

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DizzyThermal

I am using Tiled 1.4.2 and uTILITI v0.5.0-beta.

I currently have two layers in my map:
A Tile Layer: "Ground"
An Object Layer: "Objects"

When loading my map in utiLITI or loading my map in a new Environment (i.e., below), I can never get the Object layer to appear:

public static void main(String[] args) {
        Game.init(args);
        Game.info().setName("Game Test");
        Game.info().setVersion("v0.0.1");
        Game.world().loadEnvironment(new Environment("C:\\map.tmx"));

        Game.screens().add(new GameScreen());

        Game.start();
    }

In Tiled, here is my Ground Layer (Tile Layer):

In Tiled, here is the Object Layer (how the map is intended to look):

And here is how it looks in utiLITI:

Do objects need to be loaded, or is there something else I'm missing?

Thanks!

DizzyThermal

This may be related to: https://github.com/gurkenlabs/litiengine/issues/269

Each tile is a reference to a single tile in a tileset. Is there a way around this?

nightm4re

Hi and welcome!
The object layer is there, which is exactly the way it should be.
However, I think there is a major misunderstanding of how mapobjects work in LITIENGINE.
There is a strict separation between tile layers and object layers in LITIENGINE and tile references in mapobjects will currently not be identified as such. Tiles - to our understanding - are static images, while mapObjects are the mapping equivalent of an Entity.
Either you place the tiles that are currently objects on Tile layers directly (e.g. for walls), or you import them as spritesheets separately and assign them to Props etc. (e.g. candles, beds, and drawers).

The intended workflow is as follows:

Draw your tile layers in Tiled
Save the map and close Tiled
open utiLITI and import map
import spritesheets
create Map Object Layers
add Map Objects such as Props etc. to Object Layers
assign spritesheets to your props

DizzyThermal

I've made the object layer a tile layer and it's working great.

Thanks for the detailed response nightm4re !

nightm4re

You're very welcome, good to hear everything has worked out well.