Tiled 0.16.0 Released

 

Tiled, the popular open source 2D map editor, just released version 0.16.0.  If you are interested in learning more about Tiled, we have a complete tutorial series here on GameFromScratch.

The major new features of this release are:

 

Auto Updater and a new installer.

On windows machines, the installer is now MSI based.  Additionally you have option on OS/X and Windows of having Tiled automatically check for updates and present the release notes.  You can also set it to automatically download and install future updates.

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Improved Property Editing

The custom properties have been improved.  First up is the new Objects Type Editor enabling you to predefine a set of properties:

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One other major ability is the ability to define properties types as well as their name, supporting string, int, float and bool types.

 

Full Change Log

  • Added checking for updates, based on Sparkle and WinSparkle
  • Added default property definitions to object types (with Michael Bickel)
  • Added types to custom properties: string, float, int, boolean (with CaptainFrog)
  • Added Properties view to the Tile Collision Editor (by Seanba)
  • Added a reset button for color properties
  • Added eraser mode to Terrain Brush and fixed some small issues
  • Reuse existing Tiled instance when opening maps from the file manager (with Will Luongo)
  • Allow setting tile probability for multiple tiles (by Henrik Heino)
  • New MSI based installer for Windows
  • Optimized selection of many objects
  • libtiled-java: Fixed loading of maps with CSV layer data that are not square (by Zachary Jia)
  • Fixed potential crash when having Terrain Brush selected and switching maps
  • Updated Dutch, French, German, Japanese, Russian and Spanish translations

You can read more about the release here.

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