how change map layer priority

[maxbax]

I am using flame_tiled to load a tmx map:

var map = await TiledComponent.load(
'assets/tiles/Map01.tmx',
Vector2.all(32),
);

I need to change priority of some layers (to make the player move behind). In the old versions I used flame_tiled_utils, but they are not compatible with the latest versions of flame_tiled and I lose the animations on some tiles inserted in these layers.

in the map I would like to change the priority of a layer with a certain name, without losing any animations, how can I do it?

Thanks
Max

[spydon]

There isn't any support for that in Flame currently, this issue was also opened yesterday that you can follow: #3594

Not sure how much work it would be for @ASGAlex to update flame_tiled_utils to support the latest versions.

[ASGAlex]

Thanks for mention, I'll take a look on this. Usually it requires simple "cosmetical" fixes to work again...

[ASGAlex]

@maxbax just uploaded fresh update to pub.dev, it seems to work correctly with latest Flame without any modifications.

@spydon but I also hope that somebody will implement this functionality in flame_tiled itself, because I become too far from Flame and Flutter at all 🙏🏼

[spydon]

Thanks for updating it @ASGAlex !
Yeah, I hope so too, I never use tiled myself so I hope someone that does will implement it.

[maxbax]

Thanks for the update @ASGAlex, but the problem persists.
Now I can compile with the latest versions of the other libraries, I can force a different priority and move the layer to the foreground (and I love it 👍), but I still lose the animations.

With Tiled I created a map with some layers. I insert an animated object on a Layer directly from Tiled: if I load it without going through ImageBatchCompiler I see it correctly; if I impose a different priority on it with this class, it goes to the foreground, but the animation stops.
Have you some ideas?

[ASGAlex]

Can you reproduce this in example.dart from flame_tiled_utils package?

https://github.com/ASGAlex/flame_tiled_utils/blob/main/example/lib/main.dart#L67

It has animations and layer priority also can be changed - animation seems work correctly...

[maxbax]

Thank you for your support.

I found my problem. Many of my animation tiles do not have a class defined. So in your example it is as if in bricks.tsx the tile with id=6 (your water) was defined like this: ...... or without the type property. And this does not associate the correct processorByType and does not allow the level to be rendered.

I'm using some pretty complex and animated tiles and I'm trying to leave all the map management in Tiled without having to manage anything in code (except the level name). For this reason I was hoping not to have to list all the types of all the tiles used. To simplify: it would have been simpler to say to tile: "this is the treetop layer and give it a higher priority than the player so that it passes under it" (without having to list the types of tiles that make up that layer)

[maxbax]

In the end I centralized everything in one class MapLayerCompiler, both for animations and static images. If you think it could work, I think it would be a breaking change, so I'll attach the zip of the three classes.

flame_tiled_utils.zip

Let me know what you think