TMXTile provides a generic way to load Tiled's .tmx map files into a game which uses the xTile map engine. For example, this is used by SMAPI to let any Stardew Valley mod use .tmx files.

Usage

1. Install the Platonymous.TMXTile NuGet package.
2. Run this code sometime before you need to load .tmx files (filling in the correct arguments for the game's tile size):

   var tileSize = new Size(64, 64);
   FormatManager.Instance.RegisterMapFormat(new TMXTile.TMXFormat(tileSize));

3. Now you can load .tmx files directly through xTile:

   Map map = FormatManager.Instance.LoadMap("path/to/map.tmx");

Advanced

Extended properties

.tmx maps support some features that aren't recognized by xTile, like tile rotation and layer opacity. These are ignored by xTile, but TMXTile adds properties and extension methods to let you optionally manage them.

For example, you can implement XNA Framework's IDisplayDevice to add missing features in-code. See SMAPI's SDisplayDevice for example code which implements flip and rotation.

Layer properties:

property	type	description
@Opacity	float	The layer opacity as a value between 0 (fully transparent) and 1 (fully opaque). You can get the opacity using layer.GetOpacity() and set it like layer.SetOpacity(0.5f).

Tile properties:

property	type	description
@Opacity	float	The tile opacity as a value between 0 (fully transparent) and 1 (fully opaque). You can get the opacity using tile.GetOpacity() and set it like tile.SetOpacity(0.5f).
@Rotation	int	The tile rotation in degrees. You can get a normalized value using tile.GetRotation(), and set it like tile.SetRotation(180).
@Flip	SpriteEffects	The horizontal and vertical flips applied to the tile. You can get the value using (SpriteEffects)tile.GetSpriteEffects(), and set it like tile.SetSpriteEffects((int)SpriteEffects.FlipHorizontally).

TODO: document @BackgroundColor/@Color/@TColor, @ImageLayer/@ImageLayerTileSheet, and @OffsetX/@OffsetY.

Compile from source

1. Copy xTile.dll from the game folder to src/TMXTile/lib/xTile.dll.
2. Open the solution in Visual Studio.
3. Compile.