Blending Tiles

[RouletteBunnie]

Is there anyway of blending tiles in game? or is that a totally different program to create one.

I know if you press shift while placing a tile it will do some kind of blending but i'm more looking at grass going into dirt or sand, but have a proper blend within the two!

 

[bgillisp]

I've moved this thread to VX Ace Support. Please be sure to post your threads in the correct forum next time. Thank you.

There is already a tile which does some of that in the autotiles, but if you want more than that you have to make it yourself in an image program.

 

[RouletteBunnie]

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@bgillisp Sorry, I try and put it in the right place and everytime I think I do, its in the wrong place... almost at the point where I just shouldn't post lol.

Also thank you for the information, but I am not to sure on what you are exactly talking about

 

[Heirukichi]

@RouletteBunnie what he means is that autotiles already blend to a certain extent. If you are not able to blend them together (you cannot blend a B tile and a C tile together for example), you should use an image manipulation program and edit the tile in the image itself. It is probably better if you take a look at how such a program works on your own so that you might understand what he is talking about.

You can find a very good, free and open source image manipulation program (GIMP) here. This is also the one I currently use, although there are also other viable alternatives if you do not particularly like this.

 

[xoferew]

If you draw/edit/find some clumps of grass that you like and put them in the B tileset, then you can paste them over the edges of your dirt. You can have thicker and sparser grass or whatever you want. Make sure you draw it with a transparent background so the dirt shows though. Do you have a drawing program you can use?

 

[Moterius]

Put a event with the second B-E tile as graphic and the same heigth as the original graphic in the tileset over the tile you want it to blend with.
Height's 'above' for star, 'at' for a X and 'below' for a o
(Walk behind tile, impassable tile, Walk above tile, in that order).

Note: Terrain tags, A-tiles, the 'table' mechanic, bushes and ladders are unusuable with this trick.