Resizable array?

[Jacob]

Nifflas' editor is http://nifflas.ni2.se/?page=Multimedia+Fusion+2 listed under Simple Level Editor.

[JimJam]

I havent had much time to work on my level maker. But just a quick note about the "Limit of bytes"

If you say a byte for tilesets is limited to only 255 tiles, thats not true. Just do what I did. Use two bytes for the value of each tile, add them together, and you now have 510 tiles per sheet to work with.

For more, increase number of bytes used.

The alternative method to use (which I use for my game objects) is to have one byte record which tileset image to use (a number of 255) and then use the next byte for number of the tile from that sheet (of 255).

Now any given tile on the map can be one of 1,375 different tiles in your game library. Again, use a 3rd byte and add it to the "Images" byte, and you have 130,050 tiles to work with.

[Namida]

...Seriously?

Multiply the second byte by 256, and then add it to the first. In only two bytes, you can now store 65535 possible tiles (plus blank).

[JimJam]

Oops. Yeah I messed up my math. I meant to use pow2, but I pressed Times 2 on my calculator. Looking at that post again, I don't even know how I got those numbers.

[BREK]

Ahhh! Yup. that'd solve it.

[James]

You could just use a short instead!

[Namida]

Yes. =P
But that's so much stuff to replace, especially considering some formulas that determine the position in the file, based on it using bytes.
And as I said, in my case, I don't *need* more than 255 tiles. Especially when there's two layers that are both below everything else available, already allowing 510 background tiles.

[James]

considering some formulas that determine the position in the file, based on it using bytes.

So how is your multiplication method any better than just using a short in the first place? They're both two bytes..

[Namida]

I'm not the one considering a two-byte system though, I'm perfectly happy with single-byte. =)