Tilemap with tiled: set and retrieve the respawn position?

[toto88x]

Hello,

 

I'm doing a platform with tilemaps, and I have a few different levels made with Tiled.

 

In each level, the respawn position for the player is different, and I'd like to store it directly into Tiled. What is the best way to set/retrieve this position?

 

Should I add a specific "respawn" object on my level, then use the "createFromObjects" function, and iterate through the group to find the x and y position of the "respawn" object? Or is there something simpler to do?

 

Thanks!

[wayfinder]

The easiest way is probably to create a separate object layer in Tiled with just the one object (player start pos) in it.

[toto88x]

The easiest way is probably to create a separate object layer in Tiled with just the one object (player start pos) in it.

 

Thanks. And then how do you retrieve the position? The same way that I described in my first post?

 

Edit: something like this?

 

this.respawn = game.add.group();this.map.createFromObjects('Object Layer 1', 2, '', 0, true, false, this.respawn);this.respawn.forEach(function(p){    this.player.reset(p.x, p.y);}, this);

[toto88x]

Can anyone let me know if there is a better / simpler way to retrieve a respawn position from a tilemap object? See my code just above. Thanks! 

[ssshenkie]

I'm using your method for my game, works pretty good actually. Why bother even using another method when it works fine right?

[jloa]

Can anyone let me know if there is a better / simpler way to retrieve a respawn position from a tilemap object? See my code just above. Thanks! 

 

You can write your own method with the same loop as http://docs.phaser.io/Tilemap.js.html#sunlight-1-line-378 but which will only return x/y if object's found. Incase you don't actually need to create the sprite, but rather just know the x/y