To add a new item or object to the tilemap system, a new scriptableobject needs to be created.
Make sure to save the item/tile ScriptableObjects under the corresponding "Content/Data/TileMap/Resources/" folder
The following information can be filled in for a TileObjectSo:
Name String - describes the name of the object
Prefab - which prefab to spawn
Icon - Icon which is used by the creator and construction interface
Layer - which layer the item should be put in
Generic Type - Generics types are used to categorize objects on the same layer. Used by the adjacency connector to connect walls for example
Specific Type - Specific types are used to specify the material that the object is made of. For example used by carpets to ensure that they don't connect to other floors
Width - width of the object. Used for multi-tile objects
Height - height of the object. Used for multi-tile objects
Items can be added in a similar way:
Make sure the Name String is unique. Not doing so will create issues during loading & saving.
The design of the system can be found in the the link below.
Adjacency connections refers to when a tilemap object is connectable to its neighbors, walls being the typical example of this.
In order to make walls and tables connect to each other, you need to make use of a adjacency connector. This keeps track of which neighbours it is connected to and will replace and rotate meshes accordingly.
There are different types of adjacencies supported right now.
Simple - Used for simple connections without a lot of use cases. Covers the basic shapes such as I, U, O, T and X.
Advanced - Expansion of the Simple type with a lot more edge cases covered.
Offset - Used for meshes which are not placed in the middle (thus offset). Used by pipes for example.
Disposal Furniture - checks if connected from above to a disposal pipe. Very specific one.
Disposal Pipe - Used for disposal pipes only.
Door - Specific to doors, because of the specific way it connects to other doors and to walls.
Pipe - For pipes with an offset (not centered on the tile)
The first thing you need is to implement the IAdjacencyConnector interface.
If your tile object connects only with things from the same layer, adjacent to it, you might want to look at the AbstractHorizontalConnector class and inherit from it.
It will only ask you to implement the IsConnected() method, as it varies a lot from one connector to another. Door, simple, advanced, offset, pipe all inherits from it. Chances your connector could too.
If the connections are weirder, such as disposal pipes able to connect to disposal furniture, a different object on a different layer, with a different connector, and with special behavior when it connects, then directly implement the IAdjacencyConnector interface.
Add the right adjacency connector script to your prefab's root game object. You can recognise a Connector script because it implements the IAdjacencyConnector interface. To know which specific script to use, check the connectables design pages.
Connectable scripts usually ask you to add specific mesh for specific configurations. You need to fill them all up for the connector to work properly.
Check the Connectables design page for more informations about your specific connector and how the meshes should look.
Also know that the connectables scripts assume the mesh you link are rotated in a specific fashion, otherwise they may appear incorrectly in game. If you have this issue of meshes badly rotated, try to rotate the models you use, out of the game.
