How do I switch animation frames on 2 selected tiles?

Hi guys

I'm having trouble finding simple way to select 2 tiles (out of 5) and swap their animation frames.

Tile One's frame becomes Two's current frame - and Tile Two's frame becomes Tile One's.

Basically, this is to do a scramble puzzle. You have to select 2 tiles out of 5 until you reorganise them into the correct work.

So far I have 5 tiles in a family called "tiles" which has the variable "name". Each tile is titled 1-5.

Each tile is set to a frame from 1-26 (alphabet).

If anyone can help, that would be awesome

Thank you in advance!

Hello Ninjadoodle,

You only want to switch two tills after 'click'?

I have make a simple project for you ... https://www.dropbox.com/s/lq07ulqxfgvuo7h/template_switch_tillmap.capx?dl=0

In my opinion I think a shorter way is to use sprites and compare/switch there frames ...

Hi Ninjadoodle

BillAlex 's way to do it works great.

But, if you only want to change the tile's frame, not position, you can do this:

Add 4 global variables: SwapNumber1, SwapNumber2, TileName1, TileName2.

When you select a tile (sub event: if counter is 0) => Set SwapNumber1 to tile's UID, set TileName1 to tile's name, add 1 to counter

(sub event: if counter is 1) => Set SwapNumber2 to tile's UID, set TileName2 to tile's name.

(sub sub event: select tile by UID (SwapNumber1)=> set Self.Name to TileName2, set animation frame to Self.Name

sub sub event: select tile by UID (SwapNumber2)=> set Self.Name to TileName1, set animation frame to Self.Name, set counter to 0.

Hope this helps.

Ohh ... I think I have misunderstood Ninjadoodle. He what to change the whole tilemap with a other, right?

SimoneT: I don't see an action for 'set animation frame' for a tilemap-object. Or I'm wrong .... ?

To change the whole tilemap only i can use 'load image from URL'. In this case I have handle the images from beginning over the file API to get the URL from the used image. Or I'm wrong again ... ?

BillAlex

Nope, my bad!

I skimmed your capx too quickly. I misread tilemap.PositionToTileX/Y as set position of tilemap...

Ninjadoodle

My way works if you are using sprites objects, and BillAlex's way works for tilemap objects.

Hi guys

BillAlex, SimoneT - Thank you heaps for your help! Sorry my question was a little confusing. I should not have used the term tile, as I'm actually using sprites.

I still can't get this working tho - I have five letter sprites and trying to swap any two of them at a time. I've setup a 'family' called letters, and tried using the techniques from above, but no luck.

What I have is ...

On touched Family 'Letters' then add 1 to Counter

(sub-event) if Counter = 0 then set Name to Letters.Name, set Num to Letters.AnimationFrame

(sub-event) if Counter = 1 then set Name2 to Letters.Name, set Num2 to Letters.AnimationFrame

... what I'm struggling with is actually looping through the letters family and switching the frames.

Thanks again for your help!

Hi guys

I figure it out! Not really sure what exactly I was doing wrong, but now it works

Thanks heaps for your help - you guys are awesome!

Hi Ninjadoodle,

I'm glad that you found it yourself. This is always the best way to learn programming

But I'm also so. One has a problem and you can't solve it ...

I think the problem was that the order of your programm was not correct.

[quote:2uafqd5o](sub-event) if Counter = 0 then set Name to Letters.Name, set Num to Letters.AnimationFrame

(sub-event) if Counter = 1 then set Name2 to Letters.Name, set Num2 to Letters.AnimationFrame

The exact running of your code, I do not know, but I have often in this order the problem that the previous event results in that BOTH are triggered.

That's why I now use more often the Else command