As title suggest there is no tilemap asset option in blueprints. I’m trying to use an Integer based select to choose a random tilemap but there are only options for Tilemap Actor and Tilemap Component. There are options for Sprites, Flipbooks, and more paper2d assets but not Tilemaps.
I can only assume this is an overlook. Is there a work-around? I need the ability to randomly load a preset selection of tilemaps.
My tilemaps do not show up under any of the available options. Also, for sprites, sounds, and so on – they are labeled as “assets”.
The issue is that I want to dynamically change the tilemap which a blueprint component uses by use of the SELECT node – but there is no tilemap asset option like there is for other assets.
As a temporary solution I might add components to a blueprint for all tilemaps I need, collect their reference in an array, hide all of them or disable, then only enable the one on a specific index. Not the prettiest but perhaps the easiest work-around.
if you make a blueprint based on PaperTileMapActor, you can use its RenderComponent to SetTileMap, and from there you can drag off and make a select node to choose a PaperTileMapReference, but i don’t think you can make a blueprint variable of that type.
you can make TileMaps show up in MakeArray nodes, and in Select nodes, but you cant promote them to a blueprint variable, which i think is a bug.
if you want a PaperTileMap blueprint variable, you can
open PaperTileMap.h in visual studio, and change line 30 from
UCLASS()
to
UCLASS(BlueprintType)
Edited the line and saved, but I’m still not seeing the Asset as an option, or what you’re showing in your screen capture.
Not sure if I have to recompile the source(never have tried or read up on how). I could probably load my asset as an object and use a cast node. Will probably use alternative methods until they fix this.
I will give that a shot. Thanks.
I don’t know why this was marked as resolved. This is clearly a bug that hasn’t yet been patched as far as I know, and visual studio won’t compile because it can’t find the Engine solution, which I can’t seem to locate either.
Won’t compile, 101 errors. Definitely not going to run through all those. Hopefully Epic staff will remove this in their next update.
Hey Distul,
I went ahead and created a feature request for this to be exposed to blueprints (UE-20962). When it is addressed by the engineers it will be added to either the Hotfix or Release Notes if determined as a valid request.
Thank you for taking the time to report this issue.
CL# 3045601 adds BlueprintType to UPaperTileMap and UPaperTileSet in Dev-Framework. It will be part of 4.13.
Cheers,
Michael Noland