Howto Huge Tilemap.

HHurde · Jun 20, 2023

Howdy everyone,

I am up for a challenge,
I need to create a very large tilemap. Now, of course, the painting and editing aren't complicated. It is loading the project back up that takes AGES.
So the tilemap is very heavy for the editor, so perhaps I need to split the map into different scenes or find a way to "speed" up the editor.
But I have to keep the server load low and don't want to iterate through every tilemap scene to gather some information based on some tiles in one of those maps.

Does anyone have any experience creating huge tilemaps and mind to share their experience?

Of course, I am perfectly able to figure this problem out, but I am very curious how other people solved the same issue.

soundgnome · Jun 20, 2023

I think the usual way to do this is to break the map up into different sections, and set up transitional areas where the next section can be loaded in the background. For example, the "CD rooms" in Castlevania SotN, door opening animations in Resident Evil, and elevators in Metroid Prime were all essentially loading screens disguised as part of the game world.