TileData.json

Properties:

TileData.json properties

Property	Required	DataType	Description	Default
		DataType	Description	Default
"author"	yes	String	The author of this item
"category":	yes	String	The category this item resides in. Categories are used for the building menu in-game and for sorting the items in the editors tree view
"description":	yes	String	Description of the item that is shown in it's details
"tileType":	yes	String (to enum)	The tiletype determines the tiles behaviour. See below for more details	DEFAULT
"RequiredTiles":	no	Json Array	How many tiles this building uses. - See documentation below	1x1
"isOverPlacable":	no	Boolean	Determines if other tiles can be placed over this one tile.	no
"placeOnWater":	no	boolean	Can this building be placed on water only	false
"id":	yes	String	The ID of this item. Must be unique and can be referenced in the code.
"power":	no	Int	Power production of this item. Negative values means power consumption.	0
"residents"	no	Int	How many residents / workers this building can hold	0
"price":	no	Int	How much it costs to place this building	0
"title":	yes	String	The items title. It's shown ingame and in the editors tree-view
"upkeep cost"	no	Int	Monthly cost to upkeep this building	0
"water"	no	Int	Water production of this item. Negative values means power consumption.	0
"tag"	yes	String Array	Multiple tags for searching this item ingame. Must be a string array
"tiles"	yes	JSON Array	Tile Spritesheet information array - see below for detailed description
"slopeTiles"	no	JSON Array	Slope Tile Spritesheet information array - see below for detailed description
"shoreLine"	no	JSON Array	Shore Tile Spritesheet information array. This is only applicable for tiles with TileType "terrain" - see below for detailed description
"biomes"	no	String Array	Restrict this building to spawn only in the given biomes.	""
"style"	no	String Array	Restrict this building to certain Art Styles. See enum TileType description below	all
"wealth"	yes	String	Restrict this building to wealth zones
"zones"	yes	String Array	Restrict this building to a zone type. (RCI)

Tiles / SlopeTile / ShoreLines json property:

Property	Required	DataType	Description	Default
"clip_height":	yes	Int	Size of this element or of one tile, if the image contains multiple tiles in a tileset.	auto
"clip_width":	yes	Int	Size of this element or of one tile, if the image contains multiple tiles in a tileset.	auto
"count":	no	Int	How many frames / tiles this image contains. One of the items will be randomly chosen per default, except for certain tiletypes. See TileType Enum	1
"offset":	no	Int	If clip_rect / clip_height is used, the offset where the clipping should start	0
"fileName"	yes	String	The filename of the image / spritesheet.
"rotations":	no	Int	A number greater than 1 will prevent picking a random tile from the spritesheet if the count is > 1	1

RequiredTiles property

Property	Required	DataType	Description	Default
width	no	Int	The width of building (how many nodes it'll occupty)	1
height	no	Int	The height of building (how many nodes it'll occupty)	1

TileType Enum

BETTER_ENUM(TileType, int,
            DEFAULT,    // Default is for buildings and practically everything that'll be placed on the TERRAIN layer
            TERRAIN,    // Terrain itself
            WATER,      // Water terrain
            BLUEPRINT,  // Same as terrain, but gets placed on the BLUEPRINT layer
            AUTOTILE,   // Autotiling to itself, like roads, power lines, etc
            ZONE,       // Zones (rectangular placement)
            UNDERGROUND // same as AUTOTILE, but for the BLUEPRINT layer
)