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I noticed almost all of the outputs do not fit the grid and are larger than the option selected. I notice erratically sized blocks that throw the whole sprite sheet off. Below are examples.

supposedly 16 by 16 or 24 by 24

I do not even know what the size actually is, should be 32 by 32

I also noticed "outline in background" exports wrongly:



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The outline backgrounds are exported on the same tileset with a 12 column offset. It's clearer if there is a full row of tiles.

So, it is effectively a shadow sprite?

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Not quite shadows. It's for rendering a 1 pixel outline surrounding the tiles. They need to be rendered before the real tiles.

https://img.itch.zone/aW1hZ2UvMTMzODUxOS83ODE2MjEwLnBuZw==/original/giPjD3.png

These probably should be explained in a help tab within the program.

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Yeah. I did briefly go into the outline modes in the instructions, but it's a complicated topic which would need a more in-depth explanation.

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I updated the tutorial and added some illustrations. I hope this clears it up.

Thanks. Yes, it does.

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I can explain. The actual size of the tiles in the output image is tile size + 3 pixels per tile. This is because the outline takes up 1 pixel on one or both sides of the tile depending on outline mode. Then there is a final 1 pixel spacing to prevent texture bleeding. This is to avoid rendering the outline twice between two tiles, which tends to look quite bad.

So:
Outline between tiles:
Outline 1 px, Tile 23 px, Outline 1 px, Spacing 2 px, Outline 1 px, Tile 23 px...
Outline behind tiles:
Outline 1 px, Tile 24 px, Outline 1 px, Spacing 1 px, Outline 1 px, Tile 24 px...

When used ingame, the tiles are still rendered with a spacing of 24 pixels between each tile, but the tile size may be slightly bigger to account for the outlines.

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Unfortunately, some tiles are even larger. On the first image, check the widths of the tiles. One of the corner tiles is 2 pixels larger than that.

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That's due to the padding done when tiling the sides, in which tiled sides are extended out into the outline area, so there becomes a 1 pixel overlap of the tiles when they are put side by side. It should be fairly harmless, but it could be removed.

It throws me off when I attempt to clean the images in Piskel (which does not support tile padding).

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Thanks. I got the larger of the two images set up properly in tiled. Getting the autotiles set up.

I got a different sprite sheet working in tiled. May try the other tiles, though I noticed uneven spacing in one of the sheets.