Importing an Existing Tileset

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Tutorial for bringing pre-existing tilesets under Porytiles management:

  • When to import vs create

  • Running porytiles import-tileset gTileset_General

  • What happens: Porytiles reads Porymap artifacts, decompiles to RGBA layers + attributes.csv, creates manifest

  • Verifying the import: re-compile and diff, or visual inspection in Porymap

  • Import transparency options (import_transparency: alpha, extrinsic, mixed)

  • Limitations: pokeruby import not currently supported

  • Brief note on importing animation-bearing tilesets

Cross-references: Porytiles Concepts and Terminology for managed vs unmanaged, The Compile/Decompile Workflow for ongoing workflow, Animations for animation import