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
"subCategory":	yes	String	subcategories 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 or if it needs to be demolished first.	no
"placeOnWater":	no	boolean	Whether or not this building be placed on water.	false
"placeOnGround":	no	boolean	Whether or not this building be placed on ground.	true
"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
"inhabitants"	no	Int	How many residents / workers this building can hold. Also how much jobs it provides	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
"happyness"	no	Int	The effect on happyness around this building.	0
"groundDecoration"	no	String Array	tileID of the item that should be drawn on ground below sprite instead of terrain (grass, concrete, ...). When more than one tileID is supplied, a random ground decoration is chosen from the list on placement. Must be a tileID with tileType GroundDecoration.
"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. Must correspond to a biome defined in resources/data/TerrainGen.json	""
"style"	no	String Array (to enum)	Restrict this building to certain Art Styles. See enum Style description below	ALL
"wealth"	yes	String (to enum)	Restrict this building to a certain wealth level. See enum Wealth description below	NONE
"zones"	yes	String Array (to enum)	Restrict this building to a zone type. See enum Zones description below	NONE
"crimeLevel"	no	Int	Crime rate this building produces or prevents (police station)	0
"pollutionLevel"	no	Int	Pollution rate this building produces or prevents (police station)	0
"fireHazardLevel"	no	Int	Fire hazard rate this building produces or prevents (police station)	0
"educationLevel"	no	Int	How much education this building provides (educational building) / requires (job)	0

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 if pickRandomTile is set to true.	1
"offset":	no	Int	If clip_rect / (width and height) is used, the offset in the spritesheet where the clipping should start	0
"fileName"	yes	String	The filename of the image / spritesheet.
"pickRandomTile":	no	Int	Whether or not a random tile of the tileset should be used, if set to true. Should be set to false for tiles with a predetermined order, like road.	true

RequiredTiles property

Property	Required	DataType	Description	Default
width	no	Int	The width of building (how many tiles it'll occupy)	1
height	no	Int	The height of building (how many tiles it'll occupy)	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)
            GROUNDDECORATION, // Draw this Tile on GROUNDDECORATION layer. Buildings can be placed over it
            UNDERGROUND       // same as AUTOTILE, but for the BLUEPRINT layer
)

Wealth Enum

BETTER_ENUM(Wealth, int,
            NONE,   // not applicable
            LOW,    // Low income
            MEDIUM, // Medium income
            HIGH    // High income
)

Style Enum

BETTER_ENUM(Style, int,
            ALL,      // Default, place the Building in all Styles
            ASIAN,    // This building will only appear in a game with the Style Asian
            EUROPEAN, // This building will only appear in a game with the Style European
            US        // This building will only appear in a game with the Style US
)

Zones Enum

BETTER_ENUM(Zones, int,
            NONE, // not applicable
            RESIDENTIAL,
            INDUSTRIAL, 
            COMMERCIAL,
            AGRICULTURAL
)