Rotate tiles of a Scene Collection

Question

Hello. So, I'm using a Tileset to draw my map, but, some of those tiles need to have some behaviour. In this case some spikes that hurt the player.

I have those spikes as a scene, and imported it. It works fine, now, I would like to be able to have those spikes in different rotation, so I don't have to have 4 different scenes changing only that.

Is it possible? Or, is it possible to add some kind of property to it and control it with a script?

Thanks

Answer 1

I dont use tilesets but did you try randomizing it in your spike scene ready function. Something like this :

func ready():
    rotation = Vector2(randf_range(0,360),randf_range(0,360))

Comments

Sorry this was meant to be a comment. I wasnt aware that I clicked the answer button. :|

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Hey! Thanks but that's not a possible solution. The reason is that the spikes must be aiming up when they are on the ground, right/left, on a wall etc. I don't want it random haha.

The solution should be something like with a normal tile, that you can rotate or flip it. I can't find how to do it on a scene tile

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I understand would something like this work then :

@export var is_on_wall : bool = true
@export var is_flipped : bool = false
func _ready():
    var random_direction : int = randi_range(0,3)
    var flip = 1 if is_flipped else -1
    if is_on_wall:
        rotation = Vector2(random_direction * 45, flip * 90)
    else:
        rotation = Vector2(0, random_direction * 45)

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The thing is, can i set those variables from here in any way?

Otherwise, I still need to have 4 different scenes, one with each possible option, and would be the same that just rotating the sprite and not using the script.

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I looked at the tileset documentation now and I guess this is the feature you want

https://docs.godotengine.org/en/stable/tutorials/2d/using_tilesets.html#creating-alternative-tiles

No scripting is needed afterall.

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Yes haha, I want exactly that. But, that works for when it's an atlas. In my case I need it to be an scene since the tile has it's own script and behaviour. If it's possible with scenes the option is not showing for me.

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Actually the documentation talks about that too in here like assigning a damagepersecond variable :

https://docs.godotengine.org/en/stable/tutorials/2d/using_tilesets.html#assigning-custom-metadata-to-the-tileset-s-tiles

Anyways I looked around and tried to search some similar questions but couldnt find anything. I dont use tilesets normally and I cant think of anything else either so I hope you find a solution soon!