Tileset makers: default-check

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Hey, we just had an Issue come up about default tiles, and I thought it was worth relaying here.

It’s important to keep the “default” fallback tile (should you use one–I understand ASCII fallback support was a major deal recently, so may/not be available?) clearly recognizable as a Default, and not as any one particular thing. In the case of the issue, comparatively-harmless possums were showing up as zombies, thanks to the default being a zed.

I realize that default-fallbacks look Crappy and that the new-content just keeps going and going. Making tiles ain’t easy, and we appreciate it. Thanks for your time and efforts.

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That particular instance was actually just me committing an example so others could test the feature.

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Always good to hear that the problem self-resolved. Thanks.

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I found this bit here on category fallback, but is there a handy-dandy list somewhere of “unknown_{CATEGORY}_{SUBCATEGORY}” entries that could do with having a tile defined?

I’m using 0.A stable myself at this stage rather than experimental, but it seems like it would be good to get this stuff in place (in RetroDays).

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[quote=“Antistar, post:4, topic:5509”]I found this bit here on category fallback, but is there a handy-dandy list somewhere of “unknown_{CATEGORY}_{SUBCATEGORY}” entries that could do with having a tile defined?

I’m using 0.A stable myself at this stage rather than experimental, but it seems like it would be good to get this stuff in place (in RetroDays).[/quote]

I wish there was–if there is, I don’t know about it.