TilesInSet

Count of tiles a tile set contributes to the theater, and the marker that ends the theater read.

Specification

Applies to: tile controls
File: theater control file
Section: [<TileSet ID>]
Value: integer
When omitted: -1The theater read stops at this section, and no tile set numbered at or above it is loaded.

The count is how many tiles the set adds to the theater. The tiles are numbered on from the last tile of the previous set, and a tile’s lettered alternates share its number. Theater control files covers how each tile’s artwork file is named from FileName.

[TileSet0631]      ; example set
SetName=Riverbank cliffs
FileName=RVCLIF
TilesInSet=8       ; RVCLIF01 through RVCLIF08

A [General] role such as ShorePieces= names a tile set by its section number, and the engine resolves it to the number of that set’s first tile. A set with a count of 0 still uses up its section number but adds no tiles. A role naming it therefore resolves to the tile number where the next set starts.

The count is not checked against the artwork on disk. A count larger than the files present still creates that many tile types, and the extra ones have no artwork and a width and height of zero.

Any negative count has the same effect as omitting the key.

See also — LastTilesInSet, FileName, SetName