get Tiles By Type

Return an array of tile locations from the tilemap that contain the specified tile.

tiles.getTilesByType(null)

Parameters

• tile: a tile image to search the tilemap for.

Returns

• an array of tile locations from the tilemap that have the tile specified in tile.

Example

Make a column of tiles from top to bottom of the screen. Set a sprite in motion and set it to bounce on walls. Every 5 seconds, find the column tiles in the tilemap and set them as either wall tiles or regular tiles.

let isWall = false
tiles.setTilemap(tilemap`level1`)
let mySprite = sprites.create(img`
    . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
    . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
    . . . . . 1 1 1 1 1 1 . . . . . 
    . . . 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 . . . 
    . . . 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 . . . 
    . . 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 . . 
    . . 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 . . 
    . . 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 . . 
    . . 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 . . 
    . . 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 . . 
    . . 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 . . 
    . . . 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 . . . 
    . . . 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 . . . 
    . . . . . 1 1 1 1 1 1 . . . . . 
    . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
    . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 
    `, SpriteKind.Player)
mySprite.setBounceOnWall(true)
mySprite.vx = 80
mySprite.vy = 70
game.onUpdateInterval(5000, function () {
    isWall = !(isWall)
    for (let wallTile of tiles.getTilesByType(assets.tile`myTile`)) {
        tiles.setWallAt(wallTile, isWall)
    }
})

See also

get tile location

{
    "transparency16": {
        "data": "hwQQABAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA==",
        "mimeType": "image/x-mkcd-f4",
        "tilemapTile": true
    },
    "tile1": {
        "data": "hwQQABAAAADu7u7u7u7u7u7u7u7u7u7u7u7u7u7u7u7u7u7u7u7u7u7u7u7u7u7u7u7u7u7u7u7u7u7u7u7u7u7u7u7u7u7u7u7u7u7u7u7u7u7u7u7u7u7u7u7u7u7u7u7u7u7u7u7u7u7u7u7u7u7u7u7u7u7u7u7u7u7u7u7u7u7u7u7u7g==",
        "mimeType": "image/x-mkcd-f4",
        "tilemapTile": true,
        "displayName": "myTile"
    },
    "level1": {
        "id": "level1",
        "mimeType": "application/mkcd-tilemap",
        "data": "MTAwYTAwMDgwMDAwMDAwMDAwMDEwMDAwMDAwMDAwMDAwMDAwMDAwMDAxMDAwMDAwMDAwMDAwMDAwMDAxMDAwMDAwMDAwMDAwMDAwMDAwMDAwMTAwMDAwMDAwMDAwMDAwMDAwMTAwMDAwMDAwMDAwMDAwMDAwMDAwMDEwMDAwMDAwMDAwMDAwMDAwMDEwMDAwMDAwMDAwMDAwMDAwMDAwMDAxMDAwMDAwMDAwMDAwMDAwMDAwMDAwMDAwMDAwMDAwMDAwMDAwMDAwMDAwMDAwMDAwMDAwMDAwMDAwMDAwMDAwMDAwMDAwMDAwMDAwMDAwMDAwMDAwMDAwMA==",
        "tileset": [
            "myTiles.transparency16",
            "myTiles.tile1"
        ],
        "displayName": "level1"
    },
    "*": {
        "mimeType": "image/x-mkcd-f4",
        "dataEncoding": "base64",
        "namespace": "myTiles"
    }
}