RPG Maker Tileset Builder

What is the RPG Maker Tileset Builder?

The RPG Maker Tileset Builder is a program made by me to help facilitate the creation of customized tilesets from existing tilesets for RPG Maker VX, ,VX Ace, XP, MV and MZ. This is an ongoing project.

Due to differences in tileset sizes and styles, there are the following restrictions in creating tilesets:

• XP tiles can only be used when creating VX and VX Ace tilesets.
• MV and MZ tiles are interchangeable, as are the tilesets.

 

How does it work?

Load the program by double-clicking the RPGMakerTilesetBuilder.exe.

• NOTE: The included PNG graphics files in the img folder are for the background grid - removal of these will NOT break the program, but you will have no grid, only a cyan box.

 

When the program is loaded for the first time, or if you haven't previously chosen an RPG Maker folder, the program will load the content in the custom folders. By default, this is a small selection of assets from Kenney, formatted appropriately for RPG Maker.

Folder Manager

To configure the folders the tileset builder will read from, use the Folder Manager tab in the program. The expected folder to be selected for each entry is the base location of each application. This is the folder where, for each edition, the executable for RPG  Maker is found.

Tileset Builder

After configuring folders, tiles will be able to be loaded from the versions of RPG Maker that have been configured in the Folder Manager.

 

Tile Splitter

Included with this program is a tile splitter. Using the same processes that the tileset builder uses to allow selection of tiles within the application, this will segment and save individual tile pieces.

Notes

• Tiles are NOT removed beneath one being placed. Watch your transparency if just going over an existing tile. This may actually prove useful for things such as creating a table tile that already has something like a map or notebook on it.
• Free Edition only supports RTP and custom folders.
• Full version supports the following DLC:
  • RPG Maker Trinity
  • More to come...