Tileset Editor
Opening the Tileset Editor
Open the Tileset Manager from the Tilesets tab of the Database (Tools → Database…, or the toolbar Database button). The manager lists every tileset (with a searchable list); select one and click Edit Properties… to open the Tileset Editor for it.
(The separate Map → Change Tileset… command is different — it swaps which tileset a map uses for its native layers; see Map Management. It does not edit tile properties.)
Overview
The Tileset Editor lets you modify base properties for every tile in a tileset. These are the same settings you find in RPG Maker XP under Database then Tilesets. Changes made here apply to every map that uses this tileset.
Editing Modes
Passage
Click a tile to toggle between fully passable (all directions open) and fully blocked (displayed as a red x). Right-click to reset a tile to its default passage setting.
Passage (4 Direction)
Click one of the four quadrants within a tile to block or unblock that specific direction (Up, Down, Left, Right). Each direction can be toggled independently, giving you fine control over exactly how the player can move through a tile.
Priority
Click to cycle through priority levels 0 through 5:
- 0 = Ground. The player walks in front of the tile.
- 1—5 = Overhead. The player walks behind the tile (e.g. treetops), in-game and in the Game Simulator.
Priority controls player occlusion in-game, not editor draw order — on the editor canvas tiles are always drawn in layer order (see Layers). In-game and in the Game Simulator, occlusion is decided per tile by its own priority, except that a ground tile on a higher layer covers the tiles beneath it on that square. See Layers for details.
Bush Flag
Toggle the bush flag on or off. When enabled, tiles under a bush overlay appear partially hidden, simulating tall grass or foliage.
Counter Flag
Toggle the counter flag. This allows interaction across the tile — useful for things like shop counters where the player talks to an event on the other side.
Terrain Tag
Pick a terrain tag from the searchable dropdown, then click a tile (or drag-select a region and press Apply) to assign it. The list ships with named tags 0–17 (the Pokemon Essentials defaults), and you can filter by name or number. Installed mods can add their own named tags to this same dropdown. Terrain tags are used by events and scripts for terrain-specific behavior, such as changing movement speed on sand versus road, and are read in-game via the engine’s terrain tag.
Editing Autotile Properties
Autotile passage/priority/terrain are edited separately from regular tilesets. In the Tileset Manager, choose the Autotiles entry (shown as 000: Autotiles at the top of the list) and click Edit Properties…. This opens a dedicated grid of every autotile (native slots + named extra autotiles). Editing a property for an autotile applies it to all 48 pattern tiles of that autotile at once and is saved across every tileset that uses it.
Saving
Click Save to write your changes to Tilesets.rxdata. A backup of the original file is created automatically on first save. The editor stays open after saving, so you can keep adjusting properties — press Ctrl+S (or Cmd+S on macOS) to save again without closing, or use Close when you’re done. If you close with unsaved changes, you’ll be asked whether to save, discard, or cancel.
After saving, collision and priority overlays update immediately on all open maps that use the tileset — including tiles you placed earlier. This applies to every placed tile: normal tiles, tiles painted from another tileset, extra (named) autotiles, and tiles you rotated or flipped. Rotated and flipped tiles automatically re-apply the new passage in the correct orientation, in the editor and in-game.