Using the 043-Grass02 Autotile

[omerpaz]

There is an extremely common error I see-A misusage of the autotile 043-Grass02. Most mappers figure that this is intended to create an extremely wierd, unnatural frame of dirt road, like such:


That is NOT GOOD!

This autotile is used in order to create flaws and "holes" in the dirt road,
like such:

First, draw your road on the FIRST layer.



Then, choose the 043-Grass02 autotile, and in the SECOND layer, draw the flaws in the the road.




That's it! THAT'S the correct way to use the autotile.

 

[EmuMaster2002]

If that's the case, could you not simply draw regular grass over those same tiles and get nearly the same effect without needing to use layer 2?

I find it's a perfect indicator that there's a light hill, but nothing that stops the hero from crossing it.

 

[omerpaz]

Hmph, perhaps your'e right...