Help with making a tilemap

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Godot Version

Godot-4

Question

I'm trying to make a 2d top -down platformer game and i need to fix something with the way my tile-map node isn't working, even when i follow the error instructions
(I'm very new to Godot, so maybe im just making a beginner mistake)

Ill add the error message below, any help would be very appreciated!

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The error (warning) is telling you not to use the TileMap node.
You are expected to use the TileMapLayer node instead.
If you have already started making a tile map in a TileMap node then take each layer of that tilemap and turn it into its own TileMapLayer node.
Godot gives you a handy way to do that as stated in the warning.
IIRC This leaves a set of TileMapLayers as children to the existing TileMap node and you should move those layers up one level out from being parented by the useless TileMap node.

If you are following a tutorial it and it uses TileMap node then you have two choices;

  1. Carry on with the tutorial as is using the TileMap node and ignoring the warning.
  2. Change to the TileMapLayer node and try to figure out the differences in usage.

I recommend option 2.