Beefalo Farm

Based on game build 714014 | Last updated: 2026-02-28

Overview

This file defines a static map layout for the Beefalo Farm location using the Tiled Map Editor format. It specifies the tile grid (32x32, 16x16 tiles), background tile layer (BG_TILES), and an object layer (FG_OBJECTS) that encodes placement metadata for game entities like walls, perma grass, hound bones, treasure chests, beefalo wool, and pig heads. It is used during world generation to instantiate the actual entities and terrain in the game world. This is not an ECS component, but rather a data definition file consumed by the map generation system.

Usage example

Static layout files like this one are typically loaded and applied via the world generation system, not directly instantiated by modders. A representative usage would be inside a task or level definition (e.g., in map/tasks/caves.lua or map/levels/forest.lua) calling a static layout loader function that consumes this .lua file and spawns the corresponding entities at the specified coordinates.

Dependencies & tags

Components used: None — this file is pure data and does not interact with ECS components directly. It is processed by engine-level map generation utilities. Tags: None — this file does not manipulate entity tags.

Properties

The file exports a single Lua table with the following top-level fields:

Property	Type	Default Value	Description
version	string	"1.1"	Tiled format version used.
luaversion	string	"5.1"	Target Lua version for encoding.
orientation	string	"orthogonal"	Tilemap orientation.
width	number	32	Map width in tiles.
height	number	32	Map height in tiles.
tilewidth	number	16	Width of each tile in pixels.
tileheight	number	16	Height of each tile in pixels.
properties	table	{}	Global properties (empty in this case).
tilesets	table	See source	Array of tileset definitions (contains one tiles tileset).
layers	table	See source	Array of layers: one tile layer (BG_TILES) and one object group (FG_OBJECTS).

The layers array contains:

• BG_TILES: A tile layer containing 32*32 = 1024 integers representing tile IDs (mostly 0, occasionally 5).
• FG_OBJECTS: An object group with a list of objects, each defining:
  • name: Empty string in all entries.
  • type: Entity type string ("perma_grass", "wall_wood", "houndbone", "treasurechest", "beefalowool", "pighead").
  • shape: Always "rectangle".
  • x, y: Float coordinates in pixels.
  • width, height: Dimensions in pixels (often 16x16 for structured objects, 0x0 for point entities).
  • visible: Boolean.
  • properties: Additional key-value pairs (e.g., ["scenario"] = "chest_explosion" for the treasure chest).

Main functions

This file contains no functions and does not define any methods. It is a static data payload.

Events & listeners

None — this file does not register or dispatch events. It is purely declarative layout data.