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[Tilemap / External Tilemap] Animated water tiles render misaligned/rotated during frame playback #9231
Description
Is there an existing issue for this?
- I have searched the existing issues
Describe the bug
When playing animations on a Tilemap/External Tilemap (such as animated water autotiles), tile transformations (rotation / vertical & horizontal flips) become scrambled across animation frames. Instead of smoothly transitioning between animation states, individual tile instances scramble their orientation or apply incorrect flip flags, causing shorelines and tile joins to break visually.
Steps to reproduce
WaterAnimationIssue.zip Project
My water atlas image (Animations structured little differently)
https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/66135afb-c656-48e5-b465-5f758edcf572 Issue Demonstrated (Water Tiles Misaligned)
GDevelop platform
Desktop
GDevelop version
5.6.283 (editor full version: 5.6.283-dbbe1e74ceb9d0e37e3c0b07c0b60f32b72de26b, core version: 5.6.283-0)
Platform info
Details
OS: Windows
Version: Windows 11 Home 26H2
Additional context
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nothingtomuch commentedon Oct 13, 2026
Update: I found the documentation describing the limitation with Tiled animations that use frames from arbitrary atlas locations or repeat frames. I wasn't aware this was documented when I opened the issue. I'll leave this open for now in case the behaviour shown in my reproduction needs further clarification. Thanks!
nothingtomuch commentedon Oct 24, 2026
Any updates?