No Tile Grid in Tile Map editor on 4.10 Mac

Hi,

The yellow Tile Grid does not display at all on my copy of 4.10 / Mac in the Tile Map editor. This makes it very hard to edit tile maps.

I have a button that says “Tile Grid,” which is selected by default, but clicking it on and off has no effect. I have tried restarting, changing background color, different camera views, zooming in and out, and tweaking visible settings. Still no Tile Grid.

A guy on IRC who has 4.10 on Windows says his Tile Map works fine.

I am trying to follow this tutorial, which shows the yellow grid in question: Paper 2D Tile Sets and Tile Maps in Unreal Engine | Unreal Engine 5.2 Documentation

Thanks for any help.

Hey Ufarskadwjan,

With the Tilemap Editor open, select the ‘Show’ dropdown menu in the viewport and be sure the ‘Tile Grid’ option is checked. Could you provide me with the specs of the Mac you are using? I just attempted to reproduce the issue you are experiencing, but was able to see the Tile Grid just fine.

Thank you,

Hi Andrew,

Yes, the “Tile Grid” option is checked, and the “Tile Grid” button is selected. Screenshot below.)
I have tried selecting and unselecting them both many times, to no effect. Restarting the editor also has no effect.

I’m on 10.9.5.

Thanks.

Thank you for the clarification as to the OS X, but could you provide me with your systems specifications (i.e. RAM, Processor, and GPU).

Cheers,

Sure:

  • MacBook Pro 17"
  • 2.53 GhZ Intel Core i5 processor
  • 8 GB memory
  • NVIDIA GeForce GT 330M 512MB
  • I also upgraded to El Capitan 10.11.1 to see if that would help - it didn’t.

Hey Ufarskadwjan,

I appreciate you providing me with the requested information. It looks like your GPU only supports DirectX 10 graphics card, which is expected to cause some issues as we recommend a DirectX 11 compatible card to get the full editor performance and experience as expected.

Hardware and Software Specifications

I cannot reproduce this issue as we do not have hardware here that is comparable or compatible to your own machines. If you have questions, let me know.

Thank you,

This is pretty ridiculous. We are not talking about some advanced special effect; we’re talking about a simple grid, which could be drawn on a computer from 1984.