I'm not very experienced but i assume you would just append them to a list and make sure they all have the same sprite.z_position =? value then if you want to delete the layer just do

for item in layer:
    item.remove_from_parent()

This full code has a small section that throws no errors but for some reason doesn't work.

n0de.position=touch.location

^Works just fine... but the following

if n0de.position.x>touch.location.x:
				n0de.position.x-=self.speed
		elif n0de.position.x <touch.location.x:
				n0de.position.x+=self.speed
		if n0de.position.y >touch.location.y:
				n0de.position.y-=self.speed
		elif n0de.position.y<touch.location.y:
				n0de.position.y+=self.speed

Doesn't do anything. Tho when I replace the position changing lines with print statements it works fine.
eg

if n0de.position.y >touch.location.y:
   print('moves down')

I assume I'm missing something about updating Sprite positions?

Thanks.

The Gist
I also commented all the images, really any images can be used tho since i specify size.... i think
Thanks for the help!

I assumed that since tile.color='#whatever' works perfectly it must not be 'themap' 's problem

So i made the change and it doesnt give me the texture error, but now something crazy is happening. The texture color is overriding the background color and surrounding tiles.

tile.texture=current_tile

Turns my PRE-EDIT GAME MAP into this.
BROKEN TEXTURED MAP

But this simple code

tile.color='#ff0000'

CHANGES THE COLOR JUST FINE

I'm so confused why it doesn't just change the texture, yet it changes the color correctly???

I have what I believe to be a simple question..... how do i get the last line of code here to work.

tile.texture=current_tile

tile is a SpriteNode Object thing, and the current tile is just a png

I'm attempting to edit a tilemap of SpriteNodes.... I'm quite clueless as all of my programming i learned in pygame.

from scene import *
import random
import ui

A = Action
g1 ='g1.PNG'
g2 ='g2.PNG'
g3 = 'g3.PNG'
g4='g4.PNG'
g5='g5.PNG'
tb='toolbar.PNG'


all_tiles=[g1,g2,g3,g4,g5]
tiles=[g1,g2,g1,g3,g4,g5,g2,g1]
current_tile=g1

mapsize=100

themap=[[] for _ in range(mapsize)]

class Arrow (SpriteNode):
	def __init__(self, **kwargs):
		SpriteNode.__init__(self, 'arrow.PNG', **kwargs) 
			
class MyScene (Scene):
	def setup(self):	
		self.unit=20
		unit =self.unit
		self.items=[]
		self.points=0
		#states of buttons
		self.edit_mode=False
		self.recenter_gravity=0,0,0


		
		self.background_color = '#000000'
		sizex,sizey=self.size
		self.ground = Node(parent=self)
		
		self.gen_map()
		
		#player
		self.ship = SpriteNode('p1.PNG')
		self.ship.size=(unit,unit)
		self.ship.position = self.size / 2
		self.add_child(self.ship)
		
		#__________BUTTONS&UI_____________
		self.toolbar=SpriteNode('toolbar.PNG')
		self.toolbar.size=(unit*16,unit*2)
		self.toolbar.position=(unit*8,unit)
		self.add_child(self.toolbar)
		
		self.edit_button=SpriteNode('emj:Wrench')
		self.edit_button.size=(unit*2,unit*2)
		self.edit_button.position=(unit,unit)
		self.add_child(self.edit_button)
		
		self.re_center=SpriteNode('emj:Anger_Symbol')
		self.re_center.size=(unit*2,unit*2)
		self.re_center.position=(unit*3,unit)
		
		self.selected=SpriteNode(g1)
		self.selected.size=(unit*2,unit*2)
		self.selected.position=(unit*8,unit)
		self.draws=SpriteNode('emj:Black_Nib')
		self.draws.size=(unit*2,unit*2)
		self.draws.position=(unit*6,unit)
		
		
		self.tree = SpriteNode('leaves.PNG')
		self.tree.size=(unit*3,unit*3)
		#self.add_child(self.pb)
		
		#text on screen
		self.score= LabelNode('0')
		self.score.position=10,sizey-10
		self.add_child(self.score)
		
		
		
		
	def update_map(self):
		sizex,sizey=self.size
		self.ground.position.x
		for _ in themap:
			for tile in _:
				
				if tile.position.x+self.ground.position.x>=-self.unit and tile.position.y+self.ground.position.y>=-self.unit and tile.position.x+self.ground.position.x<= sizex +self.unit and tile.position.y+self.ground.position.y<= sizey+ self.unit:
					tile.z_position=-1
					self.ground.add_child(tile)
				else:
					tile.remove_from_parent()
					
	def gen_map(self):
		sizex,sizey=self.size
		unit=self.unit
		#laggyyyy if multi press!!!
		for _ in themap:
			for tile in _:
				tile.remove_from_parent
				
		#themap=[[] for _ in range(mapsize)]
		#generate a random map
		y=-unit/5
		zpos=mapsize
		ypos=0
		for _ in range (mapsize):
			
			x=-unit
			y+=unit*2
			for _ in range (mapsize):
				
				x+=unit*2
				tile = SpriteNode(random.choice(tiles), position=(x, y),)
				tile.size=unit*2,unit*2
				tile.z_position=zpos
				themap[ypos].append(tile)
			zpos-=1
			ypos+=1
			
	def place_tree(self,xy):	
		self.tree.position=xy-self.ground.position
		self.tree.z_position=2
		
		self.ground.add_child(self.tree)
		
	def projectile(self,x,y):
		ammo = Arrow(parent=self)
		ammo.size=self.unit*2,self.unit*2
		ammo.position = (self.ship.position)
		#ammo.rotation=self.ship.rotation
		actions = [A.move_to(x,y,1,6), A.remove()]
		ammo.run_action(A.sequence(actions))
		ammo.rotation=self.ship.rotation
		self.items.append(ammo)
		
	def check_ammo_collisions(self):
		sizex,sizey=self.size
		for ammo in self.items:
			if ammo.position in 	self.pb.frame:
				self.items.remove(ammo)
				ammo.remove_from_parent()
				self.points+=1
				self.pb.position=random.randint(0,sizex),random.randint(0,sizey)
				
	def update(self):
		self.update_map()
		self.check_ammo_collisions()
		#self.score.text=str(self.points)
		
		#save old posotion
		pos=self.ground.position
		posx,posy=pos
		
		sizex,sizey=self.size
		x, y, z = gravity()
		#adjust for held angle of device
		xx,yy,zz = self.recenter_gravity
		x-=xx
		y-=yy
		z-=zz
		
		self.ground.position-=(x * 10, y * 10)
		
		#use old and new posotion for rotation
		newpos=self.ground.position
		newposx,newposy=newpos
		deltax=posx-newposx
		deltay=posy-newposy
		self.ship.rotation = math.atan2(deltay,deltax)-4.7
	
	
	def wrench(self,xy):
		if xy in self.edit_button.bbox:
			if self.edit_mode==True:
				self.edit_mode=False
				self.edit_button.color='red'
				self.re_center.remove_from_parent()
				self.draws.remove_from_parent()
				self.selected.remove_from_parent()
			elif self.edit_mode==False:
				self.edit_mode=True	
				self.edit_button.color='#00ff00'
				self.add_child(self.re_center)
				self.add_child(self.draws)
				self.add_child(self.selected)
				
	def editmode(self,xy):	
		if xy in self.re_center.bbox:
			self.recenter_gravity=gravity()
			
		elif xy in self.draws.bbox:
			pass
			
		elif xy in self.selected.bbox:
			pass
			
	def playmode(self,xy):		
		pass	
			
	def touch_began(self, touch):
		xy =touch.location
		if xy in self.toolbar.bbox:
			self.wrench(xy)
			if self.edit_mode==True:
				self.editmode(xy)	
			else:
				self.playmode(xy)
		else:
			xy-=self.ground.position
			#non toolbar interactions
			if self.edit_mode==True:
				for _ in themap:
					for tile in _:
						if xy in tile.bbox:
							tile.texture=current_tile
				
			
		

run(MyScene(), PORTRAIT)