@Drew: Thanks for posting here what the problem was in case others run into the same issue!

So upon further investigation I have discovered EXACTLY what my issue was. The issue is that upon importing a custom .tmx file, its image source points to the location on the computer and not in the local resources file. If the user then clicks on the newly imported .tmx file (now in your xcode resources folder) you need to redirect the image source from iPhone/Tiled/examples/tmw_desert_spacing.jpg
to just the name of the .jpg in your local resources folder, in this case “twm_desert_spacing.jpg”

I’ll continue to play around with it and report my findings. Hopefully this will prevent someone else from getting lost.

So the problem could be in your map or may be a missing ressource (maybe the path to the tile image in the tmx?).

Perhaps I am coding my project incorrectly and hopefully someone can help me out, I’m really excited to get into this.

My background in programming is somewhat limited, I mainly program using C++ and ActionScripting within flash.

Everytime I try to “build and run” my program the iPhone simulator pops up, loads the Cocos2d logo, flips the phone sideways and then crashes to the homescreen. Looking at my xcode terminal I see a “Debugging terminated.” at the bottom… but no other mention to coding issues.

Would someone be as to so kind to copy and past their .h and .m files for this or at least tell me what I have done wrong with mine… maybe I am putting the code in the wrong places?

My .h file is as follows:
//*************************************
/
// HelloWorldLayer.h
// TileGame
//
// Created by Drew on 12/10/10.
// Copyright xxxxx 2010. All rights reserved.
//

// When you import this file, you import all the cocos2d classes
#import “cocos2d.h”

// HelloWorld Layer
@interface HelloWorld : CCLayer
{
CCTMXTiledMap *_tileMap;
CCTMXLayer *_background;
}

@property (nonatomic, retain) CCTMXTiledMap *tileMap;
@property (nonatomic, retain) CCTMXLayer *background;

// returns a Scene that contains the HelloWorld as the only child
+(id) scene;

@end
//**********************************

MY .m file is as follows:
//**********************************

//
// HelloWorldLayer.m
// TileGame
//
// Created by Drew on 12/10/10.
// Copyright xxxxx 2010. All rights reserved.
//

// Import the interfaces
#import “HelloWorldScene.h”

// HelloWorld implementation
@implementation HelloWorld
@synthesize tileMap = _tileMap;
@synthesize background = _background;

+(id) scene
{
// ‘scene’ is an autorelease object.
CCScene *scene = [CCScene node];

// ‘layer’ is an autorelease object.
HelloWorld *layer = [HelloWorld node];

// add layer as a child to scene
[scene addChild: layer];

// return the scene
return scene;
}

// on “init” you need to initialize your instance
-(id) init
{
if( (self=[super init] )) {

self.tileMap = [CCTMXTiledMap tiledMapWithTMXFile:@"tilemap.tmx"];
self.background = [_tileMap layerNamed:@"Background"];

[self addChild:_tileMap z:-1];

}
return self;
}

// on “dealloc” you need to release all your retained objects
- (void) dealloc
{
self.tileMap = nil;
self.background = nil;
[super dealloc];
}
@end
//***********************************

How I ran it:
Xcode 3.2.3
Simulator 4.0 | Debug
Base SDK: iPhone device 4.0

All resources from the download have been imported to the resources folder.
My Tiled creation is titled “tilemap.tmx” exactly what the code asks for.
I have tried to clean all targets as well as “Reset Content and Settings…” within the iphone simulator… still no luck

There are no errors in the build and no issues, it just says “Debugging terminated.”

Please help.

Thank you,
Drew