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ok now I have another Q hehe...
if I made an array for tiles... would I just make an array for the tiles on the screen? say a 5x5 tile view. Or would I make an array for each tile, then just update the view ...

ok so itd be like
dim tiles(numtiles) as integer
'where numtiles is grabbed from map file
then set an if situation for each tile to check for a value whether its a grass tile/lava tile, etc? Well thanks agian, and all the more help is appreciated.