slick2d and tiled

Engines, Libraries and Tools
#1

I want to start messing around with slick2d however I’m having issues, I’ve set up and I can run a slick2d program fine however I can’t seem to load a map.

import org.newdawn.slick.AppGameContainer;
import org.newdawn.slick.BasicGame;
import org.newdawn.slick.GameContainer;
import org.newdawn.slick.Graphics;
import org.newdawn.slick.SlickException;
import org.newdawn.slick.tiled.TiledMap;

public class Game extends BasicGame
{
	private TiledMap grassMap;
	
    public Game()
    {
        super("Zidsal");
    }

    public static void main(String[] arguments)
    {
        try
        {
            AppGameContainer app = new AppGameContainer(new Game());
            app.setDisplayMode(1000, 1000, false);
            app.start();
        }
        catch (SlickException e)
        {
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
    }

    @Override
    public void init(GameContainer container) throws SlickException
    {
    	grassMap = new TiledMap("data/grassMap.tmx");
    }

    @Override
    public void update(GameContainer container, int delta) throws SlickException
    {
    }

    public void render(GameContainer container, Graphics g) throws SlickException
    {
    	grassMap.render(0, 0);
    }
}

in my data folder I have my map grassMap.tmx and the tileset grass.png however when I try and run the program I get this exception

[quote] Jun 02 12:57:56 BST 2011 ERROR:Unsupport tiled map type: base64,zlib (only gzip base64 supported)
org.newdawn.slick.SlickException: Unsupport tiled map type: base64,zlib (only gzip base64 supported)
[/quote]
any help would be great as I have no idea whats going on.

#2

slick2d only accepts .tmx files that are in Base64 (gzip compressed) form.
Go to Edit > Preferences in Tiled and change the Store tile layer data as: to Base64 (gzip compressed)
By default, Tiled saves the .tmx files as Base64 (zlib compressed).

Hope this helps