---
title: "init(tileSet:columns:rows:tileSize:tileGroupLayout:)"
framework: spritekit
role: symbol
role_heading: Initializer
path: "spritekit/sktilemapnode/init(tileset:columns:rows:tilesize:tilegrouplayout:)"
---

# init(tileSet:columns:rows:tileSize:tileGroupLayout:)

Creates and initializes a tile map node using the provided tile set with a specified number of columns and rows. For a grid set type, the overall size, in points, of the node will be numberOfColumns * tileSize.width wide and numberOfRows * tileSize.height high.

## Declaration

```swift
init(tileSet: SKTileSet, columns: Int, rows: Int, tileSize: CGSize, tileGroupLayout: [SKTileGroup])
```

## Parameters

- `tileSet`: The tile set that is used to render the tiles
- `columns`: The number of columns in the map
- `rows`: The number of rows in the map
- `tileSize`: The size of each tile in points
- `tileGroupLayout`: An array of tile groups to fill the tile map with.

## Return Value

Return Value A new tile map node.

## Discussion

Discussion This initializer fills each tile with a texture defined by the final argument which is a row-major array of SKTileGroup objects. For example, for a 2 by 2 map node, a tileGroupLayout of [A, B, C, D] would place tile group A in the bottom left of the node and group D in the top right. The length of the tile group layout array should be the same as columns multiplied by rows.

## See Also

### Creating a Tile Map

- [init(tileSet:columns:rows:tileSize:)](spritekit/sktilemapnode/init(tileset:columns:rows:tilesize:).md)
- [init(tileSet:columns:rows:tileSize:fillWith:)](spritekit/sktilemapnode/init(tileset:columns:rows:tilesize:fillwith:).md)
- [tileMapNodes(tileSet:columns:rows:tileSize:from:tileTypeNoiseMapThresholds:)](spritekit/sktilemapnode/tilemapnodes(tileset:columns:rows:tilesize:from:tiletypenoisemapthresholds:).md)