I've never used Github before, but by poking around, I'm guessing the problem is that certain files have been given the "export-ignore" attribute in the .gitattributes file on Github, which causes them to be missing in the downloaded zipball.

Is there any simple way to work around this "export-ignore" without installing a Git client on my Windows box?

Thanks for the response. The error message Tiled is giving me is:
"Error loading tileset ../../../tiled/dungeon/tiled_collision.png, which expands to XXXXXXXX. Path not found!" (where the XXXX's are a filename with full path)

So it's implying that I need a tiled folder, which I don't have in the Windows 0.19 distribution that I downloaded from the http://flarerpg.org homepage.

I'm trying to use Tiled to open files such as:
flare/mods/alpha_demo/maps/ancient_temple.txt
flare/mods/alpha_demo/maps/averguard_academy.txt

I get similar errors as above if I try to use Tiled to open the more up-to-date versions of those same map text files as downloaded from the Github master distribution at https://github.com/clintbellanger/flare-game.

(note: I manually downloaded a bunch of files from the "tiled" folder on the Git repository and was able to open a map in the Tiled map editor. This question is about whether that downloading step is necessary or if Flare's .txt maps can be opened directly without downloading the "tiled" folder from Github.)

I tried installing the daily build (9/1/2014) of the Tiled map editor, and it gives the same error message when I try to open Flare's .txt map files without downloading the Flare "tiled" folder (can't find files from "tiled" folder). Does Tiled need Flare's "tiled" folder for it to open maps properly? Or is there a way for Tiled to read Flare maps with only the .txt map files?