Castle Paradox

Bagne · Posted: Mon Jun 07, 2010 6:48 pm Post subject: Map layers and slices

If I wanted a slice to appear in front of layer0 but behind layer 1, all I has to do is say

Newbie_Power · Joined: 04 Sep 2006 Posts: 1762

You have to use set parent to do this. Move slice above only works on a children to children basis, I believe.
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TMC · Posted: Mon Jun 07, 2010 9:19 pm Post subject:

Yes you have to use setparent, and the reason is that the parent slice (sl:map root) of the map layers is not currently a full-fledged real slice. It exists in the slice tree, but it's never drawn. The map layer slices are drawn manually.

Bagne · Posted: Tue Jun 08, 2010 3:59 am Post subject:

Oh that's weird, because I *am* using
SET PARENT (sl, LOOKUP SLICE(sl:map layer0))
and that works just fine ... insofar as it anchors the sprite in place on the map.
Incidentally, this makes the slice disappear, but it reappears if I use
SLICE TO FRONT (sl)

If the maproot isn't drawn, that's weird that I can set layer0 as a parent and still see the slice at all.

Am I to understand from a long-past post you made that the answers to my above questions lie somewhere within allmodex.bas OR blit.c?
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TMC · Posted: Tue Jun 08, 2010 6:45 am Post subject:

Bagne · Posted: Sat Oct 30, 2010 8:50 pm Post subject:

When map layers are converted to individual slices (to which you can attach and sort other slices), please let me know :-)
There's a visual effect I'm itching to try.
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TMC · Posted: Sun Oct 31, 2010 5:58 am Post subject:

I'm confused, and you're confused. Map layers are individual slices already. so what is it that you want to do, move a slice underneath map layer 0?
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Bagne · Posted: Sun Oct 31, 2010 9:21 am Post subject:

Oh.
Confusing.

So, what I would like to do is place a slice behind layer 1, but in front of layer 0.
Do I:

TMC · Posted: Sun Oct 31, 2010 12:09 pm Post subject:

Bagne · Posted: Sun Oct 31, 2010 5:27 pm Post subject:

Oh. Now the past few posts actually make sense.
Is that likely to be fixed, or if past games have used and relied on the incorrect effect of that command, is it just going to sit and fester?
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TMC · Posted: Sun Oct 31, 2010 11:36 pm Post subject:

I meant that lots of games rely on it working. Currently it appears to do nothing; no one would use it if that was the case!
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Bagne · Posted: Mon Nov 01, 2010 5:31 am Post subject:

I suspect it was this way in June when I made the OP. Of the many commands I tried, the proper way was one of themâ€“ I just thought I was doing it wrong, or that it wasn't fully implemented or something.
Cool. Mystery solved.
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Bob the Hamster · Posted: Mon Nov 01, 2010 7:33 am Post subject:

So what is going on here? Is it that a slice parented to map layer 0 is showing up on top of all the map layers instead of between map layer 0 and map layer 1?

Bagne · Posted: Mon Nov 01, 2010 7:37 am Post subject:

Aye.
I haven't tried it between other layers, but it's definitely the case for layer 0 and layer 1.
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Bagne · Posted: Fri Nov 26, 2010 6:56 am Post subject:

Was this put on bugzilla? I can't find it ... so I just put it up as bug 865.
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