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healthyaddiction
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Posted: 22nd Aug 2009 20:19
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In my 2d game that i'm playing with I've got a 2d background using paste image and a sprite character. I also want to have another image that the sprite can actually walk behind (like trees). Using the paste image again will display the image over the ether image but not the sprite. Any way to make the image appear in front of the sprite?

Hope you can help

Thanks

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Dream And Death
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Posted: 22nd Aug 2009 20:34
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Why not use a sprite for the trees?

The image number determines the draw order of sprites since the recent update....or Set Sprite Priority!

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healthyaddiction
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Posted: 22nd Aug 2009 21:27
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fair play, you're right. Thanks. While i'm at it, is there a way to make a colour other than black be the transparent colour? Other than using a png obviously.

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Dream And Death
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Posted: 22nd Aug 2009 22:58
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Yeah, though I forget the command right now. Something like Set Image Colorkey - only problem is, it is a universal command, so set it before you get the image with the non-black transparent colour, then I think you can set it back to black for others.....unless you plan to use some weird shade of pink as transparent in all your images! ^_^

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healthyaddiction
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thanks fellah, worked a treat.

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Grog Grueslayer
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Posted: 23rd Aug 2009 10:42
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It's better to HIDE SPRITE and use PASTE SPRITE for your character. That way you can have characters walk behind images and still be able to use the powerful sprite commands.

Order:
<paste background image>
<paste character sprite>
<paste tree images>

Because the trees are pasted last the character will always appear to walk behind it even if it's just an image.

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