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2D All the way! / Sprites & placement

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EightYearRecoil
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Posted: 11th Apr 2003 11:46
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I was wondering if anyone could tell me a way to draw a sprite on top of another one. I have a sprite 1, that i would like to have in front of a sprite 1000. But sprite 1000 is always on top. I tried a draw to front, and drawing sprite 1 after sprite 100, but it doesn't work. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

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Flashing Blade
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Posted: 11th Apr 2003 13:29
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okay if you want sprite 1 to appear on top of sprite 1000 do:

set sprite priority 1000,1
set sprite priority 1,2
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EightYearRecoil
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Posted: 11th Apr 2003 17:57
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I'm sorry, I forgot to mention that I have DB Classic, not Pro. I don't think Classic has that command (I just tried it and it didn't work.

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DangYankee
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Posted: 11th Apr 2003 22:28 Edited at: 11th Apr 2003 22:32
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You probally want to see both sprites but if it didn't matter:
You could trick it by hiding one of the sprites:
hide sprite 1 or hide sprite 1000
and then if you move the other do a:
show sprite 1 or 1000

but I just thought of something it might have to do with the creation order try swapping the order of the objects so sprite 1000 is created first.
After that I got nothing....
But Iam just learning this DB and DBP too so maybe someone else has the answer hopfully.

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IanM
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Posted: 12th Apr 2003 01:27
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DB Classic displays sprites in a fixed order based on the sprite number, and there's no way to *directly* control the display sequence.

If you go here (http://underwaredesign.com/products.php) you'll find the DSprite library that will give you what you want.
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EightYearRecoil
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Posted: 12th Apr 2003 04:18
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That seems to be exactly what I need (the Dsprite library). Thanks IanM.

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EightYearRecoil
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Well, I downloaded the library that you told me about, but before trying it out, I figured out a way to control my sprite placement without the library. All I had to do was have 2 sprites for my main character. One created before the object sprites and one created after. Then, when my character ran into an object, I check to see if it should be in front of or behind it, and change it's sprite accordingly. I hope that may be able to help someone else. Thanks again IanM, I always appreciate help and ideas when I can get them.

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IanM
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Hey, that's a neat and fast solution
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