Change Clip depth programmatically

[Jovanny]

Has this feature been suggested before?
Yes

Describe the solution you’d like
This solution works great, it was implemented by @pumpkinhead, and it should be added to the core clip class. Here is his implementation…

Send clip to front/back

wicklayers.wick (10.5 KB) I figured out how to make clips go to front/back, and how to send them forward/backward In the demo, click on the circles to send them forward.

How to use

In the demo get the frame named “pkhead_wicklayers” and put it in your project. The script in the frame will then put several functions in the clip object so you can change their z-order. To make a clip go to front, write clip.sendToFront(); To make a clip go to the back, write clip.sendToBack(); To make a clip g…

Additional context
This is a must for beat-em-ups kind of games in where the players and the enemies change their depth dynamically based on their “y” position.

[Jovanny]

I’m currently doing a beat-em-up prototype game, and I had to use pumpkinhead’s solution.

[myuzernamesthis6]

wow that would be a great feature!