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Moving an Object Behind Another Object

by Eric Bahr · in Torque Game Builder · 02/02/2008 (2:27 pm) · 2 replies

TGB's layer system allows objects to move over and below objects. But is there a simple way to have an object move around other objects?

This seems common in 2D video games. Here're three screenshots from CT that illustrate my point:

http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a329/Empyrealmortal/1.png
http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a329/Empyrealmortal/2.png
http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a329/Empyrealmortal/3.png

May the wind be always at your back,
-Eric
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Torque Owner Joshua Jewell
#1
02/04/2008 (7:40 pm)
There is nothing I know of out of the box that will achieve what you want. However if your looking for a programming solutions you can always use the onUpdate call back of the player object or behavior to check its height relative to the other players and adjust the layer appropriately.

Torque Owner Dan Maruschak
#2
02/04/2008 (7:47 pm)
Check out the "layer sorting" feature (with no objects selected in TGB, go to the Edit pane, and expand out the Layer Management rollout) and sort-points on objects. I think it will do what you're looking for.