[Pi]

Hi,

I am trying to position two items (an image and a spritesequence) on the z axis.

When I use SpriteSequence the sprite appears above the image even though the z value is less than that of the image

    EntityBase{
        id: menubg
        z: 1
        Image {
            //id: sprite
            width:480
            height:320
            z: 1

            source: "img/menubg.png"
        }
    }
    EntityBase{
        id:headbob
        z:0
        x: 10
        y: 40
        SpriteSequence{
            spriteSheetSource:"img/headbob.png"
           Sprite {
               
               scale: .3
               id: sprite
               frameWidth: 383
               frameHeight: 310
               frameCount: 12
               startFrameColumn: 1
               frameRate: 10

             }
        }

    }

 

But if I use an image or just sprite the positioning comes as expected. Is this a bug?

    EntityBase{
        id: menubg
        z: 1
        Image {
            //id: sprite
            width:480
            height:320
            z: 1

            source: "img/menubg.png"
        }
    }
    EntityBase{
        id:headbob
        z:0
        x: 10
        y: 40
           Sprite {
               source: "img/headbob.png"
               scale: .3
               id: sprite
               frameWidth: 383
               frameHeight: 310
               frameCount: 12
               startFrameColumn: 1
               frameRate: 10

             }
    }

 

 

[AlexFelgo Team]

Hi,

the advantage of using spritesheets is that all sprites are drawn in one draw call. This also means they are all drawn in one logical layer. You can define the position of that layer using the SpriteBatchContainer. If you don’t make use of the Container, the sprites will be drawn last, on top of all other items (that’s what you are experiencing in your first example).

So you can either find a good place for the SpriteBatchContainer, or put everything that should be on top of the sprites into a spritesheet too, and also use it with the SingleSprite… and SpriteSequence… components.

 

By the way, why are you using an EntityBase for your menubg? This component is normally meant to be used for game entities.

Best Regards,
Alex

[Pi]

Hi Alex,

Thanks for the clarification.

You’re right, the menubg does not belong in an EntityBase. I just put it there as a last ditched effort to correct the z-positioning 🙂

 

Oh and I think there is a typo in the last line of this page

http://felgo.com/doc/vplay1-spritebatchcontainer.html

“By now, define the …” should be “For now,…”

 

Regards,

Piyush

[AlexFelgo Team]

Yeah you are right, “For now” is correct in that context, we will change that, thank you 🙂

Best Regards,
Alex