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ok so far enjoying playing with sprites with Hollywood and noticed that when Sprite1 overlaps Sprite 2 it black out Sprite2 so my question is how to keep Sprite 2 always visible on screen when Sprite 1 overlaps it

I don't quite understand... what do you mean by "blacking out"?

I think the question involves sprite overlay priorities.

SamuraiCrow wrote:I think the question involves sprite overlay priorities.

yes correct I don't want Sprite 1 to disappear when Sprite 2 goes over it

I had the same problem so I am curious about the correct answer.

I “Solved” it by making sure I displayed the sprites in correct order, bottom sprite first and top sprite last. And when I needed to move a sprite up to the top I removed (RemoveSprite()) that sprite and redisplayed (DisplaySprite()) it thus forcing it to the top.
If you can’t display the sprites in the order to make them correctly overlap each other, because the bottom sprite should not be visible yet. Maybe (have not tried this myself) you can “park” the bottom sprite outside the visible area of the screen? By setting X = -1000 and Y = -1000 of the sprite and when it’s time for appearance move it in to the right position with a DisplaySprite()?

I kind of miss some sort of functions to move a sprite to top or bottom.

@fjudde:
I could add a function that allows you to change the z-order of sprites but I'm not sure if this is really related to sesco's problem. He says:

yes correct I don't want Sprite 1 to disappear when Sprite 2 goes over it

Sprite 1 doesn't disappear when sprite 2 goes over it. Sprite 2 is just drawn over sprite 1 so the latter will only disappear if the non-transparent areas of sprite 2 black out sprite 1. If I added a function to change the sprite z-order, then it would be just the other way round, i.e. sprite 1 blacking out sprite 2. I'm not sure if this is what sesco wants.

@airsoftsoftwair

airsoftsoftwair wrote:@fjudde:
I could add a function that allows you to change the z-order of sprites

That would be nice! Something like SetSpriteZPos(id, zpos)? If so a new attribute #ATTRZPOS to the object #SPRITE could become handy.

@sesco
Sorry for derailing your tread.

fjudde wrote:@airsoftsoftwair

airsoftsoftwair wrote:@fjudde:
I could add a function that allows you to change the z-order of sprites

That would be nice! Something like SetSpriteZPos(id, zpos)? If so a new attribute #ATTRZPOS to the object #SPRITE could become handy.

@sesco
Sorry for derailing your tread.

lol no problem at all as I'm just learning myself and appreciate nay help I can get

airsoftsoftwair wrote:@fjudde:
I could add a function that allows you to change the z-order of sprites but I'm not sure if this is really related to sesco's problem. He says:

yes correct I don't want Sprite 1 to disappear when Sprite 2 goes over it

Sprite 1 doesn't disappear when sprite 2 goes over it. Sprite 2 is just drawn over sprite 1 so the latter will only disappear if the non-transparent areas of sprite 2 black out sprite 1. If I added a function to change the sprite z-order, then it would be just the other way round, i.e. sprite 1 blacking out sprite 2. I'm not sure if this is what sesco wants.

hmm so perhaps its the transparency issue I should look into?? anyhow a 2x2 sprite should totally blackout a 2x2 sprite when it goes over/near it

sesco wrote:

airsoftsoftwair wrote:@fjudde:
I could add a function that allows you to change the z-order of sprites but I'm not sure if this is really related to sesco's problem. He says:

yes correct I don't want Sprite 1 to disappear when Sprite 2 goes over it

Sprite 1 doesn't disappear when sprite 2 goes over it. Sprite 2 is just drawn over sprite 1 so the latter will only disappear if the non-transparent areas of sprite 2 black out sprite 1. If I added a function to change the sprite z-order, then it would be just the other way round, i.e. sprite 1 blacking out sprite 2. I'm not sure if this is what sesco wants.

hmm so perhaps its the transparency issue I should look into?? anyhow a 2x2 sprite should totally blackout a 2x2 sprite when it goes over/near it

strange there's no option to edit a previous post anyhow just wanted to correct my last sentence which should read " a 2x2 sprite should not totally blackout a 10x10 sprite when it goes over/near it"
when it comes to sprite order determining sprite display priority this doesn't work when you have sprites moving around the screen