Impact

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1 decade ago by Joncom

Is there a way to make a special kind of entity that's always above all other map layers, even if the entity layer is not the top one?

1 decade ago by dominic

You'd have to draw this entity yourself. Depending on what you want to do, you could either just draw an ig.Image above all layers, or modify your entity a bit:

// In your Entity
init: function( x, y, settings ) {
	this.parent( x, y, settings );
	
	// save a reference to this entity on your game
	ig.game.specialEntity = this;
},

draw: function( reallyDraw ) {
	// Only draw when the 'reallyDraw' param is true, 
	// so it ignores the "normal" draw call
	if( reallyDraw ) {
		this.parent();
	}
}



// In your Game
draw: function() {
	// Draw all background maps and entities
	this.parent();
	
	// Call draw() on your special entity with the extra
	// parameter added
	this.specialEntity.draw( true );
}

1 decade ago by Joncom

Clever. Thanks, I will definitely use this.

10 years ago by stahlmanDesign

This works well to draw only a special entity (like a button) on top of all other layers.

You might want this if for example you have a layer of texture that obscures your entities, like if they walk behind a wall or into a cave, but you want the button to appear on top of the texture layer.
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