Forums » Help » Z-index function in Weltmeister?

I've used Weltmeister for a while now and i'm completely in love it, but I just came across a problem. I have 3-4 entities overlapping at once and I need to distinguish which entitiy is on top, bottom, etc.

Is there already a built in key, value z-indexish like solution to this that I missed?

I did try to work around it since I noticed that when you add an new entity it tends to take top level, but when I test on mobile that technique doesn't work. Looking for any other solution.

Thanks in advance!

yes there is! just add zIndex:value_wanted to all your entity settings and you'll notice the difference.

eg, to create a fence in which the player moves 'behind' it,

    EntityFence=ig.Entity.extend({
        size:{x:32,y:20},
        offset:{x:0,y:0},
        maxVel:{x:60,y:150},
        friction:{x:100,y:0},
        health:5,
        bounciness:0,
        zIndex:1, //fence now appears in front of player

You can overwrite any property of an entity from within Weltmeister; the .zIndex property is no exception. Just enter "zIndex" as the key and an integer as value.

That said, Weltmeister will currently not honor the zIndex. So while you can set the zIndex in WM, you will only see the result in your game. I will fix that!

Edit: damn you fugufish! :D

Thanks so much guys! And it's great to know that you can rewrite all properties through key, value. I'm sure it says it somewhere in your documentation, but that's what I get for not reading thoroughly :D

This is still an issue. :P zIndex is pointless in WM.

I set the key to zIndex and the value to -1 in Weltmeister. Seems to have worked.

hmmm.... but still can't select them. Need a way to lock layers.