Is there a clever way to add a foreground to a tile map (DEF-1184)

[chevgc]

I currently know that the z position for tilemap layers are currently confined to the tilemap and has no effect on the position of anything else. I was thinking to just make 2 tilemaps and have them place on a background and foreground game object but when I’m planning to have 40+ maps its quickly apparent how convoluted that would become. I want my game to have secret areas hidden behind a foreground wall but I cant think of another way. Any Ideas?

[britzl]

This is actually reported as DEF-1184 and I agree that it’s quite annoying and would be really nice to have. I took a look at the ticket in our system and there’s even a PR that never got merged. I’ll check with the @Mathias_Westerdahl and @sven to see what can be done.

[selimanac]

+1

[NeZvers]

1++

[TheKing0x9]

Seems similar to this one

Tilemap layers and sprite ordering (DEF-1184)

Hello. I have a “map” game object (with z = 0) with tile map. It has two layers (foreground with z = 1 and background with z = -1). I have a “character” game object (with z = 0) with sprite (z = 0). I expect that a character sprite will be rendered between tile map layers, but all layers are rendered bellow or after the character (depending on character sprite z). I found that i can move each layer to own tilemap and draw them separately, but it makes too hard to edit them and keep them sync…

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This issue really annoys sometimes.

[britzl]

Yes, interleaving tilemaps and sprites had been asked for for a long time. Let me check and get back to you next week.

[britzl]

Let me check and get back to you next week.

We will discuss this in our next planning session on Monday.