Hey everyone!
I need some help with tilemaps. I’m trying to create depth (sort of top down view) in my game but I don’t really know how to get the z-ordering to work inside the tilemap.
I noticed that there was a fix recently for this (Defold 1.2.161 has been released), but I just don’t understand how it works or what I should be doing. Worth noting is that I’m creating the map in tiled and exporting it to .tilemap
Here’s what my structure looks like right now:
Any help is appreciated! 
The fix in 1.2.161 was that tilemaps with multiple layers now can have sprites mixed in between layers. In older versions of Defold all layers of a tilemap were rendered together.
The tilemap component itself has one z-value and individual layers can be offset from the component z-value. The layers get sorted and rendered just like any other visual component and can end up in front of or behind other components based on the aggregated final z-value (taking into account hierarchies of game objects).
Aha! I see! Thank you for the very speedy reply
Another question, is there any way of setting the z value of a tile layer from code, alternative move tiles to different layers from code? Otherwise, what would be the best approach if I want to be able to move in front or behind tiles in the game?
Actually, I think I can fix it by just use game objects and a factory instead
You can do it using tilemap.get_tile() and set_tile()
