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[Zero]

Zero

Scenery Help

Hey, I am trying to make it so when Link goes behind say a tree, a portion of it is in front of him.  I have an idea, kind of... but not really.  Any ideas?  Thanks. 

[wildex999]

wildex999

Re: Scenery Help

What are you using? GameMaker? If I remember right, it should be something about setting different depths on different parts of the tree.

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[Zero]

Zero

Re: Scenery Help

Yea, I am using GM.  Any specific ideas?

Thanks 

[sjegtp]

sjegtp

Re: Scenery Help

There are two ways:
1) Use two objects to represent the tree and make each one with a different depth, and have one of them representing the part in front of link and the other representing the part behind link.
2) Make the tree draw two different sprites, alternating the depth before drawing each sprite.

[Zero]

Zero

Re: Scenery Help

ok, I got it.  Thanks for the help 

[Bearer]

Bearer

Re: Scenery Help

Actually, a much better way to do it would be to add the following to every object's step event:

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depth=y;it might actually be -y though, so try both, I could be wrong...

Also, have an image mask (solid black square).  To do this effectively, make the canvas the same size as your character's sprite, then fill that box half way from the bottom with a solid color.  Make sure to leave a 1 pixel outline of the background color (so, the total image size should be 2 pixels wider and taller).  set the origin of the sprite (the mask) to [1,1] instead of [0,0].  use this sprite as your character's mask.

[Clams]

Clams

Re: Scenery Help

yeah, what I do is have the base of the tree be solid. I make the base create a non-solid object of the leaves in it's creation event. The leaves object would have a depth less than that of the base.

[Obsequious Eye]

Obsequious Eye

Re: Scenery Help

Actually, a much better way to do it would be to add the following to every object's step event:

Code: [Select]

depth=y;it might actually be -y though, so try both, I could be wrong...

Also, have an image mask (solid black square).  To do this effectively, make the canvas the same size as your character's sprite, then fill that box half way from the bottom with a solid color.  Make sure to leave a 1 pixel outline of the background color (so, the total image size should be 2 pixels wider and taller).  set the origin of the sprite (the mask) to [1,1] instead of [0,0].  use this sprite as your character's mask.

Yeah, it's depth=-y
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[Kylink]

Kylink

Re: Scenery Help

If its something that you generally won't be interacting with, you might want to have it like this:

1.Create the tiles of the body (or bottom part of the tree) at a depth of 1 or something smaller that link.
2.Create the tiles of the leaves (or top part of the tree) at a depth of -2 or something higher than link.

It's generally best to set links depth at -1 for general purposes seeing as most objects start at 0 depth and you want Link to be in front of most of them.

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[Zero]

Zero

Re: Scenery Help

If its something that you generally won't be interacting with, you might want to have it like this:

1.Create the tiles of the body (or bottom part of the tree) at a depth of 1 or something smaller that link.
2.Create the tiles of the leaves (or top part of the tree) at a depth of -2 or something higher than link.

It's generally best to set links depth at -1 for general purposes seeing as most objects start at 0 depth and you want Link to be in front of most of them.

Yup, exactly what I did