Workaround for a fixed render layer object?

[simonsays476]

I made an in-ground lamp with the collision_mask = { "item-layer", "object-layer", "water-tile" } so that players and vehicles don't collide with it. Unfortunately, it's giving me this graphical bug:

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I searched around and found out it was a render layer issue but setting it to something lower doesn't do anything so I'm guessing lamps have the render_layer hardcoded. Is there an easy way around this?

[bloc97]

I think that the layers={{shift= {x,y}} changes the layer. If Y is 0, it is on the ground, and if it is positive, it should be under the ground.

[Adil]

I think that the layers={{shift= {x,y}} changes the layer. If Y is 0, it is on the ground, and if it is positive, it should be under the ground.

Nope, that's shift on west-east and north-south directions.

@op
There are such fields as render_layer and priority in drawing related parts of the prototype definitions though I know nothing about their works. You might be the first to figure out, how to use those.

[keyboardhack]

Add this to the prototype.

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render_layer = "lower-object"

You can find the different render layers here

[bloc97]

Nope, that's shift on west-east and north-south directions. [...]

I've definitively noticed a change of layering of the sprites when I changed the shift values. When I made the Y shift less than the player, the player walks over the object. When the Y value is very high, it overshadows trees, assemblers, etc.

Edit: There's something going around inside the game engine that automatically assigns layers based on render_layer and shift...

[Ace-Athor]

Have you found a solution? I have a similar problem for a building. viewtopic.php?f=25&t=38974