Change Z index for entities?

[Linnun]

Is there any way to change the z index (as in drawing order) of entities to decide which ones are drawn on top?

That way for example you could make concrete draw on top of ore fields instead of having the ore drawn on top of the concrete paths.

[DaveMcW]

A few entities support render_layer, which has a limited set of z-index values.

Ore is not supported, but if you try really hard you can make it invisible and add a SimpleEntity for the render_layer.

[Linnun]

Thank you for those hints, I will look into it

[Illiander42]

You could also look at how the Coverup mod does that for ore.

Assuming that's specifically what you're after.