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From: "Matt Verran" <mverran@btinternet.com>
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Subject: Re: sprite BG behind TMD
Date: Mon, 25 Jun 2001 10:45:39 +0100
Organization: PlayStation Net Yaroze (SCEE)
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hmmm, are you sorting the sprites to the last position in the OT?

GsSortSprite(*sp, *otp, pri)

pri is the position in the OT the sprite is placed at, so if your OT depth
is 8 (1<<8) then the furthest pri would be 255, sorting a sprite with this
pri should put it behind everything I think.

Omar <OMetwally7@aol.com> wrote in message
news:9h6o0e$1k21@www.netyaroze-europe.com...
> hello,
>
> my game so far is basically a race track, 3 cars, and a sprite background
> (to represent the clouds/sky).  the problem is that the cloud/sky sprite
is
> always on top of my 3D objects.  i kinda solved the problem my making my
OT
> length bigger and then increasing the Z-precision value in GsSortObject4
for
> the track and cars.  i know this is really inefficient, and it really
> doesn't completely solve the problem.  i also tried to use 2 OTs, one for
> the sprite bg and the other for the 3D objects, so that the sprite in the
> second OT is always drawn last, but no such luck (i might have done it
wrong
> though...)  bottom line:  i need the bg sprite to be behind every other 3D
> object.  any suggestions?
>
> -omar
>
>
>