"Send to front" issue with layers

Chr0nosChr0nos Wondering Vagabond AustraliaMember Posts: 113
in Working with GS (Mac)

Hi guys.
I've just finished putting my touch controls into my game, but no matter what I do I cant get them to come to the front so they don't hide behind other actors.
I am told in order to get the controls to stay put when my actor makes the screen scroll, I have to put the controls on a separate layer and untick 'scrollable', which I've done and named "Touch control layer" but now "Send to front" simply doesn't work.
Any ideas on how I can get around this?
Thanks!

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  • LovejoyLovejoy Member Posts: 2,078

    @Chr0nos said:
    Hi guys.
    I've just finished putting my touch controls into my game, but no matter what I do I cant get them to come to the front so they don't hide behind other actors.
    I am told in order to get the controls to stay put when my actor makes the screen scroll, I have to put the controls on a separate layer and untick 'scrollable', which I've done and named "Touch control layer" but now "Send to front" simply doesn't work.
    Any ideas on how I can get around this?
    Thanks!

    The actors that are in the non-scrollable layer need to be placed on the lower left side of your scene.
    Look at my pictures and comments on this thread - http://forums.gamesalad.com/discussion/comment/527243/#Comment_527243

    Fortuna Infortuna Forti Una

  • Chr0nosChr0nos Wondering Vagabond AustraliaMember Posts: 113

    @Lovejoy thanks very much! I shall give this a go. :smile:

  • SocksSocks London, UK.Member Posts: 12,822

    @Chr0nos said:
    . . . but now "Send to front" simply doesn't work.
    Any ideas on how I can get around this?

    The actor you are trying to 'send to front' is on a separate layer than it beneath the layer you want this actor to be in-front of, 'send to front' only orders actors within their separate. layers, it doesn't move actors from one layer to another. You need to move the whole layer upwards.

  • Chr0nosChr0nos Wondering Vagabond AustraliaMember Posts: 113

    Thanks @Socks, do I do that by simply dragging the layer up to the top of the layer list?

  • Chr0nosChr0nos Wondering Vagabond AustraliaMember Posts: 113

    Thanks @Socks, do I do that by simply dragging the layer up to the top of the layer list?

  • SocksSocks London, UK.Member Posts: 12,822
    edited March 2015

    @Chr0nos said:
    Thanks Socks, do I do that by simply dragging the layer up to the top of the layer list?

    I will answer that question if you first answer this for me, do you know if I am able to type the word 'apple' in all capital letters in a forum post ? :p

  • Chr0nosChr0nos Wondering Vagabond AustraliaMember Posts: 113

    APPLE
    @Socks , yep! :wink:

  • SocksSocks London, UK.Member Posts: 12,822

    @Chr0nos said:
    APPLE
    Socks , yep! :wink:

    :smile:

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