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Don't mess with the hardbox and depth dot. Not for this particular problem.
Instead, set the depth-que (I don't know what key combo it is in DinkEdit) to some negative number. Why it happens? Here's an explanation:
The Dink Engine draws sprites with low y-coördinates before those with high-coördinates. The point where Dink's legs suddenly get covered by the bridge is the point where Dink's y-coördinate gets lower than the bridge's y-coördinate. Dink will be drawn before the bridge, and the visual result is that Dink is "under" the bridge. The depth-que overrules the y-coördinate when drawing (the function in DinkC is sp_que(&sprite, &number); ). So, if you set the depth-que to -100, the bridge will be drawn as if its y-coördinate was -100, which is lower than Dink's y-coördinate, so the bridge will be drawn before Dink. This results in a bridge that's drawn under Dink.
Setting it to "Background" might work, but if it's a bridge over water, or other animated tile, it will disappear. It'll also disappear when Dink gets a levelraise and everytime fill_screen(&color) or draw_background() are used.
In short: set the depth-dot to -100, or something else. Background might work, but it can easily screw up the sprite.
Instead, set the depth-que (I don't know what key combo it is in DinkEdit) to some negative number. Why it happens? Here's an explanation:
The Dink Engine draws sprites with low y-coördinates before those with high-coördinates. The point where Dink's legs suddenly get covered by the bridge is the point where Dink's y-coördinate gets lower than the bridge's y-coördinate. Dink will be drawn before the bridge, and the visual result is that Dink is "under" the bridge. The depth-que overrules the y-coördinate when drawing (the function in DinkC is sp_que(&sprite, &number); ). So, if you set the depth-que to -100, the bridge will be drawn as if its y-coördinate was -100, which is lower than Dink's y-coördinate, so the bridge will be drawn before Dink. This results in a bridge that's drawn under Dink.
Setting it to "Background" might work, but if it's a bridge over water, or other animated tile, it will disappear. It'll also disappear when Dink gets a levelraise and everytime fill_screen(&color) or draw_background() are used.
In short: set the depth-dot to -100, or something else. Background might work, but it can easily screw up the sprite.
