Overlay Z order?

[Laura Hunt]

Hi all,

As mentioned in another thread, I have created a lantern effect using a GUI with a transparent "hole" in the middle.

When my player character speaks, his lines appear on top of this GUI, as expected. However, when I use SayBackground for another character, their lines appear under the GUI, making them illegible. I have also tried using Overlay.CreateTextual, but unfortunately, with the same results.

(Click below if you don't mind spoilers if you want to see what I mean).

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My question, then, is obvious: is there any way to assign some Z-order of sorts to an overlay, or are overlays always drawn on the background? Is my only option to put this character's lines in a label on a second GUI with a higher Z-order than my lantern?

[Cassiebsg]

Maybe you could try and draw the text on the lantern GUI? That way you wouldn't need a new GUI, though not sure that would work, since I haven't tried it and don't know if there's any special code that would interfere with the text being there.

[Crimson Wizard]

No, currently there's no way to control overlay's z order.

[Laura Hunt]

Maybe you could try and draw the text on the lantern GUI? That way you wouldn't need a new GUI, though not sure that would work, since I haven't tried it and don't know if there's any special code that would interfere with the text being there.

Oh, nice. I pretty much never use Draw commands, so it hadn't crossed my mind. It might work, thanks for the tip

No, currently there's no way to control overlay's z order.

Oh, well. Thanks for confirming!