How do I control the z order when selecting multiple objects?

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- John Cutter
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I'm working on an editor for a card game. I can drag a selection rectangle and move/copy multiple sprites, but the z order gets messed up. Not sure why this is happening, but I thought I could fix the problem by saving the initial z order (and updating this as needed) and then setting the z order again.

Unfortunately, there's no way to "SET" the z order for a sprite, only the elevation -- which I know is a different thing.

So how do I fix this? (Thanks!)
- WackyToaster
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Setting the z order is done with the actions "Move to top" "Move to bottom" "move to object"

There is also a specific "Sort Z order" system action that sorts based on an instance variable.
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- John Cutter
- - Joined 11 Dec, 2015
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Just a quick follow-up that might help someone else in the future...

I solved this issue by rejiggering my array to put the zIndex values in the first column. Then, before pasting the cards, I do a sort. Unless I'm missing something, array sorts always happen on the first column only, hence the re-jiggering.

This way the cards get created one-by-one with the appropriate z ordering.