OpenGL 2D Depth Perception

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Published on 2012-04-04T10:36:09Z Indexed on 2012/04/04 17:43 UTC
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I have a 2D RPG game written in Java using LWJGL. All works fine, but at the moment I'm having trouble deciding what the best way to do depth perception is. So , for example, if the player goes in front of the tree/enemy (lower than the objects y-coordinate) then show the player in front), if the player goes behind the tree/enemy (higher than the objects specific y-coordinate), then show the player behind the object.

I have tried writing a block of code to deal with this, and it works quite well for the trees, but not for the enemies yet. Is there a simpler way of doing this in LWJGL that I'm missing?

OpenGL 2D Depth Perception

Posted by Stephen James on Game Development See other posts from Game Development or by Stephen James
Published on 2012-04-04T11:05:18Z Indexed on 2012/04/04 11:42 UTC
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This is the first time i have ever commented on a forum about programming, so sorry if I'm not specific enough.

Here's my problem: I have a 2D RPG game written in Java using LWJGL. All works fine, but at the moment I'm having trouble deciding what the best way to do depth perception is. So , for example, if the player goes in front of the tree/enemy (lower than the objects y-coordinate) then show the player in front), if the player goes behind the tree/enemy (higher than the objects specific y-coordinate), then show the player behind the object.

I have tried writing a block of code to deal with this, and it works quite well for the trees, but not for the enemies yet. Is there a simpler way of doing this in LWJGL that I'm missing?

Thanks :)

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