Layers

There are a great algodoo undocumented feature - layer.
To create a layer, use the command

CODE: SELECT ALL

Scene.addLayer {visible: = true; color: = [1, 1, 1, 1]; id: = 2; dynamic: = false};

To put a geom on some layer, you need to specify layer id when you create it:

CODE: SELECT ALL

Scene.addbox {layer: = 2; ...}

or to draw interactively, set active layer by entering command

CODE: SELECT ALL

scene.selectLayer(2)

Changing the properties of the layer can be done via the same command - scene.addLayer

visibility - to show layer or not
color - a factor for all the colors in the layer (eg [1,1,1,0.5] will do a translucent
dynamic - whether physics cheat on this layer, or it just a "picture"

All that could be very handy if you want to make few locations or just a picture with no performance impact and so on.

Last edited by Kilinich on Thu Jan 24, 2013 8:08 am, edited 3 times in total.

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