Adobe flash cs4 tutorial 3D Z Sorting

In this tutorial you will learn how to sort display items with the z-axis using the SimpleZSorter by Ralph Hauwert.

SimpleZSorter
Get Simple Z Sorter Timeline Code

var con:Sprite = new Sprite();
var timer:Timer=new Timer(200);
timer.addEventListener(TimerEvent.TIMER,make);
function make(e:Event) {
 var bl:MovieClip = new ball();
 bl.y=Math.random()*400;
 bl.z=Math.random()*1000;
 bl.addEventListener(Event.ENTER_FRAME,go);
 con.addChild(bl);
 SimpleZSorter.sortClips(con);
}
function go(e:Event) {
 e.currentTarget.x+=5;
}
addChild(con);
timer.start();

4 comments:

Sam said...: good tutorial, thanks for the heads up on SimpleZSorter - very useful; August 20, 2009 at 8:41 AM
Rijad.krak said...: thax for a great tutorial mate.

i was wondering..

om my site i have movie clips buttons that i whant to sort by Zsort.

how do i do that? and is it always the biggest that shows and the smal one gets in the back ?

thax; October 10, 2009 at 6:07 AM
Waarith Abdul-Majeed said...: yes all the 'big' items are in the front. To sort buttons just put your buttons in a movieclip which will act as a container to sort the buttons.; October 10, 2009 at 10:16 AM
omgnoseat said...: I see you have an Ysorter aswell, which is not available at the google code link. Any idea where we could get that? Thanks :); December 7, 2009 at 4:48 AM