Working with 2d top-down games with different floor heights

[dexterfstone]

Godot Version

4.3.rc2

Question

Hi
I’m working on a top-down game with different floor heights
I’m using TileMapLayer and y sort origin to change player floor
the problem comes when I have other objects as well
Floor 1:

Floor 2:

as you can see, I have 2 boxes, one in floor 1, one in floor 2, when I in floor 1, box on floor 2 was not visible because of y sorting, and when I in floor 2 both boxes were shown in floor 2 because of y sorting.
Do you have any ideas for better floor management?

[javier.8]

You could probably use Z-Index as floors. Whoever’s on floor 2 (z-index=2) will always be shown in front of anything that’s on floor 1 (z-index=1) .

Somehow you’ll have to manage the player changing Z-indexes when it goes from floor to floor.
That, combined with ysorting of course (for objects within the same floor, ysorting will apply).

[dexterfstone]

thanks, it works, the key point is the Z Index.

[dexterfstone]

how do fix this problem?

Top-floor textures cover my bottom-floor textures (shadow, player)

[javier.8]

I mean, shadows are tricky. Like the seconds shadow should be something like this:

And I don’t know a way to fix that other than just making your game 3D.

Do you really have to make these extreme shadows? Cant you get away with something smaller? like this?