Having problems with depth

[Xenith]

well the problem is kinda hard to explain but i'll get right to the question, if my room is 9x9 tiles ( just an example ) is it possible to make the depth for each x coordinate tile to be added one? like thi...
999999999
888888888
777777777
666666666
555555555
444444444
333333333
222222222
111111111

so that instead of making a new layer of depth for each of the tiles in the room editor, i could just use some sort of code

thanks for the help and the time

[IsmAvatar]

yeah, but you'll have to do it in code, it can't be done in the editor. Look up the code in the manual under the graphics area of GML.

[Xenith]

i'm having trouble figuring out how to do it though, i checked out the manual but i need some hints

cuz it doesn't say how to change the tile's depth i'd think it would be something like tile.depth or something, can you please help me?

[IsmAvatar]

Firstly, it might use the term "layer"
secondly, it can be hard to call a tile in code. You need to either know it's current layer, it's x and y coordinates, or both. I normally just put an object right under the tile for controlling the tile. I set all tiles at the same layer, so it's easier to call them (then you only have to know x and y)

I think I might have done this for harpg

userweb.nni.com/cmagicj/harpg1.gmd

[Xenith]

mytile = tile_layer_find(-1000000,x,y)
tile_set_depth(mytile,-y)

would this be the code?
it's for the wall object
i'll reply or edit this post when i get it working thanks again.

edit:
it works perfectly now i only need to use one layer for most objects, thank you so very much

[IsmAvatar]

Glad I could help. (and yes, that guest was me, and yes, I did delete the post, because you edited)