Re: [pygame] Diffefrences between sprite.Group and sprite.RenderUpdates (and Group.draw question)

["René Dudfield" <renesd@xxxxxxxxx>]

Just a note, the LayeredUpdates from pygame was around first.  However
because of name spaces, it shouldn't pose any problems for this other
LayeredUpdates class.

cu,

On Sun, May 4, 2008 at 11:29 PM, PyMike <pymike93@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hey Luca,
>
> RenderUpdates() is just a Group() with a speedy draw function.
>
> If you want to draw stuff in the order of their y positions, Andy
> Sommerville made a script called "LayeredUpdates", (unfortunately, there's
> also a object called LayeredUpdates in pygame) which lets you control which
> layers they're on, and if they're all on the same layer, it will draw stuff
> according to their y positions.
>
> HTH,
>
>
>
> On Sun, May 4, 2008 at 7:38 AM, Luca <lucafbb@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Hi all.
> >
> > Reading pygame docs I found an example using a group that store all
> > sprites defined as a RenderUpdates, not simple Group.
> >
> > The pydoc of this class don't give me much infos. Can someone explain
> > me what is the difference?
> >
> > I found this because I'm having some problems with a game I'm
> > developing. The call of
> >
> >    all.draw
> >
> > (where "all" is for now a RenderUpdates instance) draw sprites on the
> > screen in some order. There is a way to control the order of sprites
> > drawed on screen? I like to blit images ordered on Y position on the
> > screen.
> >
> > Any help will be really appreciated!
> >
> > --
> > -- luca
> >
>
>
>
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