ZIndex not working in 2D

Question

I have tried setzindex() in code, and just setting the default zindex at the root of each individual scene which I will be instancing, on the assumption they will be instanced with that zindex.

But when my dagger node spawns an animated sprite (toonSmoke) with a z-index of 500 for the smoke, and 1000 for the dagger-the smoke always appears above the dagger.

if overlaps_target == true:
        audioKnifeHit.play()

        var smoke:Node2D = resSmoke.instance()  
        smoke.position = self.position

        game.add_child(smoke)   
        smoke.play()
        print("Dagger Z-Index: " + str(self.z_index))
        print("Smoke Z-Index: " + str(smoke.z_index))
        call_deferred("reparent_to_target",self, target)
        call_deferred("reparent_to_target",smoke, target)

my console outputs:

Dagger Z-Index: 1000
Smoke Z-Index: 500

But my smoke is above my dagger:

It seems to just order them in scene tree order, and doesn’t care about zindex.

Comments

With the information you provided it's hardly possible to help you out. Can you upload an example project (as minimal as possible!) with the problem at hand?

Answer 1

The sprite sub node had a separate higher z-Index...my fault