LinkSprite

Last Modified: 1/4/2021

Changes the order (link) in which the VDP draws the sprites to the display

Arguments

Name	Type	Required	Description
Sprite	Integer	Yes	Sprite is the variable you prepared with AddSprite().
LinkId	Integer	Yes	This tells the VPD which sprite to draw next.

Example

Syntax: LinkSprite <Sprite>, <LinkId>

SpriteA = AddSprite(1,1)     PropSprite SpriteA,1,0     SpriteB = AddSprite(1,1)     PropSprite SpriteB,2,0     SpriteC = AddSprite(1,1)     PropSprite SpriteC,3,0     SpriteD = AddSprite(1,1)     PropSprite SpriteD,3,0     Palettes Pal,0,0,16     LoadTiles Tiles,3,1     MoveSprite SpriteA,130,130     MoveSprite SpriteB,134,134     MoveSprite SpriteC,138,138     MoveSprite SpriteD,200,200          Sleep 100          ' SpriteA's LinkID = 0     ' SpriteB's LinkID = 1     ' SpriteC's LinkID = 2     LinkSprite SpriteA,SpriteC ' Set SpriteC to be drawn after SpriteA     LinkSprite SpriteC,SpriteB ' Set SpriteB to be drawn after SpriteC     LinkSprite SpriteB,0       ' Tell the VDP to stop drawing sprites      Pal:     DataInt $0000,$0EEE,$0AAA,$0888,$0000,$0000,$0000,$0000     DataInt $0000,$0000,$0000,$0000,$0000,$0000,$0000,$0000      Tiles:     DataLong $22222222     DataLong $22222222     DataLong $22222222     DataLong $22222222     DataLong $22222222     DataLong $22222222     DataLong $22222222     DataLong $22222222      Tile2:     DataLong $11111111     DataLong $11111111     DataLong $11111111     DataLong $11111111     DataLong $11111111     DataLong $11111111     DataLong $11111111     DataLong $11111111      Tile3:     DataLong $33333333     DataLong $33333333     DataLong $33333333     DataLong $33333333     DataLong $33333333     DataLong $33333333     DataLong $33333333     DataLong $33333333

Remarks

To stop drawing all sprites after the current Sprite, set LinkId to 0. You can use aS Sprite in the LinkId as well.

See Also

FreeSprite, FreeAllSprites, HideSprite, MoveSprite, PropSprite, ResizeSprite, ShiftSprite, AddSprite(), SpritePosX(), SpritePosY()