Please help~simple RPG movement

[pinacoladaxb]

In my RPG game, the character must be able to walk in front of and behind objects like trees and stop when he walks into the base of that object. I have already accomplished this by making the feet of my character be a separate object and bounce when it hits a tree. I also compared positions of feet and the tree so that the tree moves in front or behind my character. This seems to be a very primitive way of accomplishing this. Is there a better way that does not require making the feet separately?

[Pixalatio]

I normally make a shadow object for the player, and for trees, and do collision detections with those. also fo setting what should be on top, use the Layer object. it has a sort by Y co-ordinate command that is very useful.

[pinacoladaxb]

Where is "the sort by Y co-ordinate command?" Is it an action, condition or expression?

[pinacoladaxb]

Nevermind. I thought you meant the layers toolbar. I found the object.

[pinacoladaxb]

...and it works beautifully!

[Paul_Boland]

Take a look at my Isometric Gaming Tutorial, it covers this sort of problem. You'll find it on the Click Software page of the KnightTrek Productions website.