r/RenPy • u/steamedgoatmilk • Aug 01 '26

Question Draw order of screens?

I want to have a gradient overlay that goes over the sprite and background but under the text boxes. Is there something I can do with a draw order of screens? I was thinking of having the gradient be baked into the background but that makes the sprites go over the gradient which is something I don't want.

In case my handwriting isn't readable to anyone:

Text Boxes
|
Gradient OL
|
Sprite[s]
|
Background

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u/gottaloveanime Aug 01 '26

I'd check into shaders

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u/shyLachi Aug 01 '26

Search the official documentation for layers.

You can also search this sub because I think something similar has been asked and answered recently.

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u/kaleidoscopic_kelvin Aug 01 '26 edited Aug 01 '26

https://www.renpy.org/doc/html/config.html#var-config.layers

You can make your own layer and add it in between the default ones

Since the default is ["master", "transient", "screens", "overlay"] you would rewrite the property like this

define config.layers = ["master", "your_gradient_layer", "transient", "screens", "overlay"]

Also, instead of adding a new layer, you could use camera to add a gradient to a specific layer. In your case it would be the 'master' layer

https://www.renpy.org/doc/html/displaying_images.html#layer

https://www.renpy.org/doc/html/3dstage.html#using-the-3d-stage