shadows with z-index

hello tipsygipsy,

because of the way shadow nodes work (a canvas that is rendered over the entire screen) it is only usable for purely 2d rendering (top-down or side view games, where z-order have no effect).
if you want to do shadow with z-order you can always render the sprite itself but with blending and black color with half opacity. maybe squeeze it in height and rotate to create more realistic shadow.

for example, here's an example snippet from a test project I've made:

Ness::SpritePtr shadow = obj_node->create_sprite("tree.png");
shadow->set_anchor(Ness::Point(0.5f, 1.0f));
shadow->set_blend_mode(Ness::BLEND_MODE_BLEND);
shadow->set_color(Ness::Color::BLACK * Ness::Color(0.0f, 0.0f, 0.0f, 0.35f));
shadow->set_rotation(35);
shadow->set_scale(Ness::Point(1.0f, 0.75f));

the reason you don't see me set z-index or position here its because the shadow is in the same node as the sprite itself, and the node have position and z-index already configured.

hope this helps