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= Chapter 6 - z-coordinate =

All the classes that extend from '''Feature''' ('''PV''', '''View''', '''Prop''', '''Act''', '''Ego''') have a z coordinate. This can be used to 'elevate' the object above or below the ground. The same ''could'' be accomplished with the y coordinate, but change this will affect the motion classes applied to the actor, and it will also change the priority of the actor.

==Walking on elevated ground.==

Suppose we have a section of elevated ground on which the ego can walk. We could draw a particular control color over this elevated ground in the pic.

<blockquote> Supposing ctlGREEN was the control color:
<div class="CodeBlockHeader">Code:</div>
<syntaxhighlight lang="sci" class="cs">   (method (doit)
       (super:doit())
       
       (if (& (send gEgo:onControl()) ctlGREEN)
           (send gEgo:z(3)) // Ego is elevated by 3 pixels.
       )(else
           (send gEgo:z(0)) // Ego is back to normal
       )
   )</syntaxhighlight>
</blockquote>

Incidentally, changing the z-coordinate has the same effect as changing the Y coordinate of a view's 'placement' (these are the X and Y coordinates of the view in SCI Studio's view editor). However, the placement of a view is fixed, while the z-coordinate can be changed in code.

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