Can't send back/to front modules anymore

philter5 · 21 Oct 2009

sorry for this stupid question but are the "send to.." entries only greyed out like this

or do you get the standard popup menu like this ???

Dave · 21 Oct 2009

The second menu of yours appear!

philter5 · 21 Oct 2009

i´m not really sure if this solves your problem but i think the module/object you want to send to back needs a own MGUI module inside. here is a example *.osm.

as you see there are two modules. the first contains 2 rectangles WITH mgui module inside, the second contains the same two rectangles as in the first one, but without own mgui module.

Dave · 21 Oct 2009

Many thanks! I understand this issue a little bit more...

philter5 · 22 Oct 2009

no problem. doesn´t happen very often that I can help somebody with something because a lot of the stuff here is tooooo much maths for me . 😕

here are the screenshots about the *.osm, i forgot to attach them in the last post. hope it helps others to understand this "issue" a little bit more too!... 🙂

djhayman · 1 Apr 2010

Hi there,

I know this thread is old but i am experiencing a similar problem. I have implemented the fix explained above and it has worked for some modules however, when those modules are placed inside another module i have trouble making the top most modules background got o the back. It just covers all of the controls.

I have attached some pictures and the osm if anyone can help it would be smashing,

Cheers Dan

trogluddite · 1 Apr 2010

Here's the schematic modified to put the yellow box at the back...

The problem occurs at the MGUI where all the components parts are combined...

When you combine views by attaching all the connections to a common point with cables, the layer order is decided by the order that you make the connections (shown by the little tick marks next to the connector. The back/front menu only works when the smaller parts are connected using wireless connections, or if you place them inside a module with no MGUI of its own. I've changed the order by deleting all the connections, then wiring them up again - making sure to wire the yellow box first so that it becomes the lowest layer.

djhayman · 1 Apr 2010

Brilliant!

So simple but definitely worth knowing. Thanks very much!

Dan