Talk:How do I make weather effects?

Anonymous: Wouldn't it be possible to take the ground tile and draw rain on it then make another tile, and animate it? then use overhead? I.m not trying to argue, I just think there may be a way. Im going to test it.

Anonymous: No, it won't work, it would just put the hero or npcs behind the tile, and you can see them oh well.

Anonymous: I've tried to add a rain effect but the black that wasn't used for the rain effect is interfering with the effect. Am I doing something wrong?

Bob the Hamster: Can you tell us more about the interference? A screenshot might help clarify. Also, which black color from the palette are you using? Only the top left color in the palette will be transparent.

64supermarioreturns: Okay here is the best I can do for a screen shot. Also I'm fairly sure I'm using the top left, I'll mess with it again, but if you have additional info please let me know.

Bob the Hamster: Which map layer is the rain in? If you put the rain in layer 0, then there will be nothing underneath it to show through. The rain should be on a higher numbered layer. Also, did you check if the black is the top left color in the palette?

Layering

Now that the layering feature is stable, can someone explain how to use it? I can figure out how to display "Bottom Layer, Middle Layer, and Top Layer," but what does that do? How can I actually PLACE a tile on the top layer? I looked at Vikings of Midgard and they did an awesome snow effect......... how?

Bob the Hamster: I have started re-writing this article. You have to press PgUp and PgDn to change which layer you are editing.