Question Sorting Order

Hi there. I instantiated an object(in this case a fried egg) and I need to change the Sprite Renderer's order in layer and it isn't working. Please help.


public Transform friedEgg;
public Transform eggSpawn;

IEnumerator OnTriggerEnter2D(Collider2D other) {
if (isInCabinet == false) {
if ((other.gameObject.name == "Pan") || (other.gameObject.name == "Pot")) {
//then collided is true
collided = true;
//wait for 1 seconds and if still collided then...
yield return new WaitForSeconds (2);
if (collided) {
//set the animation trigger bool atPan to true to start animation
animator.SetTrigger ("atPan");
//set animation speed at 1 to play
animator.speed = 1;
Instantiate (friedEgg, new Vector3 (eggSpawn.transform.position.x, eggSpawn.transform.position.y, 0), Quaternion.identity);

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////RIGHT HERE- WHAT DO I DO//////////////////////////////////////
friedEgg.GetComponents<SpriteRenderer>().
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//leave behind the egg shell
Instantiate (leftoverShell, new Vector3 (shellSpawn.transform.position.x, shellSpawn.transform.position.y, 0), Quaternion.identity);
//Destroy the egg
Destroy(gameObject);
}

}

} //end if (isInCabinet == false)

Thank you!

 

Code (CSharp):

1. SpriteRenderer spriteRenderer = friedEgg.GetComponent<SpriteRenderer>();
2. spriteRenderer.sortingOrder = 100; // or whatever

If you have many sprite renderers on that object, then you can loop through them too.

Code (CSharp):

1. SpriteRenderer[] spriteRenderers = friedEgg.GetComponents<SpriteRenderer>();
2. for(int i=0; i < spriteRenderers.length; i++)
3. {
4.    spriteRenderers[i].sortingOrder = 100; // or whatever
5. }

EDIT: I see other problems, though. Looks like "friedEgg" is probably a reference to your prefab. It definitely isn't a reference to the instance that you created. For that, you'll need to grab the output of Instantiate.

Code (CSharp):

1. GameObject eggObject = Instantiate (friedEgg, new Vector3 (eggSpawn.transform.position.x, eggSpawn.transform.position.y, 0), Quaternion.identity);
2.  
3. // Now reference the instance, not the prefab
4. SpriteRenderer spriteRenderer = eggObject.GetComponent<SpriteRenderer>(); // eggObject is the instance
5. spriteRenderer.sortingOrder = 100; // or whatever

 

Thank you thank you thank you!!!!