Using non Sprites with the new sorting layers

I've created an animated character using uni2d mesh animator, held within a game object.

How can I use this with the new sprite sorting layers, if it isn't a new sprite object type? I want to make sure its drawn behind scenery that is a new sprite type that is tagged with foreground.

Any thoughts? Would attaching a spriterenderer component to this game object mess with it?

thanks

 

You can set sortingLayerName/sortingLayerID and sortingOrder properties on any Renderer via script to sort them together with Sprites.
Only the SpriteRenderer has these properties exposed via its inspector.

 

I started a solution...
http://forum.unity3d.com/threads/219799-Sort-Layer-Renderer-Extension
Soon, I`ll put a better code. Please, feel free to contribute and correct some issues.

 

I can't find those properties in any documentation. Even Googling for them only brings me back to this forum. What class are they part of?
http://docs.unity3d.com/Documentation/ScriptReference/Renderer.html

 

They're in the offline docs for 4.3.1 at least, in the Renderer class.

--Eric

 

set the sorting layer name in the Start() method and attach the script to the gameobject:

renderer.sortingLayerName = "LayerName";
renderer.sortingOrder = 0;