Layering effects

[spaulgal]

Is there is trick on how to layer effects in Xlights?

I have a Marquee effect going on select layers, and I have a chase effect (Single String) above it on the main group (some layers inside this group are playing the Marquee).

The chase is not visible over the Marquee.

 

[Jase]

Main thing to remember is that layers render bottom to top and props/groups render top to bottom. So in layers for a model the top layer will go over the top of everything else below it. In props/groups the bottom most prop will be over the top of everything else above it.

 

[merryoncherry]

To expand a little on what @Jase said,
There are 3 main tricks.
1. Groups/Models are rendered from top to bottom as they appear in your master view. So if you have a Group of arches, and you want to overlay something special on one arch, be sure the group is earlier / above the individual arches in the master view. See display elements window. https://manual.xlights.org/xlights/chapters/chapter-five-menus/view/windows#display-elements
2. If you want the effect from earlier models to be there and get blended with the later models, this is a sequence-level setting called "Allow Blending Between Models". If that's checked, it'll start with the effects rendered in earlier models/groups. If not checked, it'll start with black.
3. Note that I've avoided the term "layers". Layers are multiple effects on the same model. Those get rendered from bottom to top. https://manual.xlights.org/xlights/chapters/chapter-four-sequencer/layers

 

[spaulgal]

So the Marquee effect is on 2 groups and 1 model. The single chase effect will be applied to a another group called "All RGB" that contains all groups and models. The All RGB group must go below the Groups/models playing the Marquee?
I tried this, and the Single Strand did not play over the Marquee.

 

[keithsw1111]

You need to turn on layer blending between models in sequence settings.