Atlas layers and sprite order

[triggly_glix]

So... I'm running NGUI 2.7 and my basic problem is that if I have two atlases - and i have sprites from Atlas A at the back and then in the middle Atlas B and then in the front more sprites from Atlas A... then all the sprites from Atlas A will be batched into one draw call and will all either be behind or in front of Atlas B...
Is there no way around this at all?
What I would like is that the sprites from Atlas A were split into two draw calls so that the draw order of the scene could be maintained.

thanks...

[Nicki]

This is an old question, and there used to be a sticky about it.

You can use a secondary UIPanel to split off a new draw call.

Widgets in the same material, in the same panel are batched together.

[triggly_glix]

thanks -

i've just spent an hour trying to get something very simple along these lines to work -

i'm now moving the gameobjects to another panel when i want them to appear behind the object... and it's still not working

i see it clearly in the editor - i move a sprite on the Z in one panel and sprites that are from the same atlas but in another panel flicker behind and in front of objects...
could this be because i've moved the sprite to a new panel programatically - is there some refresh call i need to let NGUI know i've moved it to another panel and that it should be batched separately?
thanks!
 
just to be clear I've got 2 panels within the same UI widget ... and i'm trying to have some sprites from the same atlas draw in front of and behind an object

[ArenMook]

NGUI 2.7 is still not 100% depth-based. Only NGUI 3 is. Multiple panels in 2.7 still require adjusting of Z, if I recall correctly.