frame and texture layer order / SetDrawLayer()

[Tesser]

EDIT - I got it working just by using less textures.

Not sure the original problem thoughI want to layer 4 images on top of each other but it's behaving totally erratically.

They seem to layer in a different random order every time I draw - whichever the processor finishes first or something.

I tried using SetDrawLayer too (end of code) but one of the layers "brazier" refused to draw at all with that on

forgeFrame.rock=forgeFrame:CreateTexture("rock")
forgeFrame.rock:SetTexture(panda_rock)
forgeFrame.rock:SetTexCoord(0, 1, 0, 1)
forgeFrame.rock:SetPoint("CENTER", forgeFrame, "CENTER", 0, 0)
forgeFrame.rock:SetSize(140, 140)
  
forgeFrame.fire=forgeFrame:CreateTexture("fire")
forgeFrame.fire:SetTexture(circle_fire)
forgeFrame.fire:SetTexCoord(0, 1, 0, 1)
forgeFrame.fire:SetPoint("CENTER", forgeFrame, "CENTER", 0, 0)
forgeFrame.fire:SetSize(135, 135)

forgeFrame.gear=forgeFrame:CreateTexture("gear")
forgeFrame.gear:SetTexture(gear_circle)
forgeFrame.gear:SetTexCoord(0, 1, 0, 1)
forgeFrame.gear:SetPoint("CENTER", forgeFrame, "CENTER", 0, 0)
forgeFrame.gear:SetSize(75, 75)

forgeFrame.brazier=forgeFrame:CreateTexture("brazier")
forgeFrame.brazier:SetTexture(brazier)
forgeFrame.brazier:SetTexCoord(0, 1, 0, 1)
forgeFrame.brazier:SetPoint("CENTER", forgeFrame, "CENTER", 0, 0)
forgeFrame.brazier:SetSize(60, 60)

forgeFrame.rock:SetDrawLayer("BACKGROUND", 0)-- -8 / 7
forgeFrame.fire:SetDrawLayer("BACKGROUND", 1)
forgeFrame.gear:SetDrawLayer("BORDER", 0)
forgeFrame.brazier:SetDrawLayer("HIGHLIGHT", 0)

[SDPhantom]

Did you try the layer and sublevel args for frame:CreateTexture()? The effects of omitting these is undocumented even if you later define them using texture:SetDrawLayer(). Also, HIGHLIGHT is a special layer that only shows on mouseover.

PS: You shouldn't use generic names for your UI objects. These can conflict with the default UI if they ever come out with their own ForgeFrame or other elements. It's common practice to prefix whatever name you choose with the name of your addon. Not only to reduce the likeliness of conflicts with the default UI or other badly written addons, but it makes your frame easily identifiable as to which addon created it. As for textures and fontstrings, it's recommended to not set a name and use the returned handler directly. You can do this by passing nil as the name arg.

[zork]

Texture stacking

local f1 = CreateFrame("Frame",nil,UIParent)
local t1 = f1:CreateTexture(nil,"BACKGROUND",nil,-8)
local t2 = f1:CreateTexture(nil,"BACKGROUND",nil,-7)
local t3 = f1:CreateTexture(nil,"BACKGROUND",nil,-6)
local t4 = f1:CreateTexture(nil,"BACKGROUND",nil,-5)

Frame and texture stacking

local f1 = CreateFrame("Frame",nil,UIParent)
local t1 = f1:CreateTexture(nil,"BACKGROUND",nil,-8)
local t2 = f1:CreateTexture(nil,"BACKGROUND",nil,-7)
local f2 = CreateFrame("Frame",nil,f1)
local t3 = f2:CreateTexture(nil,"BACKGROUND",nil,-8)
local t4 = f2:CreateTexture(nil,"BACKGROUND",nil,-7)