BG3 High Priority Bit: Difference between revisions

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The BG3 High Priority Bit allows BG3 to be the frontmost layer, in front of even the sprites. It is bit 3 of BGMODE (2105h) and is effective only in Mode 1. When set, BG3 appears in front of BG1 and BG2.

References

https://problemkaputt.de/fullsnes.htm#snesppubgcontrol
https://nesdoug.com/2020/05/22/layers-priority
page 2-27-3 of Book I of the official Super Nintendo development manual
Appendix A-19 of Book I, lbid.

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-The '''BG3 High Priority Bit''' allows BG3 to be the frontmost layer.  It is bit 3 of BGMODE (2105h) and is effective only in [[Mode 1]].  When set, BG3 appears in front of BG1 and BG2.
+The '''BG3 High Priority Bit''' allows BG3 to be the frontmost layer, in front of even the sprites.  It is bit 3 of BGMODE (2105h) and is effective only in [[Mode 1]].  When set, BG3 appears in front of BG1 and BG2.
+=== See Also ===
+{| class="wikitable"
+!colspan="7"|Other Layers
+|+
+| [[Backdrop Color]] || [[Layer 4]] || [[Layer 3]] || [[Layer 2]] || [[Layer 1]] || [[Sprite (hardware) | Sprite]] || [[BG3 High Priority Bit|BG3 High Prio]]
+|}
 === References ===
-* https://problemkaputt.de/fullsnes.htm#snesppubgcontrol
+# https://problemkaputt.de/fullsnes.htm#snesppubgcontrol
-* https://nesdoug.com/2020/05/22/layers-priority
+# https://nesdoug.com/2020/05/22/layers-priority
+# [https://archive.org/details/SNESDevManual/book1/page/n116 page 2-27-3 of Book I] of the official Super Nintendo development manual
+# [https://archive.org/details/SNESDevManual/book1/page/n213 Appendix A-19 of Book I], lbid.
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