[0.4.2-4d45117] [Duke 3D] Sprite visible behind wall in E1L1

[Graf Zahl]

This effect is highly dependent on how the screen is set up and what depth buffer format gets used, in short : Behavior is pretty much undefined, sometimes you are lucky and sometimes you are not. But let TerminX's actions and remarks be a clear warning: He had to fudge around with it multiple times and his commit messages often contain words like "it probably still sucks". Meaning that you can make a change that fixes one map but exposes problems on another. But with the render algorithm at play here it cannot really be fixed - the code is way too complicated for a simple catch-all solution.

[sinisterseed]

So this will forever require workarounds in order to "kinda work" then?

Sounds like the curse of Polymost, doomed to never be fully modernized.

[Graf Zahl]

Polymost was scheduled to be replaced more than 10 years ago, it's just too bad that the replacement never got sufficiently polished...