Yea, i do realize the shortcomings of vb, but I am using this more so as a learning experience. I''ve been playing around with the linked lists and i think I have something that works. Basically if the player or something moves, it checks to see if its still in its correct position in the list (its movement didn''t change its drawing position), and if it isn''t, it removes the sprite then adds it to the list. My add function adds sprites in their correct position so the list remains sorted the whole time. Would this method be slower than a collection?

I would imagine that if you are implementing your own link list it will be slower than the collection obj.

in my exp with vb(2 years of programing game related stuff)

re-inventing the wheel wont get you speed gain (unlike you can somtimes do in C++) it seems that it is best to use built-ins when you can, dont fight the current=D

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okay so if I wanted it to order a collection of my CSprite class by one of its properties (.z), how would i do this? I havent really used the collection object before. It is also possible for the z value of two sprites to be the same.