How to solve the problem of sprite rendering order?

AtmosphereGameStudio

How to solve the problem of sprite rendering order? The sword and shield are separated into two sprites, and I need to change their display order in the animation. If I use z_index, the above problem will occur. Sword and shield are hidden behind trees. Since I need Ysort to sort according to the Y coordinate, and I want the sword and shield to only be rendered and sorted relative to the inside of the character, and for the outside they are integrated, how to solve this problem?

AtmosphereGameStudio

The character (KinematicBody2D3) has 3 sprites, two of which are sword and shield. The sword and shield are located behind the cha sprite at the beginning. I want to play the sword drawing animation, and the sword sprite is located in front of the cha sprite. This effect can be achieved with z_index. However, when the character is placed on the map and moved, due to the z_index rendering problem, the sword and shield are hidden behind the tree.

Calinou

For reference, this was cross-posted on GitHub: https://github.com/godotengine/godot/issues/60748