Adding the ability to display panels behind views would allow for pre-rendered backgrounds of the sort found in the playstation 1 generation of Final Fantasy games (FF7-FF9). The idea would be to have 3D models rendered on a transparent background placed over a pre-rendered 2D panel, giving the illusion that the models and the background are part of the same 3D space. The purpose is to create scenes not possible within current real-time polygon count limits.

If this is currently possible, please correct me. I saw in the entry for view.layer that "Panels and texts will always be displayed over all views independently of their LAYER values." Can this be changed? Is there another way to do what I am trying to do?