Setting renderer.sortingLayerID via code

Unity Engine
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Hi there,
I want to set the sortingLayerID of an objects renderer, via renderer.sortingLayerID = some_int; My understanding on how to get the int, is to use int layer = LayerMask.NameToLayer(“nameOfLayerIWant”);

My issue is that I am getting a return value of layer = -1. This despite having this particular layer, set in the ProjectSettings, see pics.

Any thoughts?
Thanks

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Close! So close… LayerMask is for the 32 bitfield layers that Unity uses for lights, cameras, visibility.

I’m pretty sure what you want is this:

Unity has Layers, Tags, and SortingLayers… it’s super easy to get them crossed up, speaking from my own mixups.