koobas.hobune.stream
How to load (and display) a texture png from my Resources folder
I've been following various pieces of advice but nothing has seemed to solve this problem. I'd like to set up a sequence of planets, each based on a Planet prefab. I've got the planets instantiating and I can customize their size and so on, but I need to specify which surface textures (atmosphere, etc) each will use.
I've been using...
_textures.Add(Resources.Load("/Textures/img_surface1.png" ) as Texture);
Debug.Log("_textures[0] = "+_textures[0]);
...where _textures is a List, but _textures[0] is logged as nothing (it doesn't say 'null', the console logs only "_textures[0] = ").
Later, to add the texture to the planet, I do....
GetComponent<Renderer>().material.SetTexture("_MainTex", _textures[0]);
..but the planets just display all white.
I'd like to know what I'm doing wrong. If it's because I'm loading a png, what's the alternative? I've tried using a jpg. Am I supposed to be loading an actual Unity Texture type? If so, how would I get one external to Unity to begin with? I've tried all manner of URLs; with the slash, without; with 'Resources' at the start, without; both with a slash and without.
My Resources folder is in the Assets folder of my project and it has a Textures folder where the img_surface1.png image (amongst others) lives.
Is there anything obviously wrong with what I'm doing?
Any help appreciated. Cheers.
@moosefetcher hey Do you have any idea what is wrong with my code: Renderer rend = GetComponent();
Texture textureFace = Resources.Load("face2") as Texture;
rend.material.mainTexture = textureFace;
the game isn't responding to this
A friendly quote from the documentation
The path is relative to any Resources folder inside the Assets folder of your project, extensions must be omitted.
http://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/Resources.Load.html
Change the path from
"/Textures/img_surface1.png"
to
"/Textures/img_surface1"
Thanks for your answer. I should have said I also tried it without the file extension. The Instantiated planets were still displayed white. I'm pretty sure it must be the loading that's not working though(Surely Logging _texture[0] would show something, right?). No clue what's wrong. If there's anything else about my code that looks wrong, please let me know.
I had the same problem, and found solution in older question, you should not have the root "slash" and, no extension. Change the path from "/Textures/img_surface1.png" -> "Textures/img_surface1"
From unity script reference: "The path is relative to any Resources folder inside the Assets folder of your project, extensions must be omitted." So: no ".png" at the and :)
Hi there. Thanks for the answer. I should have said that I had tried it without the extension too. Is there anything else the code needs to be doing? Does the texture load instantaneously or do I need to listen for a 'loaded' event maybe? Really not sure what's up. If you have any ideas, I'd be keen to hear them.
Hi all, exists some way to avoid write exter al permission to load a png img from Resources?
Greetens
