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U4.6 - How to use individual sprites from an atlas in script?
I was wondering how to achieve this in Unity 4.6.
In NGUI, you would keep the atlas in the Resources folder, and use Resources.Load, etc. to access it then use the sprite name to find and use it. However, as atlases in 4.6 are not kept as files in the editor's Project window at all (but instead split into smaller files in Project>Library>AtlasCache folder), how would I be able to call and use specific sprites in this case?
Can anyone shed any light on this as I can't seem to find any guides/tutorials on this area?
Thanks
Hi, my solution for this was something like this in C# Code:
//Loads the Sprite/Atlas with all Subimages to a Sprite.
Sprite sprite = Resources.LoadAll<Sprite> ("SpriteName");
//Every UI is a GameObject, so you can instantiate
GameObject[] go = new GameObject[2];
go [0] = GameObject.FindGameObjectWithTag ("MoveLeft");
go [1] = GameObject.FindGameObjectWithTag ("MoveRight");
//and then finally
go [0].GetComponent<Image> ().sprite = sprite [0];
go [1].GetComponent<Image> ().sprite = sprite [1];
Or if you want you can also do a loop if you want. I hope this helps
Thanks for the suggestion.
However, looks like it uses the 'traditional' method of loading the sprite/atlas from the Resources folder. As atlases in Unity 4.6 are kept in the Project/Library/AtlasCache folder (stored as multiple files), this wont work, unfortunately.
