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How to draw directly to screen NOT using GUITextures/OnGUI()?
Hey all,
I made a previous thread regarding adjusting prefab and guitexture code, and was told that for GUI-heavy applications, the built in functionalities are rather inferior, and that I'd be better off writing my own.
But where's somewhere to start drawing something directly to the camera, with the same basic functionality as GUITextures but with far better performance when used en masse?
You can use the http://unity3d.com/support/documentation/ScriptReference/Graphics.html>Graphics class. You can draw a texture using screen coordinates like you would in OnGUI().
As far as having the same functionality as a GUI Texture, i have no idea what to tell you. What "basic" functionality s are you looking to preserve?
@hijinxbassist Just stuff like dynamic resizing, ability to use transparent .png's, etc. I figure that wouldn't be an issue, thanks for the suggestions!
I have just started playing with this free package (for reducing drawcalls with GUI) . It's called UIToolkit :
You'll want the Texture Packer (free version) as well :
This video has more info (I found this after I found the prime31 site XD ) :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FNQILrhT5lM&feature=relmfu
Video from the dev's (prime31) :
part 1 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WeV1zbMpm5k&feature=youtu.be
part 2 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tOh8ZmiU9RY&feature=relmfu
