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How to keep game object aligned with text mesh
I'm trying to keep a counter with a sandtimer icon centered over a buy button. The sandtimer icon is a child object to the counter's TextMesh. The problem is, the sandtimer child can't inherently follow the counter text if it changes in size (e.g. 2d 55m -> 1d), the sandtimer will stay put.
How can I keep them together, while also centered over the buy button?
Best Answer
This script attached to the counter TextMesh seems to work nicely, if the textMesh text is aligned to the left side.
#pragma strict
// This script keeps the gameObject's position aligned to its textMesh actual size
var textMesh : TextMesh;
var offset = 0.08;
private var rend : Renderer;
function Start ()
{
rend = textMesh.renderer;
}
function Update ()
{
transform.localPosition.x = offset - (rend.bounds.size.x*2);
}
Any other suggestions are welcome though if there's a better way.
