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cant make sprites in 3d project?

Discussion in '2D' started by tomjoe, Oct 2, 2021.

  1. tomjoe

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    Hi
    so i dont have the menu option to make sprites in my project after updating to 2020.3 LTS.
    i was on 2020.1. (same with 2021.1)
    but i see it when i make a 2d project.
    is there something i need to do to be able to make sprites in a 3d project?

    thank you.
     
    tomjoe, Oct 2, 2021
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  2. tomjoe

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    ahhh i found the problem.
    3d projects do not include the 2D packages anymore. just needed to add the 7 packages form the unity registry. upload_2021-10-2_12-45-4.png
     
    tomjoe, Oct 2, 2021
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  3. MelvMay

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    Technically there's no different between a "2D Project" and "3D Project" just like there's no "Unity 2D" or "Unity 3D". It's quite simply the initial set-up like settings and what packages are in by default.
     
    MelvMay, Oct 3, 2021
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  4. Kurt-Dekker

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    And also (last I checked) the default way a new texture is imported:

    3D mode imports it as "default"
    2D mode imports it as sprite

    And also: you can flip between those two modes trivially in the ProjectSettings -> Editor window. That's what Melv means by "no different..." You might actually do this regularly if you had a 3D project and wanted to hoover in a bunch of sprites and didn't want go have to twoddle with each one.
     
    Kurt-Dekker, Oct 4, 2021
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  5. MelvMay

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    Yes and to hopefully clarify a little, I simply mean that there's Unity and a project. Unity 2D, Unity 3D, 2D Project and 3D Project are conceptual, only made real by a specific configuration of settings and packages. They don't form anything specific, just a set-up that's (in theory) useful for a particular task.

    Off Topic: @Kurt-Dekker, 18697 posts. And I thought I spent a long time on the forums. :D
     
    MelvMay, Oct 5, 2021
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