Component of type GUI Text is no longer available in Unity. References to it will be removed!

Hi

I know that GUI Text has been removed a few versions ago. So here his the thing, a project that I have from 2019.1 I'm trying to test and build&run on android using 2020.1, but when i build and run i get this error:

Warning (yellow)
Component of type GUI Text is no longer available in Unity. References to it will be removed!
Error (red)
Component could not be loaded when loading game object. Cleaning up!
UnityEngine.GUIUtilityrocessEvent(Int32, IntPtr)

And it fails to compile and run.

I've checked all my scenes and prefabs and I can't find GUI Text anywhere. But when I try to build it keeps giving me that error. Also, I tried to write a script to find "GUIText" on all my project and point me to where it is... but since GUIText is not any type in 2020, it can't search for it.

Conclusion, how do we fix this? How do we find where it is located and remove it?

 

Yes but I can't find it. In any case the upgrade to 2019.3 and 2020.1 should remove it for you right?

 

Well, it happens on 2019.3 and 2020.1... pretty annoying because the error doesn’t even tell you in which file it found it

 

It’s not only a problem of “warning thrown”... it is in fact an error thrown, and as such, it won’t build your game on android or iOS, blocking a customer release. So it is not something to take lightly

 

To be fair, relying on an alpha or beta version for a client release sounds like a irresponsible thing to do

 

Im reporting it here so it doesn’t make it to the final version. Not saying you should make releases with a beta/alpha. The idea is that it gets fixed before this turn final otherwise people won’t be able to make releases.

 

Ok, I misunderstood your post then. My apologies

 

So to conclude: 1) it's an error that will stop a release (so it's critical). 2) if the upgrade doesn't automatically remove it, the compilation error should at least tell you which prefab or scene has it, so you can load it up and resave (that's all it needs to do).

 

Hi, updated to Unity 2019.3, got an error for every scene:
Component GUI Layer in Main Camera for Scene Assets/Scenes/FirstMenu.unity is no longer available.
It will be removed after you edit this GameObject and save the Scene.
UnityEngine.GUIUtilityrocessEvent(Int32, IntPtr)

but I didn’t use it at all in this project

 

In older versions of Unity, the GUILayer component got added automatically to every camera, so if you've upgraded the project, that's the cause.

If you're not using OnGUI() in any MonoBehaviours, you can safely ignore the message.

 

The error is critical, the project does not start,
decided simply: turned off on the camera Flare Layer

 

This is the answer !
Remove FlareLayer Component

 

Still happens in 2019.3.7!?

 

@MaxUnity111 @Jelmer123 @LeonhardP
The "Component GUI Layer in [...] is no longer available" error is still persisting and removing the FlareLayer Component doesn't resolve the issue for me. The Outline is not at all working/visible. Any help?

 

Remove the component "Flare Layer" (main camera)

 

I was also facing the same issue to be asked for removing GUI layer component but could not find that on the gameObject. So I randomly removed Flayer Layer component and the issue is magically gone now...!

 

In my case I needed to remove the Flare Layer component from my main camera

 

Uncheck the Flare Layer component box from your main camera...

 

it works! thank you

 

Thanks a lot everybody. solved successfully.

 

Thanks, this fixed it for me. The error Unity was giving made no mention of Flare Layer.

 

Removing the Flare Layer works! just make sure to remove it from all the scenes you are trying to build !!!!!! and