Computer screen or monitor?

Hey all! I want to implement a computer screen in my game. I have a model of a screen and I want to be able to display text on it according to what the user types. How could I achieve that? Thanks in advance!

 

you could maybe find a way to modify the texture? or you could try using a 3d text object? those are the best answers i have....

 

3D Text could work but if I am not mistaken it is always rendered, even if it is behind other objects so I will have trouble using it. Modifying the texture seems hard. Any easier way?

 

Only becuase the deafult 3dtext shader doesnt z sort

 

I was going to suggest banging out one of the GUI elements and spread it over the screen surface but this will only work for a front view only it will look odd from an angle, modifying a material would be the way I'd go about it.

 

Render to texture. It's a Pro-only feature.

 

http://wiki.unity3d.com/index.php?title=3DText

--Eric

 

Render to texture isn't for rendering a camera view to a texture? How could I use this for a monitor?

Thanks Eric! This could actually work now!

 

What screen resolution are we talking?

 

Do you mean the in-game monitor resolution, or the resolution of the actual build? The first is pretty small, a surface about a 2,1,1 scaled cube in unity. The second is user defined...