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GUITexts on Two Cameras

Discussion in 'Editor & General Support' started by marty, Aug 31, 2006.

  1. marty

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    If I make a split-screen, using the Normalized Viewport Rect settings, then attach a GUIText object to each one, they do not both appear.

    Is there a special process to getting GUITexts to appear on two different cameras that share the same viewport?
     
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  2. Sync1B

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    Can you duplicate a gui text and position it for each camera?

    Bill
     
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  3. marty

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    I'm beginning to think that maybe you can only have one GUIText. Is that the case? And if so, how does one manage having different GUIText's being displayed on each split screen.
     
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  4. Joachim_Ante

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    You use layers and the culling mask in the camera to display gui text only on one camera.
     
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  5. marty

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    Right, but what if I have a split-screen configuration and want different GUIText on each "screen"?
     
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  6. Joachim_Ante

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    Make a layer called, camera0 and camera1.

    You create two gui texts. One gui text is in layer camera0, the other is in camera1.

    In the first splitscreen camera, set culling mask to exclude camera1.
    In the second splitscreen camera, set culling mask to exclude camera0.


    The important part to remember is that the position for gui texts is relative to the camera. So no need to come up with weird positions outside the screen. Just use layers to exclude gui text from rendering in the other camera.
     
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  7. marty

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    Cool! I'll try this. Thanks, Joe!

    BTW, any chance you could address my post from yesterday on how you set Unity up to read input from two joysticks or two sets of keys (i.e. for two-player play)?
     
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  9. marty

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    On a slower system (i.e. G4, Mini), I'm guessing Joe's script that grabs a series of frames is best. Get the frame at about 20fps then stitch them together in QT Pro.

    For what it's worth, from my brief experimentation, any Intel Mac can get beautiful 30fps video with the latest version of Snapz Pro. It's really pretty amazing.
     
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  10. Joachim_Ante

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    You just have to create multiple input axes in the input inspector.
    Easiest is to just duplicate existing entries, then modifying the accessor name and keys/joystick bindings.
     
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  11. taumel

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    How about a render to movie?
     
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  12. Alpha-Loup

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    Why not lower the time-scale and save by frame?
     
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  13. taumel

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    Fizzelig...
     
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  14. Joachim_Ante

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    actually there is a value for specifying exact playback speed measured in frames per second for exactly this purpose and it is what the screenshotting script does, so you never miss a frame.
     
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  15. marty

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    Nevermind, I figured out what I was doing wrong finally.

    I had deleted the GUILayer object from my cameras. The lesson: don't do that if you want to see GUI stuff on that camera! :p

    Thanks to Joe, et al, for enduring my silliness.
     
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  16. taumel

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    @Joachim
    May i ask where i find this script and how to use it so that i do get a source material which i can export from quicktime pro as a h.264 afterwards?
     
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  18. taumel

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    Thanks Aras!
     
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