GuiTextures

How do I load GUITextures? Can I make them in paint.Net?

 

You could create a public variable and assign the Texture at the inspector.
You can create whereever you want. Would be good if the program can handle and save transparent areas. I also work with paint.Net. Its free and easy to use.

Example:
Add this line in your class but not in a method. Then if you have assigned the script to an object, you can assign your texture in the inspector.

Code (csharp):

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2. public GUITexture _guiTexture;
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You don't even need to script to have a GUITexture : create it, click on it in the hierarchy, drag and drop your texture in the appropriate slot in the Inspector. Adjust size to fit your original file. And last, adjust position on screen. That's it.

 

how do I create it?

 

Findo, i use paint.net to make my icons on gui for items and such. what i did in paint.net was make a 64x64 image, clear it so that background would be transparent(the checkerboard pattern in paint.net represents transparency), throw something on it like a crappy helmet icon (im no artist), and save as .png.
then i create a public reference in my script for the texture

public Texture icontex;

then i import the image i made in paint.net, and drag&drop the image to the inspector variable for icontex in my scene.

(i actually use an array of textures, for instance to display 22 different inv slots, but thats a dif story.)

 

You should read the docs:
http://docs.unity3d.com/Documentation/Components/class-GuiTexture.html
http://docs.unity3d.com/Documentation/ScriptReference/GUITexture.html

 

Ok, Cool, I have an inventory too, (only has 15 slots though D: ) and,,, um... how do I import an image?

 

Start here: http://unity3d.com/learn

Read the docs.

 

I'd rather google it.