Image/Raw Image Material works in scene, not in game. Possible bug?

Maybe I'm doing something wrong, but I can easily reproduce this. Using version 5.0.1f1. I read through the latest patch notes and didn't see anything relating to this issue, maybe I'll try updating anyways.

I have a Raw Image component with no texture, and a material. This material has a Texture set on it, and displays this texture. The material is using a custom shader, but testing shows this doesn't work with the built in shaders either. Is there something specific that a UI shader needs to get working properly? I've also noticed that this Raw Image with material doesn't work with the mask component (it's simply ignored by the mask).

I've attached three images showing what's going on. First is the scene view, then the game view, and a screenshot of the UI inspector.

EDIT: After trying to figure this out for a bit I found out that if the Canvas Render mode is set to either "Screen Space - Camera" or "World Space" both my default button and Raw Image show up. However setting the Canvas Render Mode to "Screen Space - Overlay" the Raw Image disappears, but the button is still visible (as seen in the screenshot below). How can I get this working on all Render Modes?

Seems like this same bug: http://issuetracker.unity3d.com/iss...stom-shaders-does-not-render-in-the-game-view

Shader code below.

Spoiler

Code (CSharp):

1. // Shader created with Shader Forge v1.13
2. // Shader Forge (c) Neat Corporation / Joachim Holmer - http://www.acegikmo.com/shaderforge/
3. // Note: Manually altering this data may prevent you from opening it in Shader Forge
4. /*SF_DATA;ver:1.13;sub:START;pass:START;ps:flbk:,lico:1,lgpr:1,nrmq:1,nrsp:0,limd:0,spmd:1,trmd:0,grmd:0,uamb:True,mssp:True,bkdf:False,rprd:False,enco:False,rmgx:True,rpth:0,hqsc:True,hqlp:False,tesm:0,bsrc:3,bdst:7,culm:0,dpts:2,wrdp:False,dith:0,ufog:True,aust:True,igpj:True,qofs:0,qpre:3,rntp:2,fgom:False,fgoc:False,fgod:False,fgor:False,fgmd:0,fgcr:0.5,fgcg:0.5,fgcb:0.5,fgca:1,fgde:0.01,fgrn:0,fgrf:300,ofsf:0,ofsu:0,f2p0:False;n:type:ShaderForge.SFN_Final,id:1,x:33312,y:32712,varname:node_1,prsc:2|custl-2-RGB,alpha-6266-OUT;n:type:ShaderForge.SFN_Tex2d,id:2,x:32769,y:32787,ptovrint:False,ptlb:MainTexture,ptin:_MainTexture,varname:node_3880,prsc:2,ntxv:0,isnm:False;n:type:ShaderForge.SFN_OneMinus,id:6266,x:32987,y:32971,varname:node_6266,prsc:2|IN-2-A;proporder:2;pass:END;sub:END;*/
5.  
6. Shader "DMMap/DMMap" {
7.     Properties {
8.         _MainTexture ("MainTexture", 2D) = "white" {}
9.         [HideInInspector]_Cutoff ("Alpha cutoff", Range(0,1)) = 0.5
10.     }
11.     SubShader {
12.         Tags {
13.             "IgnoreProjector"="True"
14.             "Queue"="Transparent"
15.             "RenderType"="Transparent"
16.         }
17.         Pass {
18.             Name "FORWARD"
19.             Tags {
20.                 "LightMode"="ForwardBase"
21.             }
22.             Blend SrcAlpha OneMinusSrcAlpha
23.             ZWrite Off
24.      
25.             CGPROGRAM
26.             #pragma vertex vert
27.             #pragma fragment frag
28.             #define UNITY_PASS_FORWARDBASE
29.             #include "UnityCG.cginc"
30.             #pragma multi_compile_fwdbase
31.             #pragma multi_compile_fog
32.             #pragma exclude_renderers xbox360 ps3
33.             #pragma target 3.0
34.             uniform sampler2D _MainTexture; uniform float4 _MainTexture_ST;
35.             struct VertexInput {
36.                 float4 vertex : POSITION;
37.                 float2 texcoord0 : TEXCOORD0;
38.             };
39.             struct VertexOutput {
40.                 float4 pos : SV_POSITION;
41.                 float2 uv0 : TEXCOORD0;
42.                 UNITY_FOG_COORDS(1)
43.             };
44.             VertexOutput vert (VertexInput v) {
45.                 VertexOutput o = (VertexOutput)0;
46.                 o.uv0 = v.texcoord0;
47.                 o.pos = mul(UNITY_MATRIX_MVP, v.vertex);
48.                 UNITY_TRANSFER_FOG(o,o.pos);
49.                 return o;
50.             }
51.             float4 frag(VertexOutput i) : COLOR {
52. /////// Vectors:
53. ////// Lighting:
54.                 float4 _MainTexture_var = tex2D(_MainTexture,TRANSFORM_TEX(i.uv0, _MainTexture));
55.                 float3 finalColor = _MainTexture_var.rgb;
56.                 fixed4 finalRGBA = fixed4(finalColor,(1.0 - _MainTexture_var.a));
57.                 UNITY_APPLY_FOG(i.fogCoord, finalRGBA);
58.                 return finalRGBA;
59.             }
60.             ENDCG
61.         }
62.     }
63.     FallBack "Diffuse"
64.     CustomEditor "ShaderForgeMaterialInspector"
65. }
66.  

 

This problem still persists in 5.0.2

 

You could try converting it to a different type of image such as JPEG or PNG

 

I know .... this is very old but the problem still in 5.3, to solve change the canvas to camera space.

 

I still see this issue on 5.3.3

As an alternative to above solution, do as below
"Make sure lighting is off. In case if you have written a surface shader, even you set the lighting off its not working. So, try to create a shader which is unlit (Project view -> Right click ->Shader -> Unlit Shader) - This is normal Cg Shader in unity with out any lighting calculations."

Cheers,
VB Team

 

This is a SUPER old thread, but if you encounter this error in newer versions of unity with a material made with Shader Graph, try setting the Shader Mode from Unlit to Unlit Sprite in the Shader Graph Inspector!

 

I appreciate you resurrecting this thread for this info! I was banging my head against the wall!