TextMesh Pro Migrating from Legacy / Asset Store to Package Manager Releases

Yeah all is correct i dont know what is happend i hate the new update of unity all was good in unity 5 with TMPro

 

We are attempting to migrate from from 2017.4.1f1 to 2018.2.2f1 (we do have backups made) and we are not finding the remapping tool under "Window - TextMeshPro - Project Files GUID Remapping Tool" after importing the Utility scrip into our project. We have do have the old version of TMpro in our project. My guess is that we missunderstood something about the process. Any help would be appreciated.

 

Thanks for the quick reply, We had tried deleting the old TMP folder before converting, and were still running into problems, but we just located a lingering DLL that was missed hiding in a separate plugin folder. Removing it fixed the problem and now we have the GUID Remapping tool, and have successfully moved to 2018.2. Thanks.

 

Just sent a bug report.
New created project (2018.2.2f1) TMPro is installed by default.
Created new script and.... using TMPro is red :/
So of'course also
public TextMeshProUGUI A;
"Funny" is that on Unity side everything seems to working fine and I can see this variable in the editor and there is no error in the console.
VS - Community 2017 15.7.6

There is a problem if so many people have a problem with this...

 

That solution worked for me after many tries without success, I replaced those files and worked. I am curious though what's the difference in the files?

 

I've updated the VS to the latest version (15.7.6) and when created new project (2018.2.2f1) once more all seems to working fine.

 

Hello.
Thanks to Stephan_B and Unity Tech for a great (genius) asset. I've had a lot of fun with it.

I have run across something I'd like clarification on though. Maybe it's my install, maybe I don't understand the intended implementation, maybe it's a problem and someone else can recreate it.

I'm running 2018.2.2f1, and the latest TMP (1.2.4) from the Package Manager as of this date. However, it has gone though many upgrades, from the free version through the current one along with many unity changes too.

I'm basically making a "flyout" for points, floating up and out of the scene. Doesn't matter much, other than it's a 3D Text type of TMP asset, not a UI type.

Anyway, if I make a TMP 3D text object in the editor, it works fine until I try and turn it into a prefab. Then it still works, but "changes". I'll note in passing that it does NOT have a text container on it after performing "Right-Click->3D Obect->Textmesh Pro - Text" But it seems to function OK.

Then, if I drop in into my "Prefabs" folder in the project, the following are added to the object:
A mesh filter with an empty mesh reference.
A canvas renderer.

I've tried it in an new project/new scene and same thing happens. I've tried adding a text container to it before making it a prefab, to no avail. Also, can't remove the canvas renderer nor mesh filter as they are "required".

Is this intended/normal?
What happened to the Text Container component?
Is my install hosed up?

Thanks in advance.

 

Thanks for the speedy reply. Sorry to put you through the work if it's expected functionality. I had only used the UI versions previously.

You might want to add a short note to the documentation that the Text Container is obsolete (I did read it first). Or maybe I read an old version?

So far, so good. Just didn't want any object overhead if it was to be avoided.

Thanks again.

 

Thanks for the thorough explanation.

 

We're noticing that atlases on 2018.2.2 are low quality, pixelated in some cases..we're trying to isolate the issue
Do you happen to know of any reports re: atlas'd assets on devices ( Android/iOS ) looking sub-par?
We noticed it with TM Pro fonts but then saw it on some non-font related assets as well

 

Hi Stephen, the issue is very intermittent, i did notice some sprite atlas fixes in 2018.2.3 - we're going to test this to see
It's only on assets usng atlases.
Nothing has changed in the inspectors and the issue is very random, it will happen on one build, not on the next etc so it is hard to isolate the exact cause.
It will not be TM Pro specific as other atlases we've placed icons on are experiencing the same issue. It also occurs on both Android + iOS

Will update future posts in separate thread from TMPro. thnx

 

So I did all the steps when updating to 2018.2.2f1 (from 2017.3.0f3), and all my textmeshpro in the scene are saying the associated script cant be found (missing script)..except for 2..Funny thing is these 2 have nothing in special. I have a menu with a globe representing earth, with lots of cities, each city have a textmeshpro in them for displaying the name. These 2 are just 2 more cities between lots of others...

 

It worked. Thanks!

 

I've run the GUID remapping tool and it looks like it's worked for a lot of stuff but it hasn't worked for my custom classes where I've inherited from TextMeshPro elements like Button.

All the prefabs the tool listed looked correct and it updated all the text elements but it has removed targetGraphic objects.

 

I'm trying the scan option now, just a quick question.
It seems like it's programmed to scan 1 file very second, why is that?
I have 25038 files, meaning it takes me 6.9 hours to scan my project. (I'm halfway now, excited to see the result).

 

Hi @Stephan_B and @GafferSystems ,

I have optimized the migration script. Instead of 6 hours for my project, it now does the work within 5 minutes.
- Using distinct on list of project GUIDs (why scan the same guid twice? this gave a x10 fold speedup)
- Replaced list (of pending changes) with an array to prevent reallocation of array (memory is not an issue for an editor script)
- yield return null only once in 100 frames; GUI might be a little bit less responsive, but I don't care as long as I want to job down ASAP (dirty, but quick).

Enjoy.
Yaniv

 

Hi, I have a world space canvas and need TextMeshProUGUI to be drawn on top of everything. I've tried to set unity_GUIZTestMode and _ZTestMode to CompareFunction.Always but nothing works.

This is my code:

Code (CSharp):

1. var updatedMaterial = new Material(this.text.materialForRendering);
2. var comparison = CompareFunction.Always;
3. updatedMaterial.SetInt("unity_GUIZTestMode", (int)comparison); // _ZTestMode
4. this.text.material = updatedMaterial;

 

I'm having a really hard time getting this to work. I have an older version of TMP installed and everything looks fine. I've tried following the steps above as I understand them...

In my case, I used the package manager to remove TMP package (because it was there by default - using 2018.2. Everything is working fine. I create a new scene. I use the package manager to install TMP package. I see lots of error messages as expected. Here is where things go wrong.

First of all, the instructions aren't clear as to when I should delete my old TMP folder. Which is in Assets/TextMesh Pro - the instructions only say "once the folder is deleted", which could be referencing a future step. But, I don't see that. So, I'm assuming the folder is deleted in step 4. Except, I can't delete the folder with Unity open. I get an error saying the folder is in use (I'm in a new scene). So, I closed Unity and deleted the folder and restarted Unity.

Then I imported the essential resources and examples. I then ran the convert tool, which did find some changes, and saved the modified files.

I still have a lot of error messages and none of my text works. All of my objects have lost their script references. If I drag a script on, it doesn't retain any of the original values.

Any ideas what is going wrong?

 

how can i write TextMeshPro/TextMeshProUGUI at script in 2018.2.5? I wrote "using TMPro;" but nevetrhless giving error

 

I've already assigned the camera to my worldspace canvas, and that canvas is put under the root of my 3D objects.

As you can see in this image:


Canvas2D is a worldspace canvas and I want it to be drawn on top of everything that is inside either Object3D or Canvas3D. Currently, TextMeshProUGUI doesn't appear on top of anything.

 

Sorting layer and order didn't work for me, but the Overlay shader did! Thanks!

 

The importer/converter worked great for me, thanks for the effort.

 

Hey, is there any way to achieve this kind of glow with text mesh pro texts?

 

Hey Stephan_B, thanks for the help, but I still haven't got this working. I recorded a stream of my attempts, following the steps above. Would you be willing to watch the video and let me know if you have any ideas where I'm going wrong? Everything works fine if I delete the package version of TMP. But any attempts to delete the TMP folder in assets and install the package version I get the same result - a bunch of missing script references.

Here is the video if you have time to check it out: https://www.twitch.tv/videos/306487116 (recommend clicking the settings cog and playing at 1.5x or faster)

For this video, I start with Unity 2018.2 with no package version of TMP. First I show that everything is working with the older version of TMP, which is what we started with. Then, I follow your steps and remove the old TMP, install the new version through package manager. It breaks everything, which I demonstrate. Then, I fix it by uninstalling the package version of TMP, and restoring the TMP folder from the recycling bin. I run the game again (at about the 36 minute mark), and the game works again and I can see my TMP assets working in game.

 

I really appreciate the offer! I'll follow up with a PM. But to answer your immediate questions:

Yeah, sorry the window recording got messed up in that segment, so you didn't see it. But to delete the previous version of TMP, I went into the Assets folder (in the OS not in Unity) and deleted the folder "TextMesh Pro".

Some of the errors you mention are fixed in a newer commit of our project, but TMP wasn't working so I reverted back to an earlier commit. Those can be addressed, but right now I'm just trying to get the package version of TMP to work. There may be interference as you suggest, but I haven't been able to resolve it AND get TMP working.

With regards to TMP, I am pretty certain I didn't set a new default font. You can see in the stream when I revert my changes, it goes back to Liberation font. I do however have my own generated SDFs that we use. These disappear from the project when I install the UPM version of TMP, but reappear after uninstalling it. However, I think it's more than just a missing SDF, because the objects are missing attached scripts. It doesn't have the script intact with the wrong font selected or anything like that. So, it's more than just text not being visible. The objects with TMP scripts no longer have scripts. I just get the "no mono script" attachment notification.

I'll follow up in a PM and thanks again for the help.

 

I imported the TMP essentials, but when I click on the selector to add an additonal reference for my assembly definition, I don't see an option to select Unity.TextMeshPro. What am I missing? I'm running 2018.2.5f1 and have TMP 1.3.0 installed. Also running VS 15.8.3.

Update: Ok I figured it out. I had to select the asmdef for TextMesh Pro from under Packages in the the Project View.

 

Thank you, thats doing the job!

 

Is there a link to how to recreate the Bangers font that came with the original TMPRO? This tool only gave me a blurry liberation font.

 

hi stephan, I have watched handful of your youtube video about TMP. I am using Unity 2018 version which support TMP. i am working on chat system which require native emoji support. I am wondering if you could show me how to include native emoji in TMP would be very helpful. It seems like i need to search through input string and replace native emoji unicode with <sprite> to be displayed in chat window or is there better way?

 

We've just upgraded, it went great with the GUID remapper tool. Except links in animation clips were not upgraded automatically, so we're doing those manually at the moment. It just showed yellow and missing in the animation tab.

 

Thanks for your quick response, I am new to TMP.... How does sprite assets linked with font that I am using to display chat for player? Is there anything that i need to do to include sprite assets in font? I am using LiberationSans SDF font from package

 

Thank you for sharing this video and it is very helpful. You have done excellent job creating these videos.
1. If I have handful of emoji i would have to manually give each sprite a unicode from sprite list. And during production if i have to work with new sprite sheet i may loose all the work and start this manual process again. Is there any faster or automated way to give each sprite a unicode?
2. since we are using unicode as identifier for emoji, how can i give multiple unicode to one sprite? Because some of emoji take more then one unicode.
3. may be we won't need it but just incase how to handle ASCII unicode? would that be another sprite sheet