Runtime Transform Gizmos (Move, Rotate, Scale, Universal, Scene Gizmo, Navigation Camera)

Hi everyone,

This is the official support forum for Runtime Transform Gizmos. This is a scripting API which allows you to use transform gizmos at runtime (i.e. build, in-game). Super handy if you need to build editor applications, modding tools or simply games that allow the player to move/rotate/scale objects in the scene.

Here is a quick overview of the pack:

The entire list of video tutorials can be found here.

Don't forget to check out the API Docs.

If you need collider and light gizmos, then you might also want to take a look at this plugin: Runtime Collider & Light Gizmos.

Enjoy!

 

Can you use moving, rotating and scaling with collision control?

 

Hi there,

Collision control is not implemented and to be honest with you, I have no idea what that means in this context. Can you please detail?

Thanks,
Andrew

 

Any plans to make this work for GameObject Transforms? Your tutorials all focus on shapes and simple objects but I would like to use this for posing characters in VR.

 

I'm afraid I don't understand The gizmos already work with GameObject transforms. That is the main purpose of the pack. You can if you want take it a bit further and use the gizmos to transform any entities that you wish by listening to drag events but Game Object transform is supported out of the box.

VR is more of an input problem and there are currently no plans for VR.

EDIT: To be clear: you can pose characters using the pack, but not in VR because VR is not supported.

 

Hello, i'm creating a custom editor for my app and I have your plugin, it works fine.

What I want to do is use your gizmos through a virtual camera, using a render texture from UI canvas.

I want to have tabs for scenes and I'm not able to record events for your gizmos. I already have a setup using a custom raycast to my render texture and it works fine, i can interact with my scene using the virtual camera, but not with your gizmos.

How can i achieve that?

I changed the Method from your class MouseInputDevice to use my custom raycast, also not working

Code (CSharp):

1. public override Ray GetRay(Camera camera = null)
2.     {
3.         return CameraManager.instance.VirtualRaycast();
4.     }

my code for raycasting at the render texture is the following:

Code (CSharp):

1. public Vector2 VirtualCameraPoint()
2.     {
3.         Vector2 localpoint;
4.  
5.         RectTransformUtility.ScreenPointToLocalPointInRectangle(
6.             virtualCamera, //rect transform of the UI rendertexture
7.             Input.mousePosition,
8.             null,
9.             out localpoint
10.         );
11.  
12.         return localpoint;
13.     }
14.  
15.     //raycast through scene camera using render texture
16.     public Ray VirtualRaycast()
17.     {
18.         //scene camera is a camera with render texture of the active scene
19.         return sceneCamera.ScreenPointToRay(VirtualCameraPoint());
20.     }

Also, I already have cameras, inputs, grid and etc made by me. Is that a way to not use your plugin without needing to use your RTGApp, only the Runtime Gizmos (scene, move, rotation, scale)?

 

Hi there,

Rendering to a UI texture on a canvas is not possible. I have received this inquiry once before but I have not been able to make it work. If you need a custom viewport, you can adjust the viewport of the camera accordingly. Just make sure to use the latest version of the pack because it fixes a bug with custom viewports.

You can use your own camera, but input and grid needs to stay there.
In order to use a custom camera, you have to:
1. select the RTFocusCamera object in the hierarchy view;
2. in the Inspector, uncheck the Can process input;
3. drag and drop your camera object in the Target camera field.

 

Hello, is it posible to hide/lock some of the axis in the rotation Gizmo? (I dont want the user to rotate the X or Z axis)

 

Hi there,
Yes it is possible, using the following code:
rotationGizmo.LookAndFeel3D.SetAxisVisible(0, false); // 0 - X axis
rotationGizmo.LookAndFeel3D.SetAxisVisible(2, false); // 2 - Z axis

 

Hi, im testing your Demo, but if feels a little slow when I move the objects... I'm a little worried about the performance of the proyect if I implement this asset.

 

I find it hard to believe that the demo is slow What are your system specs?

 

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Well, I don't know how it could be slow. There is no reason why it should be slow, especially since it's a really simple scene. I'm afraid I can not help here. It works really well for me and for other customers.

 

The slow thig is like an input delay or something like that.
It have some delay between the mouse move and the object following the mouse (in the translate tool)

 

Ok... I was just afraid about the performance, if another customers don't have any problem ill buy it

 

Well, if it's slow for you, then I am not willing to take any responsibility. It's better if you search for another pack with a demo that works well for your system

 

hi, i would like to use this asset for my mobile apps project.. is this support if i build for mobile? thankyou

 

Hi there,

Mobile is supported only for gizmo interaction. As for the other features, such as camera, object to object snap, surface snap, those do not work on mobile.

 

ah nice, yes the important is gizmo interaction for my case. so its mean if i need to have my own script to do "such as camera, object to object snap, surface snap," right?

 

Yes, so gizmo interaction can be done on mobile, but the other would require that you either change the scripts to adapt them for mobile or implement them from scratch. I think the source code can be changed and adapted for mobile, but in my personal opinion this kind of app is not suitable for mobile. I have no plans to adapt all the scripts for mobile

 

that was great.. i really like this assets. thankyou

 

No problem

 

Hi, I'm trying to use your gizmos on mobile. I'm trying to remove all the modules apart from the ones required to create gizmos. Can you point me in the right direction?

Thanks

 

You can disable the camera, scene grid and Undo/Redo modules, but you have to still keep the objects in the hierarchy. Don't delete them.

So for the camera, select the RTFocusCamera object in the hierarchy view and then uncheck the Can process input toggle like in the image below:


For the scene grid, you need to select the RTSceneGrid object in the hierarchy and uncheck the Is visible toggle.

For the Undo/Redo system, you will need to do this from script at app startup:

Code (CSharp):

1. RTUndoRedo.Get.SetEnabled(false);

 

hello, is there a way to make snapping like this one https://cdn-09.megaupload.nz/s7kdw0a5n0/d500d193-1554727326/test.gif , i can't find any solution on the tutorials

 

Hi there,

Holding down CTRL while dragging the gizmo handles will allow you to produce snapping.

 

Hello!

I found a bug with the movement gizmo where the OnGizmoPostDragBegin event is sending the wrong GizmoHandleId for the Y and Z caps. I just wanted to let you know. I'm not sure if someone else has already mentioned this or not.

 

Hi there,

Thanks for bringing this to my attention. I will fix this and let you know when it's ready.

Cheers,
Andrew

 

Hi there,

The issue was fixed. I've sent you a PM with a link to the updated pack.

Cheers,
Andrew

 

Thanks for the quick response! Keep up the good work!

 

Is it possible to disable the scene gizmo? I can't see any way aside from commenting out the call to CreateSceneGizmo in RTGApp.Start.

Thanks,
Sam

 

Hi there,

You can accomplish this by writing:

Code (CSharp):

1. RTGizmosEngine.Get.GetSceneGizmoByCamera(RTFocusCamera.Get.TargetCamera).OwnerGizmo.SetEnabled(false);

You should write this in the Initialized event which is thrown by the RTGApp objects after it has been initialized.

So somewhere in one of your script's Awake functions, you should write:

Code (CSharp):

1. RTGApp.Get.Initialize += OnAppInitialized;

The OnAppInitialized handler will have to contain the code that disables the gizmo.

Cheers,
Andrew

 

Thanks!

 

I am having some problem with the "box scale gizmo", when you drag it to scale 0, it become glitchy, it's start move the entire object, also i am having other problems when my objects become with scale 0 or negative value ,so my question is, is there any way to modify some script and to disallow the "box scale gizmo" from going under 0.2f scale for example, i am creating an map editor like this one https://krunker.io/editor.html it's basically simple editor and grid based, but i cannot find the right script that control the scale drag for that "box scale gizmo", can you point me up with some information that can help me with this? (sorry for my bad english)

 

Hi there,

Thanks for reporting this. I will take a look at it and let you know when the issue has been fixed.

Cheers,
Andrew

 

Great thank you.
also it will be great if we can use the "box scale gizmo" when we have multiple selected objects like the rest of the gizmos.

 

@crimn
So I tried to reproduce the issue with the box scale gizmo, but it works fine for me. Do you think you could record a small video? Also, the box scale gizmo only exists in the Runtime Level Design package. Please post future RLD related inquireis here: https://forum.unity.com/threads/runtime-level-design.380151/#post-2487348

Thanks,
Andrew

 

I'm trying to have a small 'preview window' that a player can use the gizmo to rotate a gameobject on a Canvas via RenderTexture. Is there a way to implement this easily with this?

 

Hi there,

Unfortunately, that is not possible. If you wish to render the gizmos to an area of the screen, you will have to use viewports instead. You can find more about viewports here: https://rtg.readthedocs.io/en/latest/ViewportAPI/

Rendering gizmos to a render texture creates problems when interacting with the gizmos and this is something I could not solve.

 

Hi Octamodius,

I wonder if your package works with HDRP ?
It seems to be really powerfull but our project is on HDRP and we need a runtime gizmo tool working on it ...

Thx
Again, good job !

NarLoke

 

Hi there,

Unfortunately RTG does not work with SRP and there are currently no plans to support it. I wish I had a different answer

All the Best,
Andrew

 

Hi there,,

i'm having trouble to have by default the Local transform on for unknow reason it is always in global mode
any line of code to change somewhere ?

thanks by advance

 

Hello,

All gizmos have a ObjectTransformGizmo property and you would need to write something like this:

Code (CSharp):

1. gizmo.ObjectTransformGizmo.SetTransformSpace(GizmoSpace.Local);

You might want to check out this video in which I cover transform spaces:

Cheers,
Andrew

 

Tank you very much Andrew for your fast reply

going to take a look at it !

cheers

 

Hi,I have just bought the asset. It is very useful. I am having and issue during runtime when i start up.

 

I had an issue with using the mouse to move the gizmos. Changing these lines of codes fixed it.

 

GetAxis should work just fine. Maybe you changed the name of the mouse X axis in the input settings.

Regarding the other issues, I will look into it.

 

Hello,

Is there any way to remove/disable a specific Universal Gizmo targeting a Game Object?

 

Hi there,

All gizmos have a SetEnabled function which you can use to enable/disable the gizmo as needed.

 

I have an issue - I'm using the gizmos for multiple objects, but only one object has the gizmos active at a time. Each object has a translation rotation and scaling gizmo (with only one visible). I'm using SetEnabled() to switch off all the gizmos on all objects except for the selected object. Unfortunately, when the objects are close together (and only at certain camera angles), it becomes impossible to manipulate the active gizmo. The problem disappears if I don't use the SetEnabled() function to switch off the gizmos. I would appreciate any advice on this.