Official SpriteShape Preview Package

SpriteShape (3.0.5) makes Edge Collider 2D like this. Same points at first.
That makes it difficult to get a normal value.

 

Everything works great in the editor, but when I build to android none of the Sprite Shapes (Sprite Shape Renderer) are visible. traditional (Sprite Renderer) sprites display correctly.

I tried about everything I can think of, with no luck:
-Tried different shaders.
-Added directional light.
-Tried building to Android 32-bit mono and Android 64-bit IL2CPP.

I'm using Unity 2019.3.0b6 and 2D SpriteShape 3.0.5.

 

Problem solved! I forgot to add a Profile to the Sprite Shape Controller. Now are things working fine on android.

I have been waiting many years for this built-in feature, there've been a couple bumps along the way but that's expected for something this early in development. Keep up the great work.

 

I'm getting an error that seems to present itself when I make my SpriteShape to large.

I have a simple SpriteShape triangle with a profile set.

If I keep the triangle small all is good. But, if I use Edit Spline and make the triangle bigger I start to get the following error. (Note: the triangle vertices when this happened are: (50,291), (-101,71), (203,67)

Detail is set to low quality.

This only happens if the profile is set.

The error:


Is there a limit to how large a SpriteShape can be? I use them for my backgrounds which can have a large "z" value so they need to be large.

 

Created a bug with sample project.
http://fogbugz.unity3d.com/default.asp?1189739_m5bcqono4pbup6h4

 

I am quite new to unity and creating school project at the moment using sprite shape.
My question is: How do I animate sprites that are created into the scene using sprite shape?

(For example animating lava sprite that is "bended" using sprite shape).

Thanks for your answers in advance!

 

Is it possible to animate a buildup of the spline? like in a line renderer?
I tried to use the scrolling example but it only works for every part separately. I want it to build the whole spline.
for example:
https://dribbble.com/shots/3841213-Watch-your-bottom-line-grow

 

I'm using it, and everything works fine except for this. The sprite of the path shifts a little whenever I add a point or remove a point or both simultaneously at runtime. I'm fairly certain this isn't my code. Is this an intended effect, or is it something that needs to be corrected? Either way, I'm currently trying to find a way to correct it myself, but I wouldn't mind a little help.

 

On macOS 10.14.6 and Unity 2019.2, I can't delete anchor points by hitting either Delete on my keyboard or Fn + Delete. Surely I'm not the only person on Earth using Sprite Shape on a mac?

 

@Venkify my issue with being unable to delete path points on a macOS device is a legit one. Your error is here:

In PathEditor.cs you use string command names:

Code (CSharp):

1.             var m_RemovePointAction1 = new CommandAction(kDeleteCommandName)
2.             {
3.                 enable = (guiState, action) => { return GetSelectedPointCount() > 0; },
4.                 onCommand = removePoints
5.             };
6.  
7.             var m_RemovePointAction2 = new CommandAction(kSoftDeleteCommandName)
8.             {
9.                 enable = (guiState, action) => { return GetSelectedPointCount() > 0; },
10.                 onCommand = removePoints
11.             };

But after debugging, OnGUI events only ever come with key codes:

(GUISystem.cs ln 112):



Observe command name is an empty string.

 

SpriateShape feedback:

I hope the dev from Ferr2D gets some credit, because SpriteShape seems to be built on its back. Having said that, it's a brilliant package. The snap to grid is particularly useful for neatness. The setup is a breeze and having colliders so easy to add...well, you've done a terrific job. Just wanted to say thanks.

 

I'm having an issue with the rendering of SpriteShape objects. I have a bunch of procedurally generated asteroids that are using SpriteShape and a camera following a player-controlled spaceship. For some reason, the asteroids only appear when the camera gets within a certain distance. Even stranger, if I do not maximize the game view and leave the scene view open the problem goes away. I have built the project to WebGL and the problem is still there. Any thoughts? Thanks in advance! P.S. I'm using LWRP with Unity 2019.2.11f1 and SpriteShape 2.1.0.

 

I've only found one thing that will fix the issue - turning on Gizmos for some reason. I don't have any custom Gizmo code.

 

Wow! That's amazing! It completely fixed the issue. Thank you so much. I'm curious, what does that script do exactly to solve the issue?

 

Ok, that makes sense! Thanks. So in a post-preview version of SpriteShape it won't be necessary anymore, right?

 

I'm trying to use sprite shape to emulate AO effect. Although the shape is visible in the scene window, it is not rendered in camera. What am I doing wrong? I'm using 2.1.0 version of the package.

 

A small repro project attached.

 

I'm having another issue with SpriteShape. I want my SpriteShape to have a solid black fill, so I created a solid black 4x4 texture and imported it into Unity, setting the wrap mode to "Repeat." Next I dragged the texture into the fill texture parameter of the SpriteShape profile. It worked, but now I have these strange artifacts on the edges of my shape:



Any thoughts on how to fix this? Thanks in advance!

 

P.S. It seems to only happen if my fill offset is negative.

 

Hi, a small suggestion here. Whenever I deselect a Sprite Shape game object, Snapping toggle goes back to false and I have to turn it on again every time. I wish there was an option to make it default to true.

 

Quick question. Since the

spline

parameter of the

SpriteShapeController

component is read-only, how can one copy the

spline

of one

SpriteShapeController

to another through script, including all spline data? Thanks in advance!

 

Hey unity,

I'll tag some of the devs, hoping some of you might respond

@Venkify @rustum @DanielTanBK

I just would like to address the state of UX:

Last year I posted some feedback on specific issues:
https://forum.unity.com/threads/spriteshape-preview-package.522575/page-5#post-4032916

Now some of those have been addressed, which is great. Some haven't and I'd like to know if those will be added anytime

1) change the color from selected nodes - that yellow is barely visible, change it to something more distinctive like blue, especially to make it more distinguishable from the white non-selected node points
(or at least give the option to change them ourselves)

2) please give the option to actually show the indices of all the nodes themselves in the scene view, the indices could then be displayed around the nodes and why not also showing the index of the selected node in the inspector as read-only. This would be useful to work with the Scripting API so one could immediately see if the code is doing what it should do with the desired index/node. This is also possible in Ferr2D.

3) the node points are too small and it kinda needs more precision to select one. If you don't want to set the size yourself, maybe allow to set the size of the points in the preferences?

4) in order to delete a node point I have to select a node point and hit CMD/CTRL+DELETE, which is the same command to delete basically anything in Unity, like the selected gameobject. I always fear I might delete the whole Shape-Gameobject, especially since the selected yellow node is barely distinguishable from the non-selected white points.
Sure there's Undo...but yeah, why not another shortcut.

5) There is still no way to add a node point outside the shape, I only can put nodes along the line between two points, never outside of them: why?


These UX issues have been almost a year old.

Another UX issue only some months old:
https://forum.unity.com/threads/spriteshape-preview-package.522575/page-8#post-4775345

6) There is still no way to offset the Fill-Texture by X and Y seperately.


That's it for now

 

Hi! great job on this package guys! its come a long way since its start and the latest corner improvements have taken it to the next level!
i Would like to submit some feedback and suggestions for features/function for consideration that I believe would be universally beneficial. If anything I mention is already implemented please excuse me for not seeing it so far.

1- the option to have multiple corner sprites just like selecting the main edge sprite index
2- the option to control offset on non adaptive uv's
3- the option to add gradients over fills and edges
4- the option to have corners adapt to changes in node sizes (instead of just disappearing)
5- the option to still have corners active next to curved nodes
6- the option to lock segments
7- the option to have adaptive AND non adaptive uv's on same priteshape (per node)
8- a node list in the inspector panel that reveals (editable) info about each node such as its number id, corner setting,
sprite index, offset, size etc... the node number ID corresponding to number gizmos in the scene window next to the nodes to quickly edit nodes in the inspector.

hope this is received well!
Cheers and keep up the good work!

 

We tried recently to use this package with colliders, to easily create elements the character could ride on. My designer is loving it, it was very easy for him to do what he needed, well done!

But there's a quite a catch right now, we have a freeze the first time such shape become visible on Android. Profiler shows that SpriteShapeController.OnWillRenderObject is taking sometimes up to 40ms to run on my Nexus 5X! Mostly waiting for a job to complete.

I disabled the autoupdate of the collider, but it's not enough.

Are there any plan for an optimization plan ? or is there a way to avoid this ? (Maybe by splitting a large shape into smaller ones would help ?)

PS: Using Preview9-2.0.0 in Unity 2019.1.5f1

 

I believe that that's no longer an issue in the latest version.

 

I can't use the last version without upgrading Unity as well. But I've found a workaround for now, having an invisible Shape2D on screen at the load of my game, so that the freeze of the initialization is done during my loading screen and not during play time the first time you encounter it.

 

I'm using Preview9-2.0.0 in Unity 2019.1.5f1
I tried using Burst and it indeed made it much more acceptable! Thanks

 

Hello, I'm trying to change the Sprite Variant Index related to a corner that has been passed by the player, in runtime. To created some kind of effect that the Passed area has been infected. And also how to get the number of all corners?
Any ideas how this is done?
Thank you in advance!

 

So I'm trying out SpriteShape and I'm having a couple of hangups. I've been fiddling with this for a while and haven't found a solution.

A1: The only way to change which sprite is being rendered is to have a node. Is there no way to have it sample multiple sprites for an edge?
A2: The only way to fix this compression issue is to disable Adaptive UV, but then you have issues with sprites not hitting edges right. Lose-lose?

B: Why is my corner bending when the top edge is not?

C: I'm confused about why my edge isn't going under the corner.


I'm a little frustrated with this feature right now, I'm trying to find solutions that don't require manual editing/placement on every corner in the game.

 

I'd like to do some procedural, physics-based, stretch-and-squash with SpriteShapes. Specifically, I have a square-ish sprite, and I want to distort that sprite in realtime, as needed. I have made a GameObject with a SpriteShapeRenderer and a SpriteShapeController. I'm using the "StretchUV" option in the SpriteShapeController, and a StretchTiling of 1. And I have written a MatchCorners script that updates the SpriteShape spline control points during each FixedUpdate. While the spline control points are moving in the way I'd like, there is something wrong with the rendering.

As the script moves the spline control points away from their starting locations, the fill sprite stretches and distorts. It's as if the UV mapping isn't updating along with the position of the vertices. When I pause the game, and switch to the Scene view, I can see that there is some sort of rectangular widget around my SpriteShape. Oddly, while the width of the rectangular widget dynamically changes to match the size of my SpriteShape, the height does not. Rather, the top edge of the rectangle is fixed at the starting location - so that the rectangle stretches in much the same way as my sprite.

Using Unity 2019.2.18 with SpriteShape 2.1.0

Code (CSharp):

1. using System.Collections;
2. using System.Collections.Generic;
3. using UnityEngine;
4. using UnityEngine.U2D;
5.  
6. public class MatchCorners : MonoBehaviour
7. {
8.     public Transform[] CornerObjects;
9.  
10.     private SpriteShapeController spriteShapeController;
11.     // Start is called before the first frame update
12.     void Start()
13.     {
14.         spriteShapeController = GetComponent<SpriteShapeController>();
15.     }
16.  
17.     void FixedUpdate()
18.     {
19.         for (int pointID = 0; pointID < 4; pointID++)
20.             spriteShapeController.spline.SetPosition(pointID, CornerObjects[pointID].position);
21.         //spriteShapeController.BakeMesh(); //Doesn't help
22.         //spriteShapeController.RefreshSpriteShape(); //Doesn't help
23.         //spriteShapeController.UpdateSpriteShapeParameters(); //Doesn't help
24.        
25.     }
26. }
27.