Unity3D Fast Tips - Using RenderTexture to show a 3d object in UI

[@halivudestevez2]

In 2023 Beta Unity Editor you can find the Target Texture of the camera under the Output section in the Inspector, and called "Output Texture"

[@flurinjenal374]

Amazing, thanks a lot! Was able to fix a bug in my own setup using your tutorial. Never stop making great videos.

[@GameDevBits]

Great to hear!

[@SYRIASTARSCHANEL]

Thanks man , we are looking for great tutorials like that in the future , Big thanks from Syria

[@Fadiabuzant]

Simple and direct to the point. Thank you

[@xkittencatx]

Oh my gosh! This is a really great video! Whenever I would try to put 3D GameObjects as UIs, I would do so with two different Canvases, and then also playing around with the Camera settings. Then I would have to fumble with the layers and layerMasks. And THEN I would have to increase the size of the 3D GameObjects exponentially. This looks so much easier and seems like it would be less performance intensive.

[@GameDevBits]

Glad you liked it!

[@gocorona3445]

I love the video! Excellent tips and amazing results. You have a new subscriber. Keep up the good work!

[@GameDevBits]

Awesome! Thank you!

[@sothisishowitreallyends]

Helped with an issue I was having, thank you

[@nunchuckya]

Great tutorial, thanks a lot, I manage to place different animations in my 3D UI (a face of my character that changes according to whats happening in game)

[@GameDevBits]

Phenomenal! You're going old school like Doom with the face!

[@dreamisover9813]

Thanks, really good tutorial!

[@nm56342]

Life Saver! This worked perfectly

[@GameDevBits]

Outstanding!

[@alisoroush6426]

Thank you so much for this tutorial. It helped me a lot

[@GameDevBits]

Im so glad it helped!

[@zhanxishi645]

I was trying to render a tilemap on the UGUI an it just solved my problem! Thanks for your excellent work~

[@XYZGameStudios]

If you use URP and you need a transparent background i think this wont work and the official Unity Thread about the fix is over 5 years old without a Solution. The most easy way is to make a screenshot and remove the background. You cant chage the rotation with this solution but if you just want the model as a picture this works.

[@davitsedrakyan]

Great video! Saved me ton of time! :)

[@GameDevBits]

That's what I love to hear!

[@kuroyza7839]

Excellent tips Keep it up man!

[@yorestus]

Thank you so much! ☺

[@ParisLuHv]

what if i wanted to display a full inventory, with say 24 items displaying. would you create a camera for each item? or is there a way to make some sort of map?

[@GameDevBits]

For a bunch of items like that, I'd question if they need to be 3d. You could render them in advance and create icons. I have a free Unity tool here to do that: timps.itch.io/timpsshot

[@sl4shd]

Great tutorial thank you!

[@decayedgamesstudio]

Nice one! Thank you!!

[@idontunderstandnihongoqwq940]

You are my lifesaver Thanks!

[@Mrzero_clks]

absolutely amazing!

[@_agustinjulian_]

Wow thats amazing thank u

[@GameDevBits]

You’re welcome 😊

[@alexmeem6230]

works well. any way to up the quality of the camera tho? very pixaly on the edges

[@GameDevBits]

You can change the resolution on your render texture to increase the quality. Just keep in mind the cost. Default res is 256x256 which might only be suitable for a very small item on screen.

[@Sweets_Commander]

I’m struggling to figure out particle render queue which is making a model appear over particles

[@GameDevBits]

If your UI/Canvas is in Overlay mode it will be drawn at the end of the frame and always over the particles. Unity have a github project that brings particles into UGUI and sorts this out for you: github.com/mob-sakai/ParticleEffectForUGUI

[@codyhaeys]

THANK YOU!

[@rekiallard77]

Nice

[@TheSixoul]

Good video but work on keeping your volume consistent throughout the video. You go from alright volume to really loud and booming then to super quiet that it's hard to hear.

[@GameDevBits]

Really appreciate the comment! Coming off a few weeks of being unwell and Im pretty sure now I skipped the normalisation process. Thanks for watching and never hesitate to call it out if I drop the ball on stuff like that.

[@janikcodes]

yeah that scared the shit out of me lmao

[@ІгорЛисенко-ж9н]

Render texture is redundant in this case. You may just put 3d object in ui on ui layer and upscale it to be visible. Render texture is more of tv/monitor ingame imitation.

[@GameDevBits]

Scaled up objects can work, but a canvas is not intended to display 3d objects. Large objects can have floating point issues, they can intersect and overlap through UI elements or have shadowing issues. There's always more than one way to skin a cat. :) This is absolutely an intended use for render textures, it's why they support transparency.

[@ІгорЛисенко-ж9н]

@@GameDevBits 1. Agreed. 2. More than one skin? Instantiate prefab. Usage of render texture increase draw calls. For PC it pretty much ok, but for mobile no.

[@aravinda8080]

thank you

[@diaryofarobot]

thanks bro nice job, I subscribed to your channel

[@dariushuang1115]

so cool!!!

[@joshchen3101]

On my project when android build that not show

[@antonsimkin]

i saw someone doing that for the whole scene

[@GameDevBits]

Could be done for things like split screens or faking some kind of full screen post processing?

[@AndrewNumptyPants]

thankoo

[@NotARealPersonBR]

thanks a bunch for this

[@ginick]

Thanks a lot!