Animated hotspot cursors

klarabara

Hi Chris,
We have a feature where players can toggle to view all hotspots in a scene. We would really like to use an animated icon for this but I cant figure out how to do it or if it is possible using AC only. Right now I can only choose the use icon or a texture in the Hotspot section under Settings. I can see in the cursor tab that it is possible to animate cursors in general.

I was hoping you could point us in the right direction how to solve this.

ChrisIceBox

Currently, you'd have to rely on a custom script to play an animation at the position of each Hotspot.

Having the ability to animate the Hotspot icon in the Settings Manager is a fair suggestion, though - I'll give it some thought.

klarabara

Alright thanks for the feedback!

ChrisIceBox

I can confirm this'll be included in the next release.

klarabara

Nice!

klarabara

In case anyone is looking for a solution right now I have made something really simple.

public class ShowHotspotIcons : MonoBehaviour

{
    public GameObject animationObject;
    private Hotspot[] hotspots;
    private List<GameObject> flames;


    void Start ()
    {
        hotspots = FindObjectsOfType (typeof (Hotspot)) as Hotspot[];
        flames = new List<GameObject>();

        foreach (Hotspot hotspot in hotspots)
        {
            var position = hotspot.transform.position;
            GameObject myInstantiatedGameObject = Instantiate(animationObject);
            myInstantiatedGameObject.transform.position = position;
            myInstantiatedGameObject.SetActive(false);
            flames.Add(myInstantiatedGameObject);
        }
    }

    void Update ()
    {

        if (!KickStarter.stateHandler.IsInGameplay () || Input.GetButtonUp ("HighlightAll"))
        {
            SetHighlights (false);
        }

        else if (Input.GetButtonDown ("HighlightAll"))
        {
            SetHighlights (true);
        }
    }

    void SetHighlights (bool show)
    {
        flames.ForEach(flame => flame.SetActive(show));
    }

}