Is it possible to use a sprite as Hotspot 2D?

Maidnet

Hi again!!!

I wondered if possible use sprites instead of Hotspot 2D. This would be useful for very irregular objects in the foreground, in front of all selectable objects. The problem that I have with Hotspot 2D is that I am not able to edit them irregular shapes and are always square or rectangular.

Thanks!!

hedgefield

You can try to put the Hotspot component on the sprite's gameobject. I do that with my character sprites too, works fine.

Maidnet

Could you explain a little more extensively this trick? I'm not very experienced and I'm starting with this. Thank you!

Eastman

What you need to do is delete the Box Collider 2D component from your hotspot and add a Polygon Collider 2D component. When you then edit the collider you can turn it into any shape you want. You can also add multiple collider components if needed.

klarax

What? your telling me i can use polygon collider 2D as hotspots? :O

Eastman

Yep. Well, you can't substitute the actual hotspot object for just a collider, but you can attach whichever type of collider you want to the hotspot object. By default the Hotspot 2D object has a box collider attached to it, but you can replace it with a Polygon Collider 

ChrisIceBox

It's true!  The 2D demo game does this for the Tree.