2D Sprites in a 3D game...

Technocrat

Hello! I decided to have a go at getting a 2D character to work in a 3D environment, so I went to the tutorial, and have unfortunately faltered at the first obstacle. I attempted to drag my sprite out into the scene, but it just refuses to do so. So, thinking it might be something wrong with just my sprite, I tried the same thing with the Brain "Idle_D" sprite, but with the same result.

I can drag the sprite into the hierarchy for the scene, but not into the scene window itself. Is it still possible to use the 2D sprites in 3D scenes?

ChrisIceBox

Of course - you just need to attach 3D components instead of 2D.  See this tutorial for more.

Technocrat

Ah, I see - I needed to create an empty gameobject first, then add the sprite as a child of that - that seems to have made it appear. Now to see if I can get the character to work, as per the tutorial!

ChrisIceBox

Look out for v1.49 - it'll include a new Character Wizard.  Simply select the sprite / model you want, fill in the options, and it'll set up the hierarchy/components automatically.