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Support => NGUI 3 Support => Topic started by: shik on July 30, 2012, 10:50:45 AM

Title: BasePanel auto attaches to new objects
Post by: shik on July 30, 2012, 10:50:45 AM

Hello again.  While I figured out my problem from the other day, it has led to a new one and I am not quite sure how to solve this one....

I am instantiating a duplicate of a sliced sprite and its associated widgets.  This will then be used as a content item in a draggable menu (the clipped view panel).

The main issue seems to be that when the duplicate is created, it automatically gets a UIBasePanel script attached to it so when I make the new object a child of the UIGrid, the shader effect for the contents no longer functions correctly.  My hierarchy looks something like this.

>Main UIPanel
    > GO #1 (no UIPanel attached, it is just a slicedSprite)
    > GO #2
    > etc.
>Side menu (Empty GO for anchoring)
    > Drag Panel (the UIPanel controlling the whole side menu
        > Grid (UIGrid)

After a make the duplicates, they are initially placed in the root, I position, scale, and child them immediately but it ends up looking like this:

>Side menu (Empty GO for anchoring)
    > Drag Panel (the UIPanel controlling the whole side menu
        > Grid (UIGrid)
            > GO #1 (UIBasePanel script attached)
            > (same with any other objects added)

So I am pretty sure the BasePanel is being automatically attached to make sure the slicedSprite can render, but in this case it is interfering with my draggable panel.

I have tried disabling/removing the script and that just causes the panel to stop rendering (even after it is a child of the side menu Panel).

Has anyone else had any problems like this?

PS - sorry for the long winded post, I figured too much info was better than too little.

Title: Re: BasePanel auto attaches to new objects
Post by: shik on July 30, 2012, 12:03:55 PM

I have gotten the clones to be drag panel contents without them getting a UIBasePanel added, but now the text I have on those clones no longer appears.  I have noticed that as each object begins to clip, the text appears when the label object starts having the shader effect applied.

Any ideas?

Title: Re: BasePanel auto attaches to new objects
Post by: ArenMook on July 30, 2012, 06:00:51 PM

You need to use NGUITools.AddChild to instantiate it, not Unity's Instantiate. Furthermore, you should save whatever you're instantiating as a prefab first. Lastly, the fact that you are using UIBasePanel tells me that you're using the free version of NGUI, which technically doesn't come with support. ;)