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Support => NGUI 3 Support => Topic started by: calbar on October 16, 2013, 08:22:08 PM

Title: Can you sanity check my plan to integrate NGUI?
Post by: calbar on October 16, 2013, 08:22:08 PM

I wanted to get an expert opinion on my high-level approach to NGUIfying my game. It's top-down with drag, pinch, and rotate camera controls, selectable 2D UI elements, and selectable 3D objects in the environment.

So here was my plan:

• Create two cameras: a 2D ortho cam for my 2D UI and a 3D game cam with an additional UICamera script attached.
• Set the depth of the 2D camera higher than that of the 3D camera so it processes input first.
• If none of the 2D UI elements are hit, I presume the 3D UI will then check for collisions with GameObjects in my environment.
• Set the event mask of the 3D UICamera to ignore terrain.
• If none of the GameObjects in the environment are hit, and without terrain, I presume events will be sent to the 3D UICamera.fallThrough target.
• Set the 3D UICamera.fallThrough to my GameObject that handles camera control gestures.

How does that sound?

Thanks!

Title: Re: Can you sanity check my plan to integrate NGUI?
Post by: calbar on October 18, 2013, 09:52:33 AM

I'd still love to get some feedback on this approach before I proceed!

Title: Re: Can you sanity check my plan to integrate NGUI?
Post by: ArenMook on October 18, 2013, 04:35:00 PM

FallThrough may not be the place for gestures. What if you start the gesture on a unit (many units on the screen)? GenericEventHandler may be the better way to go for gestures.

Title: Re: Can you sanity check my plan to integrate NGUI?
Post by: calbar on October 19, 2013, 07:14:36 PM

Ah, good point. Now that I think about it, even if a GameObject doesn't respond to an event, it's still gonna intercept the raycast.

Alright, outside of that, I'll assume this approach sounds good. Thanks again man!