Widget containers and draw calls

[db82]

Hi

I have a game object that has 2 UILabels in it.

At the moment the game object is a UIPanel, and I add loads of these to a parent UIPanel so the tree is like this


UIPanel
  - UIPanel
       - UILabel1
       - UILabel2
  - UIPanel
       - UILabel1
       - UILabel2
  - UIPanel
       - UILabel1
       - UILabel2
  - UIPanel
       - UILabel1
       - UILabel2

Doing it this way increases the draw calls because each UIPanel is using 2 draws, so the total for the above is 8 even though I'm only using 2 font atlases.

I cant really add all the labels straight into the master UIPanel because Label1 and Label2 need to be in one container for position and scale tweening.

Is there a better way I can do this to bring the draw calls down?

Thanks for any help!

[ArenMook]

Not quite sure why your desire to tween or position something would result in new panels? You can tween any game object, it doesn't have to have a panel.

[db82]

I'm using 2 labels to make a popup sprite to show a combo score. (see attached)

This popup is added to the stage and animates in / out. It's easier to animate it as one object rather than 2 separate UILables.

There are lots of these popups on screen at any one time.

[ArenMook]

Right, but you can animate any game object. It doesn't need to have a panel on it.

GameObject (Animation)
- Label
- Label

[db82]

You are right, removing the UIPanel script for the popup did it 

Can't remember why I added it in the first place, im sure there was a reason but never mind!

Thanks for your help.