Force Drawcall?

[Asse]

I have a UIGrid-item which consists of two UISprites using the same atlas and between them lies a UITexture.

- UISprite2 (atlas01)
- UITexture
- UISprite1 (atlas01)

Now UISprite2 and UISprite1 obviously are drawn by one drawcall so UITexture can't be drawn between them. Now can I force an object to be drawn by another drawcall?

PS: Using another panel doesn't work inside the UIGrid.

[ArenMook]

Why doesn't it work? Should work just fine. Adding an extra panel is the only way to separate them.

[Asse]

Because everything parented to the UIPanel doesn't get clipped.

[Nicki]

You have to duplicate it like this
UIPanel1 (with clip)
-Grid1
-- Sprites1
UITexture (z value lower than UIpanel 1)
UIPanel2 (same clip)
-Grid2
-- Sprites2


Have your input only affect UIPanel 1 and make UIPanel 1 copy its settings (position, clip rect etc) to UIpanel 2 when it is updated.

[Asse]

Hm.. this means I can't work conveniently with prefabs 

[Asse]

So there's no way to get this to work with only one item? 

[ryan]

Make a duplicate atlas with a different material pointing at the same texture as the first atlas?  Then have sprite 2 refer to the second atlas, it should end up in a separate draw call from sprite 1.

[Asse]

Hm.. maybe better than nothing. Thanks!