UILabels always on top of UITexture

[flavoredCoffee]

I'm trying to create a fade out/in overlay when I switch levels.  I'm creating a UITexture object in a script and giving it a black texture with alpha 0, and then fade to alpha 1.  The UITexture object has it's depth value set to 100 and it's Z position to just before the camera Z.

As I expected, the texture covers everything on the screen, except the UILabels.  (FYI - dynamic font in case it matters).

The UITexture is not using the atlas.  The UITexture has a lower Z value than any of the labels.  It has a higher depth.  It's been in its own panel, or the same panel as the labels - makes no difference.  I guess I could add another 2D camera and have it on top of everything, but I'd rather not do that unless it's the only option.

The UITexture will cover up a button's background image, but the label is drawn after the texture.  Any other ideas on how to correct this?

Thanks

FC

[Wumpee]

Adding a separate camera isn't a bad option. There's no extra overhead as long as you have the clear flags set to "Don't Clear"

You could also try adjusting the Z depth of the panel you've attached the overlay to, rather than changing the Z depth of the UITexture overlay itself.

[flavoredCoffee]

Ok -- I'll look into adding another camera -- I tried adjusting all the different Z options on each item with no luck.

I'll let you know how I get on.

FC

[nugao]

Just change UITexture's shader from 'Unlit - Diffuse' to 'Unlit - Transparent Colored'.

Because the Transparent object always in front of the Opaque object, in other words the Opaque objects always render in front of the Transparent object in render queue.

[flavoredCoffee]

Thanks!

That did the trick.

FC