Having text be a child to a game object?

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Hello! I need to fix an issue where when the camera moves, all the text on the screen does also. Anyway I can fix this? Thanks!

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Answer by Tetopia · Jan 05, 2018 at 01:02 AM

Use a TextMesh instead of a Text component. Put the TextMesh on a GameObject in the scene where it should be, but don't use the Canvas (which is generated automatically when adding Text components).

Explanation: Text components are used for User Interface on the Canvas. The Canvas is just "held in front of the camera" like a head-up-display. TextMesh on the other hand is an actual "in game object" and stays whereever you put it in the world (as long as it is not a child of the Canvas which is as stated above "moved" with the camera.

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mosno6 · Aug 18, 2021 at 03:43 PM 0

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To whoever wants to add text to seperate object, with many object. This is the best solution for me. You definitely didnt need 100x canvases at all. and can pretty adjust the position easily.

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Answer by Lysander · Jan 03, 2018 at 11:46 PM

Depends on the Canvas Render Mode type. If you make the canvas Screen Space - Overlay, then all elements of that canvas will essentially be drawn to the screen. If you use Screen Space - Camera, then it's drawn to the screen of only that specific camera (useful for using different cameras for different 'layers' of UI drawn on top of eachother), and if you use Screen Space - World, then it's drawn in the scene the same way any sprite object would be, and can be behind other non-UI sprites and 3D models, etc....

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Lysander · Jan 04, 2018 at 12:02 AM 0

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Technically, the canvasses are automatically placed right in front of cameras at a given distance, not rendered "on" the screen (in the case of Overlay, it's not an accessible scene camera but I think a hidden one just for that purpose), but just keeping the explanation simple here.

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