Unity3D Fast Tips - Using RenderTexture to show a 3d object in UI

A quick guide to using a render texture to show a 3d object in your UI. This is a real-time object you can light, rotate, scale, etc as needed.
In the video I'm using a pirate ship from Synty Studios - Polygon Pirates.
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[@halivudestevez2]

In 2023 Beta Unity Editor you can find the Target Texture of the camera under the Output section in the Inspector, and called "Output Texture"

[@gocorona3445]

I love the video! Excellent tips and amazing results. You have a new subscriber. Keep up the good work!

[@GameDevBits]

Awesome! Thank you!

[@flurinjenal374]

Amazing, thanks a lot! Was able to fix a bug in my own setup using your tutorial. Never stop making great videos.

[@GameDevBits]

Great to hear!

[@Fadiabuzant]

Simple and direct to the point. Thank you

[@kuroyza7839]

Excellent tips Keep it up man!

[@SYRIASTARSCHANEL]

Thanks man , we are looking for great tutorials like that in the future , Big thanks from Syria

[@xkittencatx]

Oh my gosh! This is a really great video! Whenever I would try to put 3D GameObjects as UIs, I would do so with two different Canvases, and then also playing around with the Camera settings. Then I would have to fumble with the layers and layerMasks. And THEN I would have to increase the size of the 3D GameObjects exponentially.
This looks so much easier and seems like it would be less performance intensive.

[@GameDevBits]

Glad you liked it!

[@Mrzero_clks]

absolutely amazing!

[@alisoroush6426]

Thank you so much for this tutorial. It helped me a lot

[@GameDevBits]

Im so glad it helped!

[@nunchuckya]

Great tutorial, thanks a lot, I manage to place different animations in my 3D UI (a face of my character that changes according to whats happening in game)

[@GameDevBits]

Phenomenal! You're going old school like Doom with the face!

[@XYZGameStudios]

If you use URP and you need a transparent background i think this wont work and the official Unity Thread about the fix is over 5 years old without a Solution. The most easy way is to make a screenshot and remove the background. You cant chage the rotation with this solution but if you just want the model as a picture this works.

[@zhanxishi645]

I was trying to render a tilemap on the UGUI an it just solved my problem! Thanks for your excellent work~

[@Alianx]

Great tutorial thank you!

[@yorestus]

Thank you so much!
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[@davitsedrakyan]

Great video! Saved me ton of time! :)

[@GameDevBits]

That's what I love to hear!

[@idontunderstandnihongoqwq940]

You are my lifesaver Thanks!

[@nassorm5634]

Life Saver! This worked perfectly

[@GameDevBits]

Outstanding!

[@ginick]

Thanks a lot!

[@agusthings]

Wow thats amazing thank u

[@GameDevBits]

You’re welcome 😊

[@codyhaeys]

THANK YOU!

[@dariushuang1115]

so cool!!!

[@aravinda8080]

thank you

[@ParisLuHv]

what if i wanted to display a full inventory, with say 24 items displaying. would you create a camera for each item? or is there a way to make some sort of map?

[@GameDevBits]

For a bunch of items like that, I'd question if they need to be 3d. You could render them in advance and create icons.
I have a free Unity tool here to do that: timps.itch.io/timpsshot

[@alexmeem6230]

works well. any way to up the quality of the camera tho? very pixaly on the edges

[@GameDevBits]

You can change the resolution on your render texture to increase the quality. Just keep in mind the cost. Default res is 256x256 which might only be suitable for a very small item on screen.

[@Sweets_Commander]

I’m struggling to figure out particle render queue which is making a model appear over particles

[@GameDevBits]

If your UI/Canvas is in Overlay mode it will be drawn at the end of the frame and always over the particles.
Unity have a github project that brings particles into UGUI and sorts this out for you: github.com/mob-sakai/ParticleEffectForUGUI

[@hydroweapon]

thankoo

[@joshchen3101]

On my project when android build that not show

[@TheSixoul]

Good video but work on keeping your volume consistent throughout the video. You go from alright volume to really loud and booming then to super quiet that it's hard to hear.

[@GameDevBits]

Really appreciate the comment!
Coming off a few weeks of being unwell and Im pretty sure now I skipped the normalisation process.
Thanks for watching and never hesitate to call it out if I drop the ball on stuff like that.

[@janikcodes]

yeah that scared the shit out of me lmao

[@antonsimkin]

i saw someone doing that for the whole scene

[@GameDevBits]

Could be done for things like split screens or faking some kind of full screen post processing?

[@diaryofarobot]

thanks bro nice job, I subscribed to your channel