Issue with Hot Spots
Beg pardon, I do not know if this is a user error or bug. I am using version 1.8.5 and Unity 6.3 LTS
6000.3.3f1
I have a single hotspot menu item configured. It launches the custom UI when the pointer hovers over the hotspot. Works correctly.
For example, if I hover over the hotspot of a book shelf in the corner, it shows the label "Book Shelf" If I move the cursor off of the hotspot, the label disappears. The functionality works fine.
Where I am having an issue, is that I have a custom inventory screen based on InventoryGrids. The items can have an actions performed on them, e.g. Examine, Use or Combine.
When I hover over the item, the Hot Spot label at the last active hot spot pops up with the name of the item.
To use the same example, let's say I hover over a hot spot in the corner. The label says "Book Shelf" I move the cursor away from the hot spot, the label goes away.
Now I open up the inventory, I hover the cursor over the Rusty Sword. The label over the Book Shelf is now active again. However it reads "Rusty Sword"
Is an item in the inventory grid considered a hotspot as well?
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Welcome to the community, @shoodaddy.
In essence, the issue is that the label text is correct, but is appearing in the wrong place?
An Inventory item in the UI isn't technically a Hotspot - but it is treated as one so far as Hotspot labels go.
Is the Hotspot's incorrect position permanent, or is it more of a "flicker" where it only momentarily appears in the wrong place? This being a visual issue, and screenshots you can provide of the issue - and your Hotspot menu's properties - will help me understand the setup.
In particular, what is the Hotspot menu's "Position type" set to? It's this that controls where it appears.
One quick thing to try out: try checking the Duplicte for each Hotspot? option in the menu's properties - does that make any difference?
Here is what is happening. Pardon me, I am using imgur since it involves multiple images.
In this shot, you can see i am hovering over a hot spot being the Wooden Sign. The label appears correctly, does not flicker, disappears when I move the cursor.
https://imgur.com/HIxNUmp
Now I open my inventory and move the cursor over the item Matches. As you can see, the label reappears with label "Matches"
https://imgur.com/3auzNXS
Here is a screen shot of the Hotspot setting.
https://imgur.com/MugcBOV
When I set it with Duplicate for Each hotspot ON and Smooth Movement ON it acts very erratically, the label jumping all around and flickering.
When I set it with Duplicated For Each hotspot ON and Smooth Movement off it flickers in place. When I move over the item the label appears over the item. One time only.
Thank you for looking at this! I love the product.
Thanks for the screenshots.
I see the cursor in your first screnshot, but not the second. Is the Inventory menu controlled with the cursor? As the Hotpsot's Position type is set to Follow Cursor, it will not reposition if the cursor is not moving while the Inventory menu is open.
To have the Hotspot menu always position itself over the selected Hotspot / item, you can set this instead to On Hotspot. If you'd like it to remain as Follow Cursor when interacting with Hotspots, that can be done with a simple script - but let's see if the above gets things working first.
Yes! the inventory menu is controlled by the cursor. I think that was causing the issue. I set the Hotspot Menu to appear "On Hotspot" versus "On Cursor" Works sufficiently well.
Thank you for your quick responses!