Using Shape Line

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Hi, i would like to know if it's possible to replace line renderer by your line shape ( the objective is to replace line renderer by tomething more beautiful)?

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hugo lammens

I have to transform this script into another one using polyline

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they have a slightly different feature set, Shapes has corner mitering modes, Unity's does not. Unity's has texture support, Shapes does not, and so on. you can compare the two here:

https://docs.unity3d.com/Manual/class-LineRenderer.html

https://acegikmo.com/shapes/docs/#shape-Polyline

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hugo lammens
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it doesn't share all features of the line renderer, so it's not a 1:1 replacement

Shapes doesn't support custom textures/materials, and a lot of its behavior you'll have to code yourself (while Unity's trail renderer etc animates on its own)

But what is he difference between  polyline and line renderer ? They both needs points to be visualized right ?

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hugo lammens

Ok i dont know how to do that for now but i will try it, the problem is i have to go from a  line renderer into a polyline for now, i will try tomorrow, and i will ask you some questions if that does not bother you.  Thanks you again.

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Freya Holmér creator

oh, definitely yes! you can do that with a polyline, supply it with all the points in the path, and you're good to go :)

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hugo lammens

My point is , is that actually possible to visualize trajectory with your asset ?

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hugo lammens
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it doesn't share all features of the line renderer, so it's not a 1:1 replacement

Shapes doesn't support custom textures/materials, and a lot of its behavior you'll have to code yourself (while Unity's trail renderer etc animates on its own)

Ok thanks for the quick answer, im a beginner in unity and my goal is to replace a plan trajectory represented by a line renderer by something more esthetic like your lines and i dont know how to do that.

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Freya Holmér creator

it doesn't share all features of the line renderer, so it's not a 1:1 replacement

Shapes doesn't support custom textures/materials, and a lot of its behavior you'll have to code yourself (while Unity's trail renderer etc animates on its own)