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The sprite renderer component displays images

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that have been imported as the sprite type

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for use in both 2D and 3D scenes.

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The primary property of the sprite

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renderer is sprite.

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This is a reference to the sprite to render.

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For more information on the sprite import type

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please see the information linked below.

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Colour is the vertex colour of the rendered sprite

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and can be used to tint or recolour

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the sprite image.

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Colour can also be used to fade the

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sprite's opacity by changing the value

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of the colour's alpha channel.

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The sprite's colour property is independent

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of the sprite's material, so changing the colour

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property on a sprite will only effect

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that particular game object.

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Material is a reference to the material

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used to render the sprite.

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By default a new sprite renderer component

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will have the material sprite's default assigned.

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When using this default material the sprite will not

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be effected by any lighting in the scene.

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The sprite renderer will simply render the

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original sprite at full brightness.

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In many cases lighting is not necessary

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when creating a 2D game.

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To use lights with a sprite renderer

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a material with a shader that responds

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to lighting must be selected.

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Sprites Diffuse is optimised for use with sprites,
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but many other shaders can be used.

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Due to the nature of shaders, and the sprite renderer,

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some shaders are incompatible with the sprite renderer.

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Sprites use standard Unity materials,

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however, the sprite renderer handles

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materials differently than the mesh renderer.

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The main difference is that the material's

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texture property is not needed.

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The sprite renderer will use the shader,

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colour and other properties from a compatible material

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but not the texture property.

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When using a material that has a sprite shader

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the texture property is unavailable.

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If the attached material has a tint colour

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it will be combined with the sprite's colour property.

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It is important to note that lighting and shadow.

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So when using lights and more complex shaders

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it is best to balance the lighting with the performance of the scene.

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For more information on materials and shaders,

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please see the information linked below.

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Sorting Layer and Order In Layer are

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the systems used to define the order

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in which sprites are drawn.

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All sprite renderers are placed on a default

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sorting layer when they are created.

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Sprites are rendered by the sprite render

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in the following order of priority.

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The order of the sorting layer, containing the sprite,

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the order in layer value for the sprite

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within that sorting layer

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and finally the sprite's transform position

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Z compared to the other sprites being rendered

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and the camera rendering them.

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In the case of sorting layers and order-in-layer

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items with lower values will be

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behind those with higher values.

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For more information on layers, including sorting layers,

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please see the information linked below.