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Sprite

Represents a Sprite object for use in 2D gameplay.
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Definition

  • Type: Class
  • Namespace: UnityEngine
  • Assembly: UnityEngine.CoreModule
  • Inherits from: Object
public sealed class Sprite : Object

Remarks

Sprites are 2D graphic objects used for characters, props, projectiles and other elements of 2D gameplay. The graphics are obtained from bitmap images - Texture2D. The Sprite class primarily identifies the section of the image that should be used for a specific Sprite. This information can then be used by a SpriteRenderer component on a GameObject to actually display the graphic.
Additional Resources: SpriteRenderer class.

Properties

Property

Description

associatedAlphaSplitTextureReturns the Texture that contains the alpha channel from the source Texture. Unity generates this Texture under the hood for Sprites that have alpha in the source, and need to be compressed using techniques like ETC1.
blendShapeCountThe number of blend shapes on this sprite.
borderReturns the border sizes of the Sprite.
boundsBounds of the Sprite, specified by its center and extents in world space units.
packedReturns true if this Sprite is packed in an atlas.
packingModeIf Sprite is packed (see Sprite.packed), returns its SpritePackingMode.
packingRotationIf Sprite is packed (see Sprite.packed), returns its SpritePackingRotation.
pivotLocation of the Sprite's pivot point in the Rect on the original Texture, specified in pixels.
pixelsPerUnitThe number of pixels in the Sprite that correspond to one unit in world space. (Read Only)
rectLocation of the Sprite on the original Texture, specified in pixels.
spriteAtlasTextureScaleThe Variant scale of Texture used by the Sprite. This is useful to check when a Variant SpriteAtlas is being used by Sprites.
textureGet the reference to the used Texture. If packed this will point to the atlas, if not packed will point to the source Sprite.
textureRectGet the rectangle this Sprite uses on its Texture. Raises an exception if this Sprite is tightly packed in an atlas.
textureRectOffsetGets the offset of the rectangle this Sprite uses on its Texture to the original Sprite bounds. If Sprite mesh type is FullRect, offset is zero.
trianglesReturns a copy of the array containing Sprite mesh triangles.
uvThe base Texture coordinates of the Sprite mesh.
verticesReturns a copy of the array containing Sprite mesh vertex positions.

Methods

Method

Description

AddBlendShapeAdds a new blend shape to the sprite and returns the index of the newly created blend shape.
AddBlendShapeFrameAdds a frame to the specified blend shape and returns the index of the newly created frame.
AddScriptableObjectAdds a reference to the sprite.
ClearBlendShapesRemoves all blend shapes from the sprite.
GetBlendShapeBufferRetrieves a GraphicsBuffer that provides direct read and write access to GPU blend shape vertex data.
GetBlendShapeFrameRetrieves the vertices of the given blend shape frame and copies them into the provided array.
GetBlendShapeFrameCountReturns the number of frames in the given blend shape.
GetBlendShapeFrameVertexCountReturns the number of vertices in the given blend shape frame.
GetBlendShapeFrameWeightReturns the weight of the given frame in the blend shape.
GetBlendShapeIndexReturns the index of the blend shape with the given name, or -1 if it does not exist.
GetBlendShapeNameReturns the name of the blend shape at the given index.
GetPhysicsOutlineGets a physics outline from the Sprite by its index.
GetPhysicsOutlineCountThe number of physics outlines for the Sprite.
GetPhysicsOutlinePointCountRetrieves the number of points in the selected physics outline for the sprite.
GetScriptableObjectsRetrieves an array of referenced by the sprite.
GetScriptableObjectsCountGets the number of that the sprite references.
GetSecondaryTextureCountGets the number of Secondary Textures that the Sprite is using.
GetSecondaryTexturesRetrieves an array of SecondarySpriteTexture used by the Sprite.
OverrideGeometrySets up new Sprite geometry.
OverridePhysicsOutlineSets up a new Sprite physics outline.
RemoveScriptableObjectAtRemoves the reference from the sprite.
SetScriptableObjectAtReplace the ScriptableObject reference from the sprite.
UpdateBlendShapeFrameUpdates the vertices of an existing blend shape frame.

Static Methods

Method

Description

CreateCreate a new Sprite object.

Inheritance

Inherited Members

Operators

Operator

Description

operator ==Compares two object references to see if they refer to the same object.
boolDetermines whether the object exists.
operator !=Compares if two objects refer to a different object.