How to make UI on gun? Unity 4.6

Unity Engine
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I was wondering like how to display the amount of bullets left in a magazine on a gun. Like in the Halo series, for the Assault Rifle, it displays the ammo in the current magazine and when you shoot it updates real time. I know how to make the amount of bullets and everything, the question is how do I make the text appear on the gun and follow the gun when it moves. I would love to have this feature on a simple game I am making. Also, I am kind of new to game development, I have been making games for like 11 months…

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If its just text you are looking for place a 3D Text object on the model then through script alter the text property to match the number of bullets. Because it is a GameObject it will follow its parents(aka the gun) through any animations giving you your desired effect.

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I would do this but I am using Unity 4.6 BETA. I only see “Text” which is in the Canvas. I hate the old UI and won’t go back since I have experienced the new one.

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You could make a new canvas with a camera and have it render to a renderTexture and use that render texture on the screen of your model.

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Okay, I will try this. Thanks!

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Ya screen space - camera mode, won’t work for a normal canvas