How to position GUI text on top of Object?

Unity Engine
1

I’ve tried setting the GUI to transform.position.x transform.position.y of the object, but this doesn’t seem to work.

Is the GUI using a different coordinate system, and if so, how do I translate the object position for the GUI?

Thanks…

2

i did it like this where callsign is the networked players name: this is attached to the netplayer

function OnGUI()
{
	var camera = Camera.main.transform;
	cameraRelative = camera.InverseTransformPoint(transform.position);
	visible=(cameraRelative.z > 0);
	if(visible(transform.position.y>=(Terrain.activeTerrain.SampleHeight(transform.position)+Terrain.activeTerrain.transform.position.y)))
	{
	var pos=Camera.main.WorldToScreenPoint (transform.position+transform.up*1.5);
	GUI.Box (Rect (pos.x-50, Screen.height-pos.y-10, 100, 20), CallSign);
	}
}
3

Thanks… you and some posters in another thread got me on the right track.

This is what worked for me:

//locks gui text to objects position
//doesn't work perfectly unless orthographic camera chosen
var customGuiStyle : GUIStyle;
var screenPosition :  Vector3; 
var offsetX = 28; //try to correct x position
var offsetY = 20; //try to correct y position

function Update (){ 
   screenPosition = Camera.main.WorldToScreenPoint(transform.position); 
   screenPosition.y = Screen.height - screenPosition.y; 
} 

function OnGUI (){    
   GUI.Label(Rect(screenPosition.x - offsetX, screenPosition.y - offsetY, 
   60, 50),"TEST",customGuiStyle);
}