Placing text on a rotating sphere

Unity Engine
1

I’m very new to Unity and quite impressed with its many features. For the life of me, however, I can’t understand why something so seemingly easy should be so difficult. All I want to do is attach a label to a rotating sphere in such a way that when the sphere rotates,

void Update () {
transform.Rotate(0, Time.deltaTime * -20, 0, Space.World);
}

the label rotates with it on its surface. I placed the label under the sphere in a parent-child relationship, but then the label rotates around the sphere several light years away. I’ve spent the day reading everything I could online, but obviously, I’m missing something fundamental here. Please help.
Thanks

2

It depends on what you’re actually using for the label.

–Eric

3

Sorry to be so ignorant, but I’ve tried using every kind of label I can find. (Even studied your ObjectLabel script. Nice piece of code!) As I have it now, when I hit F1, a rotating sphere appears, to which I’d like to have an identifying label attached that would turn with it.

Thanks again. This stuff sure does keep one modest!

4

You might want to look into Transform.RotateAround(). It may be what you’re looking for.

5

3D text?

–Eric

6

Okay, 3D text. But what do I attach the text to so that it rotates on the surface of the sphere? Do I place it on a material, which I then drop on the sphere? And how do I ensure that the text is not visible when circling around the back of the sphere? Again, sorry to be so dense, but I can’t find a tutorial for this.