Hi, I am using 2021.2.0a8 and when attempting to create a Sprite Asset by right clicking a sprite > Text > Sprite Asset, I get a null pointer exception due to SpriteAssetCreationMenu attempting to create a material with shader called “Text/Sprite”, which does not exist. I do not have any UI package installed.
This prevents me from using any sprite assets as I can’t create the necessary material myself either.
Hello, a fix for this issue is done and should be out in a new version soon!
I’m having this issue in 2021.2.0b6. When will the fix be out?
Looks like regression as it’s working in Unity where UI Toolkit was a package.
Does it mean that we can’t use until this will be fixed?
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Hi @RunningIVlan! There’s a fix incoming that will be backported to 2021.2. Unfortunately, it’s indeed a regression. I just tested it, and it seems like the SpriteAssets created in the package are still working in 2021.2. Creating new SpriteAssets will not, though.
As a temporary workaround, you could drag and drop the Sprite shader from the com.unity.textcore package into your project. (com.unity.textcore/Shaders/Sprite.shader) Just don’t forget to remove it once we have fixed the issue.
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Confirming, can’t reproduce this bug in 2021.2.0b15