Why won't GUIText render at the same location as a GameObject when passed the same coordinates?

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1

Hi

In the spaceship tutorial, the script “Destroy By Contact” has the following code to create an explosion object when an enemy ship is hit.

if (explosion != null)
{

         Instantiate(explosion, transform.position, transform.rotation);

		*Instantiate(scoreTextPopup, transform.position, transform.rotation);*

	}

I added the second code to create a score popup when the enemy is destroyed. However, the text appears at the bottom left of the screen. Is there a way to convert this coordinate so that the explosion and the GUIText have the same coordinate relative to the Game View?

NOTE: scoreTextPopup is a prefab GUIText with coordinates at 0,0,0. transform.position should be passing the last position of the enemy game object as this script is attached to it.

2

GUIText position is not in 3D units, check the ObjectLabel example on wiki to see how to make a GUIText following a 3D object