Usage Guide
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1. Hold click/touch anywhere but UI for 1 second, until the frame animation ends.
2. Photo appears in the collection (captured data saved between sessions).
3. Turn on the photo screen via cyber-eye button and view photo data by hovering it.
This feature allows to take screenshots of any part of the screen during gameplay and save them to the game’s memory for later use. The player can leave hints for themselves instead of taking notes in a real notebook with a pen or using mobile notes or a phone camera.
Since different Unity projects may have varying logic for transition in photo mode, we decided not to impose rigid frameworks or predefined scenarios for enabling and disabling it. Implement this logic yourself using the InputController → Forbid Input Manually public boolean:
When set to true, taking photos is allowed.
When set to false, it is disabled, and the input system is temporarily deactivated.
1. Drag photos between collection and desk (placement saved between sessions).
2. Rotate photos 90 degrees (angle saved between sessions).
3. Delete photos (including all saved data on disk).
4. Access photo files through explorer button (PC only).
5. Customize the cross, rotate button, frame and description placement in the Prefabs → Photo prefab.
Camera recognizes objects with any Collider (required) and either visible mesh or ObjectToPhoto.cs script (for Sprites, for example). Every photo captured has a description that can display coordinates, the name of the recognized object, or custom data. The asset has 2 recognition modes which can be switched in the Photo Settings.
Within the capture frame, the main object closest to the focus point is determined. The photo stores object data in its description. Detailed colliders are important here to prevent objects from overlapping. Recommended to decrease the Sphere Radius in PhotoSettings.
In the capture frame, all visible objects are determined. The photo saves data about all of them in its description. It is recommended to increase the Sphere Radius in PhotoSettings and increase multiplayerPrecision for accurate recognition. Recommended to set Never Show Photo Description true to avoid overwhelming the player with all the information.
This feature enriches gameplay by providing information about photographed objects and enabling interaction with in-game content. It allows players to learn about the game world, as well as complete “photo hunt” photography-based quests by capturing specific objects.
1. Take a photo of the key object, then drag and drop the photo onto the object-detector. If the photo contains the matching key data, the detector will respond.
2. To create a detector from object, make sure the object has Collider and PhotoDetector.cs script.
3. Fill Required Photo Data field. This field must match the Custom Description of the captured object (and photo description accordingly) for validation to succeed. For example, the validator object requires the car number AS 891 RX for input, and the full description of the photo of the blue car contains exactly “AS 891 RX”.
4. Connect game events to photo validation using the PhotoDetector.cs script. The entire PhotoDetector.cs is responsible for the logic of recognizing the received data. ValidatePhotoData, SetDetectorState, OnActivate and OnError methods. Use them to customize your activation effects.
5. Make sure there is a "key" object with Collider, ObjectToPhoto script and required Custom Description which Required Photo Data contains.
Does not work if Multiple Objects are recognized.
1. Set Duplication Mode to true in Photo Settings.
2. In order for a photographed object to be duplicated, it must have Collider, ObjectToPhoto script, PhotoController reference, PossibleToCopy set to true, and a Unique Index To Copy.
3. Take a photo of duplicatable object.
4. Open photo screen. Click the eyedropper button and click anywhere but photo to disable.
5. Click the eyedropper & click photo. If it captured duplicatable object, a SpawnPointer object will appear.
6. Choose spawn location in the game world & click it.
7. When click is released, the object is duplicated. Such objects are created for one game session and without a parent object - this in editable in PhotoPrefab script.
0. Check YouTube video-tutorials for a quick start: and .
