Please note that SpriteA 2D graphic objects. If you are used to working in 3D, Sprites are essentially just standard textures but there are special techniques for combining and managing sprite textures for efficiency and convenience during development. More info
See in Glossary Packer is deprecated for Unity 2020.1 and newer, and will no longer be available as an option from Sprite Packer Modes. Existing Projects already using Sprite Packer will still be able to continue using it, however any new Project created in 2020.1 onwards will default to the Sprite AtlasA texture that is composed of several smaller textures. Also referred to as a texture atlas, image sprite, sprite sheet or packed texture. More info
See in Glossary system when packing Textures.
When designing Sprite graphics, it is convenient to work with a separate Texture file for each character. However, a significant portion of a Sprite Texture will often be taken up by the empty space between the graphic elements and this space will result in wasted video memory at runtime. For optimal performance, it is best to pack graphics from several Sprite textures tightly together within a single Texture known as an atlas. Unity provides a Sprite Packer utility to automate the process of generating atlases from the individual Sprite textures.
Unity handles the generation and use of Sprite atlas textures behind the scenesA Scene contains the environments and menus of your game. Think of each unique Scene file as a unique level. In each Scene, you place your environments, obstacles, and decorations, essentially designing and building your game in pieces. More info
See in Glossary so that the user needs to do no manual assignment. The atlas can optionally be packed on entering Play mode or during a build and the graphics for a Sprite object will be obtained from the atlas once it is generated.
Users are required to specify a Packing Tag in the Texture Importer to enable packing for Sprites of that Texture.
The Sprite Packer is disabled by default but you can configure it from the Editor window (menu: Edit > Project Settings, then select the Editor category). The Sprite packing mode can be changed from Disabled to Enabled for Builds (packing is used for builds but not Play mode) or Always Enabled (packing is enabled for both Play mode and builds).
If you open the Sprite Packer window (menu: Window > 2D > Sprite Packer) and click the Pack button in the top-left corner, you will see the arrangement of the textures packed within the atlas.
If you select a Sprite in the Project panel, this will also be highlighted to show its position in the atlas. The outline is actually the render meshThe main graphics primitive of Unity. Meshes make up a large part of your 3D worlds. Unity supports triangulated or Quadrangulated polygon meshes. Nurbs, Nurms, Subdiv surfaces must be converted to polygons. More info
See in Glossary outline and it also defines the area used for tight packing.
The toolbarA row of buttons and basic controls at the top of the Unity Editor that allows you to interact with the Editor in various ways (e.g. scaling, translation). More info
See in Glossary at the top of the Sprite Packer window has a number of controls that affect packing and viewing. The Pack buttons initiates the packing operation but will not force any update if the atlas hasn’t changed since it was last packed. (A related Repack button will appear when you implement a custom packing policy as explained in Customizing the Sprite Packer below). The View Atlas and Page # menus allow you to choose which page of which atlas is shown in the window (a single atlas may be split into more than one “page” if there is not enough space for all Sprites in the maximum Texture size). The menu next to the page number selects which “packing policy” is used for the atlas (see below). At the right of the toolbar are two controls to zoom the view and to switch between color and alpha display for the atlas.
The Sprite Packer uses a packing policy to decide how to assign Sprites into atlases. It is possible to create your own packing policies (see below) but the Default Packer Policy, Tight Packer Policy and Tight Rotate Enabled Sprite Packer Policy options are always available. With these policies, the Packing Tag property in the Texture Importer directly selects the name of the atlas where the Sprite will be packed and so all Sprites with the same packing tag will be packed in the same atlas. Atlases are then further sorted by the Texture import settings so that they match whatever the user sets for the source textures. Sprites with the same Texture compressionA method of storing data that reduces the amount of storage space it requires. See Texture Compression, Animation Compression, Audio Compression, Build Compression.
See in Glossary settings will be grouped into the same atlas where possible.
The DefaultPackerPolicy option is sufficient for most purposes but you can also implement your own custom packing policy if you need to. To do this, you need to implement the UnityEditor.Sprites.IPackerPolicy interface for a class in an editor script. This interface requires the following methods:
DefaultPackerPolicy uses rect packing (see SpritePackingMode) by default. This is useful if you’re doing texture-space effects or would like to use a different mesh for rendering the Sprite. Custom policies can override this and instead use tight packing.
using System;
using System.Linq;
using UnityEngine;
using UnityEditor;
using System.Collections.Generic;
public class DefaultPackerPolicySample : UnityEditor.Sprites.IPackerPolicy
{
protected class Entry
{
public Sprite Sprite;
public UnityEditor.Sprites.AtlasSettings settings;
public string atlasName;
public SpritePackingMode packingMode;
public int anisoLevel;
}
private const uint kDefaultPaddingPower = 3; // Good for base and two mip levels.
public virtual int GetVersion() { return 1; }
protected virtual string TagPrefix { get { return "[TIGHT]"; } }
protected virtual bool AllowTightWhenTagged { get { return true; } }
protected virtual bool AllowRotationFlipping { get { return false; } }
public static bool IsCompressedFormat(TextureFormat fmt)
{
if (fmt >= TextureFormat.DXT1 && fmt <= TextureFormat.DXT5)
return true;
if (fmt >= TextureFormat.DXT1Crunched && fmt <= TextureFormat.DXT5Crunched)
return true;
if (fmt >= TextureFormat.PVRTC_RGB2 && fmt <= TextureFormat.PVRTC_RGBA4)
return true;
if (fmt == TextureFormat.ETC_RGB4)
return true;
if (fmt >= TextureFormat.ATC_RGB4 && fmt <= TextureFormat.ATC_RGBA8)
return true;
if (fmt >= TextureFormat.EAC_R && fmt <= TextureFormat.EAC_RG_SIGNED)
return true;
if (fmt >= TextureFormat.ETC2_RGB && fmt <= TextureFormat.ETC2_RGBA8)
return true;
if (fmt >= TextureFormat.ASTC_RGB_4x4 && fmt <= TextureFormat.ASTC_RGBA_12x12)
return true;
if (fmt >= TextureFormat.DXT1Crunched && fmt <= TextureFormat.DXT5Crunched)
return true;
return false;
}
public void OnGroupAtlases(BuildTarget target, UnityEditor.Sprites.PackerJob job, int[] textureImporterInstanceIDs)
{
List<Entry> entries = new List<Entry>();
foreach (int instanceID in textureImporterInstanceIDs)
{
TextureImporter ti = EditorUtility.InstanceIDToObject(instanceID) as TextureImporter;
TextureFormat desiredFormat;
ColorSpace colorSpace;
int compressionQuality;
ti.ReadTextureImportInstructions(target, out desiredFormat, out colorSpace, out compressionQuality);
TextureImporterSettings tis = new TextureImporterSettings();
ti.ReadTextureSettings(tis);
Sprite[] Sprites =
AssetDatabase.LoadAllAssetRepresentationsAtPath(ti.assetPath)
.Select(x => x as Sprite)
.Where(x => x != null)
.ToArray();
foreach (Sprite Sprite in Sprites)
{
Entry entry = new Entry();
entry.Sprite = Sprite;
entry.settings.format = desiredFormat;
entry.settings.colorSpace = colorSpace;
// Use Compression Quality for Grouping later only for Compressed Formats. Otherwise leave it Empty.
entry.settings.compressionQuality = IsCompressedFormat(desiredFormat) ? compressionQuality : 0;
entry.settings.filterMode = Enum.IsDefined(typeof(FilterMode), ti.filterMode)
? ti.filterMode
: FilterMode.Bilinear;
entry.settings.maxWidth = 2048;
entry.settings.maxHeight = 2048;
entry.settings.generateMipMaps = ti.mipmapEnabled;
entry.settings.enableRotation = AllowRotationFlipping;
if (ti.mipmapEnabled)
entry.settings.paddingPower = kDefaultPaddingPower;
else
entry.settings.paddingPower = (uint)EditorSettings.SpritePackerPaddingPower;
#if ENABLE_ANDROID_ATLAS_ETC1_COMPRESSION
entry.settings.allowsAlphaSplitting = ti.GetAllowsAlphaSplitting ();
#endif //ENABLE_ANDROID_ATLAS_ETC1_COMPRESSION
entry.atlasName = ParseAtlasName(ti.SpritePackingTag);
entry.packingMode = GetPackingMode(ti.SpritePackingTag, tis.SpriteMeshType);
entry.anisoLevel = ti.anisoLevel;
entries.Add(entry);
}
Resources.UnloadAsset(ti);
}
// First split Sprites into groups based on atlas name
var atlasGroups =
from e in entries
group e by e.atlasName;
foreach (var atlasGroup in atlasGroups)
{
int page = 0;
// Then split those groups into smaller groups based on texture settings
var settingsGroups =
from t in atlasGroup
group t by t.settings;
foreach (var settingsGroup in settingsGroups)
{
string atlasName = atlasGroup.Key;
if (settingsGroups.Count() > 1)
atlasName += string.Format(" (Group {0})", page);
UnityEditor.Sprites.AtlasSettings settings = settingsGroup.Key;
settings.anisoLevel = 1;
// Use the highest aniso level from all entries in this atlas
if (settings.generateMipMaps)
foreach (Entry entry in settingsGroup)
if (entry.anisoLevel > settings.anisoLevel)
settings.anisoLevel = entry.anisoLevel;
job.AddAtlas(atlasName, settings);
foreach (Entry entry in settingsGroup)
{
job.AssignToAtlas(atlasName, entry.Sprite, entry.packingMode, SpritePackingRotation.None);
}
++page;
}
}
}
protected bool IsTagPrefixed(string packingTag)
{
packingTag = packingTag.Trim();
if (packingTag.Length < TagPrefix.Length)
return false;
return (packingTag.Substring(0, TagPrefix.Length) == TagPrefix);
}
private string ParseAtlasName(string packingTag)
{
string name = packingTag.Trim();
if (IsTagPrefixed(name))
name = name.Substring(TagPrefix.Length).Trim();
return (name.Length == 0) ? "(unnamed)" : name;
}
private SpritePackingMode GetPackingMode(string packingTag, SpriteMeshType meshType)
{
if (meshType == SpriteMeshType.Tight)
if (IsTagPrefixed(packingTag) == AllowTightWhenTagged)
return SpritePackingMode.Tight;
return SpritePackingMode.Rectangle;
}
}
using System;
using System.Linq;
using UnityEngine;
using UnityEditor;
using UnityEditor.Sprites;
using System.Collections.Generic;
// TightPackerPolicy will tightly pack non-rectangle Sprites unless their packing tag contains "[RECT]".
class TightPackerPolicySample : DefaultPackerPolicySample
{
protected override string TagPrefix { get { return "[RECT]"; } }
protected override bool AllowTightWhenTagged { get { return false; } }
protected override bool AllowRotationFlipping { get { return false; } }
}
```` using System; using System.Linq; using UnityEngine; using UnityEditor; using UnityEditor.Sprites; using System.Collections.Generic;
// TightPackerPolicy will tightly pack non-rectangle Sprites unless their packing tag contains “[RECT]”. class TightRotateEnabledSpritePackerPolicySample : DefaultPackerPolicySample { protected override string TagPrefix { get { return “[RECT]”; } } protected override bool AllowTightWhenTagged { get { return false; } } protected override bool AllowRotationFlipping { get { return true; } } }