"Easy" way to make UI elements follow Camera2D?

Elf_Ears

I understand that Godot automates a LOT of the more "fiddly" elements of game design so I was wondering...Does Godot offer any "Easier" solution to making UI elements follow the camera (in this case, a Camera2D) than the ol' Get the position of the camera, add offset and then set that as the UI element's positionThanks!

danjo

How about parenting the Camera2D node to the UI!?

Elf_Ears

ah...Good Idea :)

jack

Depending on what you're going for, you might just be able to put the UI on its own CanvasLayer. That allows for the typical "camera moves, but UI is always in the corners/edges" behavior you see in most games. I can throw together an example scene if that's helpful.

BinaryOrange

I used Jack's suggestion and it worked very well! Definitely the way to go, I would say.I just added a CanvasLayer, named it HUD, and re-parented my text to to the HUD node.