MonoBehavior calls optimization

What if I told you that Unity can be wasting a lot of CPU performance just by calling your MonoBehaviour functions? It doesn’t really matter what your scripts are doing. If you have hundreds or thousands of them, you should be aware that there’s a new field of optimization. Magic methods MonoBehaviour functions calls are slow. And I’m […]

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Should you install Unity Cache Server on localhost?

Should You Install Unity Cache Server on localhost

Do you already know how to use Unity Cache Server? If you’re one of the maniacs trying to optimize every aspect of their development environment, then you most probably do! It’s a great solution for the teams that are working on large projects, especially for mobile devices. But does it make sense to install it for […]

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Choosing Between Forward or Deferred Rendering Paths in Unity

One of the most important Unity features is the ability to choose a rendering path.  For those who are not very familiar with Unity, choosing (usually) between forward and deferred rendering paths may be something comparable to choosing between “normal”  and “strange looking and something’s broken” rendering methods. To understand better why there is more […]

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How to Use Unity’s Resources Folder

Unity has several kinds of special folders. One of them is the Resources folder. Simple concept of storing assets is well-explained in the official documentation: Generally, you create instances of assets in a scene to use them in gameplay but Unity also lets you load assets on demand from a script. You do this by placing the […]

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