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 […]
Whether you are working in a team or alone, you should know how to efficiently work on a project with other people. It will not only make working on a single project with someone a lot easier, but also improve your coding style and project management skills significantly. It’s nothing to be afraid of, really! […]
Have you ever wondered how much time does it take to apply snow to all of the textures in your game? Probably a lot of times. We’d like to show you how to create an Image Effect (screen-space shader) that will immediately change the season of your scene in Unity. How does it work? In the images above you […]
In order to empower your Unity game with useful features like user accounts, leaderboards, achievements, and cloud saves, you are going to need a web service. Of course, you wouldn’t write one on your own, so most probably you’re thinking of using services like GameSparks or App42. If so, you should learn how to debug it. Having a […]
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 […]
I saw a person on Quora the other day, asking how programmers are able to write projects that consist of over 10,000 lines of code. When software gets bigger, it is more difficult to maintain and that’s a fact. So here’s the thing – if you don’t keep your project organized, you’re going to have a hard time […]
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 […]
Microsoft recently released Visual Studio Code, a cross-platform, lightweight IDE based on GitHub Atom worth considering as an alternative to MonoDevelop. Unity’s team has decided to stop distributing Unity with MonoDevelop for new Unity versions. Instead, you will get Visual Studio Community bundled. Unfortunately for Mac and Linux users, you’re still bound to use MonoDevelop as default. Let’s try something else! Don’t […]
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 […]
From what I observe, many Unity users do not grasp the concept of using multiple Unity cameras on a single scene. “If I want to look from only one perspective, why do I need more than one camera?”. Saying that it makes perfect sense when more than one camera captures the scene from the same perspective makes it even more confusing. So why […]
Today we will cover creating custom Unity editor windows. They can be used in many different ways. Most probably you know them from 3rd party assets. Even if you’re not an asset developer, creating custom windows may help you greatly with your game development! One of good examples of how the custom Unity editor window may be used is […]
When you’re creating a game, you have to play it again and again, repeat some scenarios or create new ones. Also, you have to do it fast, because if any kind of scenario requires from you playing your game or any level from the beginning just to get the desired result, you’re wasting your time […]
