A way to implement serializable dictionaries properly in Unity

https://mobile.twitter.com/fludvigsen_pub/status/1366079822322089987

Code: http://wiki.unity3d.com/index.php/SerializableDictionary

#editor #dictionary #serializable

How we did the tutorial system in Academia: School Simulator: SSM – COFFEE BRAIN GAMES

Also it contains interesting approach for editor tools using reflection and instantiation of prefab with injecting values from editor fields added via reflection.

Part 1: https://coffeebraingames.wordpress.com/2021/02/14/how-we-did-the-tutorial-system-in-academia-school-simulator-part-1-ssm/

Part 2: https://coffeebraingames.wordpress.com/2021/03/07/how-we-did-the-tutorial-system-in-academia-school-simulator-part-2-actions/

Part 3: https://coffeebraingames.wordpress.com/2021/03/28/how-we-did-the-tutorial-system-in-academia-school-simulator-part-3-putting-them-all-together/

#tutorial #gametutorial #ftue

C# Tips: Be specific when handling Exception by using when statement

https://dev.to/kenakamu/c-tips-be-specific-when-handling-exception-4ke

#exception #when

Linq Behind the Scenes. A comparison of the number of iterations

https://levelup.gitconnected.com/linq-behind-the-scenes-efd664d9ebf8

#linq

Async programming in .NET: Best practices

https://m.habr.com/en/company/jugru/blog/491236/

#async #await #tap

Shader Tutorial: Pulsing to Audio

https://www.patreon.com/posts/shader-tutorial-38679948

#shader

Unity. Scriptable Object и память

You have to explicitly set null to loaded SO when it is not needed for GC to collect resources, otherwise it is claimed to stay in memory.

https://dtf.ru/s/unity/672283-unity-noscriptable-object-i-pamyat

#so #memory #leak

Releases · Perfare/AssetStudio · GitHub

Inspect assets inside your build and find what is odd.

https://github.com/Perfare/AssetStudio/releases

#buildsize

string.Empty vs ""

TL;DR: The same

https://youtu.be/qWBi32-Njm8

#string

In my opinion adding gradients to materials is super cool and useful in so many use-cases but also kinda annoying in unity, so I made a material property attribute that just adds a gradient field and converts it to a texture

https://mobile.twitter.com/totallyRonja/status/1368704187580682240

#gradient #texture

5 Ways to Improve the Performance of C# Code for Free

Not really for free, always measure performance.

https://levelup.gitconnected.com/5-ways-to-improve-the-performance-of-c-code-for-free-c89188eba5da

#optimization #csharp

Real-time GPU accelerated per-triangle occlusion in Unity

https://www.alexisbacot.com/blog/per-triangle-occlusion-on-the-gpu-in-1ms-with-unity

Repo: https://github.com/AlexisBacot/UnityOcclusionPerTriangleGPU

#occlusion #gpu

Salary Negotiation: Make More Money, Be More Valued

https://www.kalzumeus.com/2012/01/23/salary-negotiation/

#salary #negotiation

Closures and memory allocations

https://youtu.be/h3MsnBRqzcY

#closure

Simple tutorial how to get started with buoyancy

https://youtu.be/eL_zHQEju8s

#water #buoyancy

Unity Multiplayer Example

Simple server example with node.js and edge multiplayer

https://ahmedschrute.medium.com/unity-multiplayer-example-fd84bfe0d31d

#multiplayer

Load, unload and change assets at runtime with Addressables - GameDev Resources

https://gamedev-resources.com/load-unload-and-change-assets-at-runtime-with-addressables/

#addressables

Using ShaderGraph with UI elements |

https://foxxthom.medium.com/using-shadergraph-with-ui-elements-6e18e2d283f

#shadergraph #uishader

Game Programming: Delayed Result Gathering

Gather result the next frame. Example using jobs.

http://allenchou.net/2021/05/delayed-result-gathering/

#jobs #optimization #pattern

Here’s a pattern to easily access information that should be calculated only once per frame

https://blog.beardphantom.com/post/190886958254/heres-a-pattern-to-easily-access-information-that?is_related_post=1

#optimization #dataaccess

An interesting benchmark on Json Parsing using Newtonsoft Json Serializer
I wanted to see the difference in parsing speeds between this custom method
https://www.newtonsoft.com/json/help/html/ReadingWritingJSON.htm
And the regular
JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<>() method Result

Manual deserialization is 50.03% faster then the regular method. However  - The Manual deserialization is 196 lines of code compared to just 1.

I also tested if running the parsers in Multithreading was helpful and it wasn’t, just they synchronization between threads took longer then the whole job. So for most Jsons we experience I did not find any speed benefit in multithreading.

#deserialization #json