Unity: Avoid Custom "ENABLE_X" Preprocessor Symbols

The problem begins when removing custom symbols which are prefixed with “ENABLE_”.
Unity will not remove custom symbols prefixed with “ENABLE_” from the .csproj files!

https://www.brutalhack.com/blog/unity-avoid-enable-preprocessor-symbols/

#tip #preprocessor

How to draw a circle and other polygons with MeshRenderer in Unity

https://youtu.be/YG-gIX_OvSE

#procedural #pcg #mesh

Dependency Injection for Unity made by the developer of Zenject

UniDi is a Dependency Injection container for Unity and a continuation of Zenject/Extenject. The UniDi is a project that seeks to refactor Zenject in order to:
- Simplify maintenance
- Encourage contributions
- Split the work between multiple developers
- Maximize extensibility

https://github.com/UniDi/UniDi

#di #dicontainer

Object Pool Pattern in Unity

How to use the Unity built-in object pool.

https://blog.devgenius.io/object-pool-pattern-in-unity-f285adea5d5a

#objectpool #optimization #pattern

Wanna learn how to rig objects in Blender? Got you covered

https://twitter.com/quaternius/status/1518725696847290368

#rig

GitHub - alelievr/Mixture: Mixture is a powerful node-based tool crafted in unity to generate all kinds of textures in realtime

https://github.com/alelievr/Mixture

#texture #assets #texturebuilder

Animate runtime progress bars with UI Toolkit

https://gamedev-resources.com/animate-runtime-progress-bars-with-ui-toolkit/

#uitoolkit #progressbar

Talking to your unmanaged code efficiently from Unity using P/Invoke

Cleaner code when working with native libs

https://medium.com/baracoda-engineering/talking-to-your-unmanaged-code-efficiently-from-unity-using-p-invoke-software-design-edition-6858147bde09

#native #pinvoke #dll

Async FSM using UniTask

https://www.jussituomi.com/posts/async-fsm-unitask/

#unitask #state #pattern #fsm

Free Potion Bottle Models

The post also has references to shaders used: Stylized Glass and Fake Liquid.

https://www.patreon.com/posts/free-potion-52073394

#liquid #shader #assets #bottle

While selecting multiple objects you can write L(startPos, endPos) in any position field to set those objects with equal distances.

No need to write a custom editor noscript to lerp positions of selected objects.

https://twitter.com/M4nusPotax/status/1521472254177349633

#editortip #tip

Making an After-Image Mesh effect(Updated for URP)

https://www.patreon.com/posts/making-after-for-58726256

#vfx #trail #meshtrail

Framework Design Guidelines | Microsoft Docs

Even though the noscript mentions framework design this article consists of many sub pages that give advice on how to structure your code and use C# features. So it can be applicable not only to writing a framework, but any code, even a game in Unity

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/standard/design-guidelines/

#architecture #systemdesign

Heap, Stack and Garbage Collector — A practical guide to .NET memory management system

A good refresher before an interview. GC is different in Unity, but I have faced myself questions about .NET GC during interviews to Unity dev positions, so can be helpful too

https://andresantarosa.medium.com/heap-stack-e-garbage-collector-a-practical-guide-to-net-memory-management-system-7e60bbadf199

#memory #gc #heap #stack #interview

Dictionary implementation in C#

Another post to read before an interview as it is a very common question. Additionally to this post it is helpful to check what is a hash function and what properties it has.

https://dotnetos.org/blog/2022-03-28-dictionary-implementation/

#dictionary #collections #interview

A SharedArray is a segment of memory that is represented both as a normal C# array T[], and a Unity NativeArray<T>.

It's designed to reduce the overhead of communicating between C# job data in NativeArray and APIs that use a normal array of structs, such as Graphics.DrawMeshInstanced(), by eliminating the need to copy data.

https://github.com/stella3d/SharedArray

#sharedarray #nativearray

Homebrew Foot IK

A free foot inverse kinematics. The author suggests to use it for educational purposes, as code was written carefully with focus on code quality & documentation, in order to be studied and then modified by you.

https://assetstore.unity.com/packages/tools/animation/homebrew-foot-ik-220358

#animation #character #ik #inversekinematics #foot

URP, GPU instancing & MPB (MaterialProperyBlock)

https://cmwdexint.com/2020/07/13/urp-and-gpu-instancing-mpb/

#mpb #instancing #urp #shader

Smart Inspector: Fluent re-take on Unity Inspector UX. Packed with QoL improvements.

- Tabbed Inspector – Peek multiple components without scrolling or expanding. Supports Gizmos!
- Rich Customization
Fluent Injection API
- Tooltips
- Compact UnityEvents
- Improved Dragging

https://github.com/neon-age/Smart-Inspector

#editortool #inspector

11 Things You (Probably) Didn't Know You Could Do In Unity

01 - Start As A Coroutine
02 - Find And Customize Shortcuts
03 - Temporary Backup Files
04 - Locking and Duplicating The Inspector
05 - Reveal Serialized Property Names
06 - Swap Inherited Components in Debug Mode
07 - Polymorphic Lists
08 - Get Icons from Unity Objects
09 - Embedded Scriptable Object Editing
10 - Modal Editor Windows
11 - The [MovedFrom] Attribute

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mCKeSNdO_S0

#tips #editortips

Automating your Unity imports

https://medium.com/codex/hackn-slash-interlude-1-automating-your-unity-imports-cd2ae594bf5c

#assetimport #preprocessor #import