10 things you need to be doing in Unity

A list of basic tips by a guy who works on a lot of prototypes:
- Serializing components
- Drawing scene gizmos
- Initialization order
- Stop using public fields
- Mod to loop collections
- PlayClipAtPoint
- Limit extern calls with SetPositionAndRotation
- Operator overloading
- Composition
- Don't use lazy naming conventions

https://youtu.be/Ic5ux-tpkCE

#tips

Dragging And Dropping 3D Cards 🃏

https://fronkongames.github.io/Dawn-Of-The-Cards/article/dragging_and_dropping_3d_cards/

#dragndrop

Using Inverse Kinematics for hand placement.

https://blog.gamedev.tv/using-inverse-kinematics-for-hand-placement/

#ik #animator

Custom Leaf Physics

Allows setting up fallen leaves with realistic physics

https://github.com/hasantarhan/LeafPhysics

#instancing #jobsystem #particles

Transparent and Crystal Clear: Writing Unity URP Shaders with Code, Part 3

A very detailed basic level guide about transparent shaders

https://nedmakesgames.medium.com/transparent-and-crystal-clear-writing-unity-urp-shaders-with-code-part-3-f6ccd6686507

#shader #urp #transparent

Unity-Grass-Instancer: Unity C# noscript and shader for GPU instanced grass

https://github.com/MangoButtermilch/Unity-Grass-Instancer

#grass #shader #hdrp #instancing #drawmesh

Rapid prototyping with new mobile Runner game template

https://blog.unity.com/games/rapid-prototyping-with-new-mobile-runner-game-template

#template #runner

Mesh-Animation: Fast GPU vertex shader based animation library for Unity (VAT, Vertex Animation Texture, Morphing Animation)

Mesh Animation bakes vertex positions for each animation frame to texture. A custom shader then move vertexes to desired positions on GPU. Allows drawing the same original mesh multiple times with GPU Instancing. Unique animation parameters are overridden for each instance with Material Property Block.

https://github.com/codewriter-packages/Mesh-Animation

#instancing #gpuanimation #bake

Terrain Footsteps in Unity (how to detect different textures)

https://johnleonardfrench.com/terrain-footsteps-in-unity-how-to-detect-different-textures/

#splatmap #footsteps

Sliding down slopes

https://youtu.be/pKK9Z8fOXa8

#slope #charactercontroller

What’s new for Prefabs in 2022.2?

Several improvements to the Prefab system coming in 2022.2

https://blog.unity.com/technology/prefabs-whats-new-2022-2

#prefab

UnityAssetCache: Utility classes for caching and unloading assets such like textures

A simple reference counting system.

https://github.com/coryleach/UnityAssetCache

#assetcache #refcount

AsmdefHelper: Unity assembly definition utilities.

Contains:
- Dependency Graph
- Multiple Edit
- Compile Locker
- Custom Create

Latest Rider versions improve the workflow with asmdefs, but multiple edit and compile locker from this package can come in handy.

https://github.com/naninunenoy/AsmdefHelper

#asmdef #dependency #graph

unity.auto-attach: Auto attach components to serialized fields

Attaches components in editor when any MonoBehaviour selected, removed or added. Attaches only once, so there is almost no performance impact. You can also implement abstract AutoSetter class.

https://github.com/dythervin/unity.auto-attach

#editortool #requirecomponent #attach

How To Use Every Node in Unity Shader Graph

An outstanding work that contains a denoscription of 200+ nodes, most have a visual example.

https://danielilett.com/2021-05-20-every-shader-graph-node/

#shadergraph

Gentle introduction to shaders and custom materials in Unity

A dissection of shader structure and a simple custom shader sample

https://pavcreations.com/gentle-introduction-to-shaders-and-custom-materials-in-unity/

#shader

A Deep Dive into Unity Configurable Joints

https://medium.com/luna-labs-ltd/luna-tech-series-a-deep-dive-into-unity-configurable-joints-96c49138b9b7

#joint #physics

UniMod: Adds modding support to your Unity project

With mod noscripting enabled, UniMod requires Mono, with only the following platforms being implemented right now: Windows, OSX and Linux, Android

https://github.com/katas94/UniMod

#modding

Asset Management Tools for Unity

List of Tools
- Scenes In Project (the star of this project)
- MultiRename Tool
- Search Duplicate Assets
- Search References Fast! (discontinued)
- Search Prefabs Components

https://github.com/NibbleByte/UnityAssetManagementTools

#editortool

A snow buildup effect with vertex offset

https://twitter.com/unitygames/status/1595084751521648649

#shader #snow

Unity Optimization Tips: Mobile & Desktop

https://makaka.org/unity-tutorials/optimization

#optimization #profiling