It is common to see UIs with areas constructed of many
overlaid elements. A good example of this might be a
card Prefab in a card-battler game. While this approach
allows for a lot of customization in designs, it can
greatly impact performance with lots of pixel overdraw.
Furthermore, it may result in more draw batches.
Determine if you can merge many layered elements into
fewer (or even one) elements.

#ui #tips #overdraw

Mask and RectMask2D components are commonly
found in UI. Mask utilizes the render target’s stencil
buffer to draw or reject the pixels being drawn, bearing
the cost almost entirely on the GPU. In contrast,
RectMask2D performs bounds-checking on the CPU
to reject elements outside of the mask. Complex UIs
with lots of RectMask2D components, especially when
nested, can incur significant CPU costs in performing
the bounds checks. Take care not to use excessive
numbers of RectMask2D components, or if GPU load is
less than CPU load, consider whether it is preferable to
switch to Mask components to balance the overall load.

#ui #tips #mask #rectmask2d

In most cases, mipmaps are not required on UI textures,
so ensure that this Import Setting is disabled on them
unless you specifically require it (for world-space UI,
for instance).

#ui #tips #mipmaps

Be sure to disable the Raycast Target option on UI
Graphic elements that don’t need to receive input
events. Many UI elements don’t need to receive input
events, such as the text on a button or non-interactive
images. However, UI Graphic components have the
Raycast Target option enabled by default. Complex UIs
could potentially have a large number of unnecessary
Raycast Targets, so disabling them can save significant
amounts of CPU processing.

#ui #tips #raycasttarget

Water foam with amplify shader

#water #foam #shader #amplify

Экспериментальное API для модификации контактов в Unity

https://dtf.ru/s/gamedevnews/165731-eksperimentalnoe-api-dlya-modifikacii-kontaktov-v-unity

#physics #contact #points

Iridescent shader breakdown. I recently made an iridescent shader

https://medium.com/@sunnless/iridescent-shader-breakdown-c87ec5fe1e2a

#iridiscent #shader

Cracking BattlEye packet encryption | secret club

https://secret.club/2020/06/19/battleye-packet-encryption.html

#battleye #incryption #hack

Unity Standalone Profiler

https://thegamedev.guru/unity-performance/profiling-standalone-mode/

#standalone #profiler

UnityTip: PIX 2006.26 Is Released & Use PIX To Debug Graphics API Calls Of A Unity Game

For Unity developers, you can use PIX to debug Windows 64-bit Standalone or UWP (Universal Windows Platform) applications.

https://medium.com/chenjd-xyz/unitytip-pix-2006-26-is-released-use-pix-to-debug-graphical-instructions-of-a-unity-game-d3731c83ccd0

#profiler #windows

HighlightObjectUtil.cs

https://gist.github.com/glitchersgames/0cd08d48c7eebcc467401c8b470950c7

#highlight

How to Automate Unity Building.

Super basic article about ci/cd.

https://medium.com/@elijahlopezz/automating-unity-building-9899836aaa01

#ci #cd

Practical PlayMode Testing in Unity3D

A very basic article about playmode tests

https://medium.com/xrpractices/practical-playmode-testing-in-unity3d-5ea455bf28b0

#testing #playmode

Reading Google Sheets - Unity Connect

https://connect.unity.com/p/reading-google-sheets

#google #sheets

The Frontends Revolution in Unity

An interesting approach, can be tested in some non-game app

https://medium.com/@gonzalez.martin90/the-frontends-revolution-in-unity-f1e3e1ddb14e

#reactor #microfrontend #architecture

Recommended Asynchronous Pattern in .NET

Short and very basic article on TAP (async/await)

https://www.dotnetcurry.com/csharp/1517/async-pattern-dotnet

#async #csharp

OnDemandRendering

Can be used to reduce throttling and battery consumption.

https://docs.unity3d.com/2019.3/Documentation/ScriptReference/Rendering.OnDemandRendering.html

#optimization #rendering #ondemand

Optimize Metal apps and games with GPU counters

https://developer.apple.com/videos/play/wwdc2020/10603

#optimization #metal #rendering

Пишем плагин для Unity правильно. Часть 2: Android / Pixonic / Habr
https://m.habr.com/en/company/pixonic/blog/353444/

Physics ForceMode · UnityCommunity/UnityLibrary Wiki

https://github.com/UnityCommunity/UnityLibrary/wiki/Physics-ForceMode

#physics #forcemode

Steps to create a native Android plugin for Unity in Java using Android Studio

A very simple and thorough article about how to create your fist native android plugin for Unity

https://markcastle.com/steps-to-create-a-native-android-plugin-for-unity-in-java-using-android-studio-part-1-of-2/

https://markcastle.com/steps-to-create-a-native-android-plugin-for-unity-in-java-using-android-studio-part-2-of-2/

#native #plugin #android