Unity

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iOS performance Issues - RenderForwardAlpha.Render Im having performance issues with a game Im working on. In the profiler, RenderForwardAlpha.Render is taking up the most. Its almost always above 0.4 time ms. Far more than any other aspect of the ga…	6 Last	slipsius Mar 2013
Color Select Menu for Racing Game - Unity Engine This is a tutorial where I demo a simple setup for getting paint color selection and decal selection working in your vehicle select menus. This is geared towards a racing game setup, but the same tec…	0 Last	Polynurb Mar 2013
Modular Scene - Master Texture? So I built up a bunch of modular panels in max, all baked and uv'd then assembled in Unity3d. I had an idea to take this set piece back into max and bake it more to "unify" it. I use the OBJExport …	10 Last	curzed Mar 2013
How to rig a Poncho? please help Hey, I have a strong issu.. I have to Rig a Poncho with CAT, 3Ds Max. I Tryed to use support Bones under the Arms to give me More Control. but everything is useless. It Clips with the Body or the Han…	3 Last	alifarsangi Feb 2013
Unity axis question HI,Everyone I meet a problems about unity axis . I Export a mesh form maya .Then import it to unity .But found The Bridge 's axis is wrong .If I rotate Y axis at 90 degree in unity .It will be rig…	3 Last	Brendan Feb 2013
creating normals from alpha/heightmap inside a shader? I am making some custom terrain shaders with strumpy's editor and I want to be able to create normals based on my blend mask. Does anyone know how I can turn grayscale data into basic normal mapping…	3 Last	Farfarer Feb 2013
Simple Skidmark Setup for Your Unity Racing Game This is a very simple tutorial on setting up skidmarks for any racing vehicle in your Unity projects. This method is independent of the type of vehicle or environment. It is also mobile friendly for …	11 Last	David Wakelin Feb 2013
material batching ? Does unity automatically batch like materials? For example, I have a bunch of Bumped Specular materials where the only difference is the "main color" swatch which is being used to recolor a diffuse …	6 Last	cupsster Feb 2013
Grapple Hook/Rope Swing...? Hi, I'm looking to implement grapple-hook or a ring swing in my current project and wondered if anyone knew of any tutorials etc? I've searched everywhere (even on subscribed training websites) an…	3 Last	David Wakelin Feb 2013
How to select geometry without selecting the entire prefag Hey guys I know that its a really basic problem but I'm struggling to find out how to solve this issue. Basically, when selecting the original (imported, not duplicated/instanced) geometry/multiple …	3 Last	passerby Feb 2013
Controlling a Robotic Machine in Unity - Unity Engine Tutorial on Youtube: [url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=RXpZEonzQqo[/url] Play around with this robot on the web: [url]http://dl.dropbox.com/u/16956434/RobotControl/RobotCo…	4 Last	Polynurb Feb 2013
Unity pro- lightmaps + specular? I'm new to unity work and having a problem with a scene I am setting up. I can't seem to get a good result for lightmaps + specular. The camera view is similar to an RTS view and I need the specular/…	26 Last	cupsster Feb 2013
Unity to max - animation files Hi everyone, I'm working on a project in Unity (I finally got a job last monday), and I'm working on the main character, which is mostly animated using Mixamo Animations (we're a VERY small team and…	1 Last	cupsster Feb 2013
Billboard vertex shader Hey ppl, Does anyone know how to write a surface shader that uses billboarding? I know I could rotate objects in script, but that's not an option for me. I have to do it on a shader level. Anyone h…	1 Last	Campaignjunkie Feb 2013
snap geometry and flashing white pixel [IMG]http://i.imgur.com/Zijk814.png[/IMG] Geometry is snapped in unity but when I rotate the view in play-mode, randomly appear some white pixel. Some idea to solve this issue?	9 Last	Elyaradine Jan 2013
Making Terrain for Unity Hi all, first official post here! Anyways, I'm not to impressed by the terrain editor in Unity. I like to have full control of my environment. Currently I'm working on a project for school in which …	3 Last	BadgerEatHoney Jan 2013
Modo Scenes Hello all Have any of you successfully imported a complete modo scene into Unity? (with baked light maps and materials) I you have could you offer some tips and maybe a pic or two as I have yet to …	2 Last	Farfarer Jan 2013
Character Selection and World Instantiation - Unity Engine [url]http://youtu.be/ERuxfU8ArqA[/url] This is an in depth tutorial on setting up selectable characters in a menu, saving the selected character data to a mobile phone or PC/Mac (via PlayerPrefs) an…	4 Last	Polynurb Jan 2013
Unity to iOS optimization Hi smart people of the Polycount variety, I'm usually exclusively a lurker, and I'm usually perfectly content lurking like the lurker I am. I am however at an impasse; I need some Unity advice/help. …	7 Last	cupsster Jan 2013
Particle Tutorials Not sure if this is the right place to add this thread, but wanted to know if anyone knew of any good sites or resources for learning about Shuriken? I've seen a few tutorials online but they seem fa…	8 Last	Torch Jan 2013
Unity lighmaps too bright I'm trying to bake lightmaps in Unity. Unfortunately they come really blown out. All the lights are area lights. Side lights imitating screens are set to 0.04 and top light to 0.3. On the screen you …	8 Last	osman Jan 2013
UDK to Unity scale Hey guys i'd like to bring my udk project to Unity, I'm just wondering what scale I should resize it down to so that I can maintain snapping. Thanks.	4 Last	Elyaradine Dec 2012
how do specular maps work in unity? I made the specular map the alpha of my diffuse but it doens't look like it should? Like there isnt even any specular info on the metal	12 Last	Athomield Dec 2012
webplay fps cap at 50 Is anyone else getting this and possibly know how to fix it? edit whoops I meant to type webplayer in the title :D	7 Last	Frankie Dec 2012
Modular/instanced objects Hey guys i switched over from udk and i'm wondering whats the best way to go about importing objects into unity that dont increase performance use with modular pieces. It seems as though the workflow…	3 Last	Eric Chadwick Dec 2012
Vertex Paint an Imported Mesh Hello all I'm wondering if anyone can help, I have been using the free vertex painter plugin found in the assets store which works great on mesh generated within unity, however I am having difficult…	0 Last	abitofjohn Dec 2012
Translucent Shader Spent my lunch break working up a translucent shader based on DICE's presentation. Might be useful to some :) Code's here; [url]http://www.farfarer.com/blog/2012/09/11/translucent-shader-unity3d/[/u…	10 Last	Scorpyx Dec 2012
Bake AO but not lights Im using unity free and id like to bake my scenes AO but not my light so that lights can be turned on/off but AO is visible when they're on basically can I only bake AO and then set it to multiply…	10 Last	tobeeffle Dec 2012
SceneMate Object Manipulation Tool RELEASED [CENTER]Hey fellow Polycounters, I am very happy to announce that [B][U]SceneMate[/U][/B] a tool I have been working away at, is available for purchase! [B][SIZE="4"]Asset Store Link: [URL="http://u…	0 Last	timwiese Dec 2012
Unity 4 Has anyone updated to unity4? Is it good? Does it break anything? I'm a bit worried because one of the old updates changed the way it loaded all my models depending if they had multiple objects in a…	9 Last	Farfarer Nov 2012
Vertex color based on displacement So i'm doing some experiments in muscle simulation and one feature i'd like to have included (mainly for debugging) would be to see how much displacement is occurring based on vertex color and examp…	3 Last	MikeF Nov 2012
Torsion Spring Greetings, i'm trying to simulate the behaviour of an object which position is ensured by a torsion spring. My goal is to achieve a bar that is on a vertical position and when is pushed, rotates unt…	1 Last	Brendan Nov 2012
Configurable joint [LEFT][COLOR=#111111][FONT=Helvetica]Hi there![/FONT][/COLOR] [COLOR=#111111][FONT=Helvetica]I need to represent a syringe movement. In other words i have a gameobject that represents the syringe sh…	2 Last	Jay_Pauly Nov 2012
Limitations on Unity, need help. Hi there Polycount! :poly121: I am about to start a small operation. It is a small game that will deliver a short terrifying experience that will last for only an hour. This game i will create in Un…	7 Last	Nuclear Angel Nov 2012
Unity Dynamic night/day cycle with storm clouds A while back I did a dynamic storm system for Unreal, thought I'd try it in Unity now. Progress so far: [URL="http://www.calinmatney.com/UnityStuffs/CTMWeather.html"]http://www.calinmatney.com/Unity…	2 Last	AlexLeighton Oct 2012
iOS Questions Hello fine people of polycount, I'm here with some questions regarding iOS games in unity - specifications for us, 3d modelers. 1. Are there any specific texture formats, number of bits per pixel, n…	8 Last	Lamont Oct 2012
Complex Shaders Hi all Just a quick question. My friends and I are making a small game in Unity and as one of the lead artists I'm running into some complications regarding the materials. I'm used to using the UDK…	4 Last	Brendan Oct 2012
Sidescroller woes Hey all, I've just begun work on my next university project, a sidescrolling 2.5D game. The reason for posting here is because i've run into a few problems, a few of which aren't actually connected …	13 Last	ScribbleHead Sep 2012
Texture as texture coordinates? So in unreal you can use a texture to warp the uv's of another texture like so: [IMG]http://i1067.photobucket.com/albums/u438/naked_chicken/warpIt.jpg[/IMG] I'm starting to figure out Unity Shaders…	11 Last	Farfarer Sep 2012
Sudden onset of crazy viewport lag.. Hi guys, as of about a week ago my unity has been suffering from a huge amount of viewport lag. I can move the viewport, take my hands away from the mouse and keyboard and watch it move into place at…	2 Last	MikeF Sep 2012
Rendering normal map information to lightmaps I was looking at the UDK app Epic Citadel and it seems like they are baking their normal map shadow information to their light-maps, as the lighting is static in the scene they don't have to render n…	27 Last	cupsster Sep 2012
alpha question about unity Hi,everyone I am doing a tree .Want to import to unity3D. But ,The final effect is not satisfied. see first image ,A tree is translucent.But B Tree is right .(A tree got form 3Dmotive toturail) …	3 Last	c4cn013 Sep 2012
How should I handle Metroidvania style rooms? Hello all, I'm trying to throw together a metroidvania style exploration platformer and I'm wondering how I should set up my scenes. In a typical Metroidvania style game the world is split up into m…	10 Last	kio Sep 2012
Maya viewport to look similar to unity Hi, im just wondering if theres any shaders or if cgfx/hlsl are available for use in maya to help with workflow to better simulate the result. Thanks	1 Last	renderhjs Sep 2012
shuriken particles- can't animate texture when using mesh particles? is this something I'm doing wrong or a missing feature in shuriken? texture sheet animation is fine on billboard but when I try on a mesh it stops working :(	3 Last	cupsster Aug 2012
Unite 2012 stuff For those that don't keep plugged in with Unity: [URL]http://unity3d.com/unite/[/URL] A few articles from the convention [URL]http://www.gamasutra.com/view/news/176316/Unity_adds_Online_Services_sto…	13 Last	Ehsan Gamer Aug 2012
Play Maker!! Hi everyOne Can EneyOne Please HElp me with that and link me free download of playmaker becouse i cant buy it please i have searched alot but i didnt find a free one so can any one link me adownload …	16 Last	Farfarer Aug 2012
A good tutorial/training or whatever about Replacement Shaders? Hello, I'm in need of the replacement shader to create custom effects for my game, but I don't have a clue how it works, even with the provided Replacement shaders exemple, and I didn't found any go…	2 Last	Blob Aug 2012
Shuriken particles and z-fighting Hi, I have some particles which are using the default alpha blend shader with no texture, so they are just squares that fade out over time using alpha. as soon as I apply an image or vary their colo…	4 Last	cupsster Aug 2012
Student Project - Tips? Hello, I'm David and about to start my final year group project at University. I've used Unity for 2 years and cannot program to save my life; although have a partner in the group who is capable wit…	6 Last	Justin Meisse Aug 2012