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View ArticleWhat third party tools and components are available for Unity?
I only recently found out about the Unity Dialog Engine. What other third party tools and components are there available for Unity? Are they free, commercial or open source? How well supported are they?
View ArticleIs there a performance difference between Unity's Javascript and C#?
Is there a significant performance difference between writing code in Unity's Javascript and C#? If so, what are the pitfalls a Javascript developer should avoid?See also: How should I decide if I...
View ArticleReplacing and stacking shaders for some objects
Hi,I'm mostly new to shaders, and this will likely show in this question.I've got several objects in my scene whose rendering I wish to alter depending on how far they are from a character. I'd like to...
View ArticleMirror UVs for normal maps
Does Unity supports mirrored UVs for normal maps? It is my understanding that the artist wants to have a full model, but with the final unwrap include only 1/2 a symmetrical normal map, then use...
View ArticleVersion control workflow
Unity supports external version control in Pro, and has Asset Server for those who wish to license it. Neither version would seem to be very merge-friendly, so I'm curious to hear various workflows for...
View ArticleShaders and ambient occlusion
Hello everyone,I'm extending Aras' BumpColorSpec shader from the wiki to support transparency. I'm rather new at shaders, so I started looking at the "Transparent/Cutout/Bumped Specular" (which does...
View ArticleBest practices - Model, animation and material naming
Hi,As I've found myself importing more and more assets, and may find myself soon working on some AssetPostProcessor code, I was wondering if anyone could share their best practices on naming...
View ArticleCharacterController.skinWidth and vertical displacement
I'm mostly unfamiliar with CharacterController, so I was wondering if anyone here could enlighten me.Characters using CharacterController are floating above the ground at the height of SkinWidth. From...
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