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Quick Tips for Unity Chapter One
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Quick Tips for Unity Chapter One

This guide helps Unity creators save time and boost productivity with latest techniques on how to work faster & smart.
Created byTanveer Sabir
Last updated 10/2024
English

What you'll learn

  • Unity creators save time and boost productivity.
  • Techniques on how to work faster with programmer and artist toolsets, individually or on a team.
  • Unity should be a joy to use . When millions of users repeat a task multiple times per day, every second or mouse click adds up.
  • We want creators to waste less time and be more productive.

Course content

1 section21 lectures1h 57m total length
  • Introduction2:03
  • Editor Workflow Introduction0:41
  • The Package Manager7:51
  • Shortcuts Manager8:27

    Learn to view, customize, and export editor shortcuts with the Unity Shortcuts Manager, using keys like F to focus and N to create a scene.

  • Focused Inspectors6:55

    Utilize the Focus Inspector to view and edit properties of game objects, components, and assets in real time, with docked, locked windows for transforms, cameras, and lights.

  • Presets8:54

    Apply and save Unity presets to standardize transform, renderer, and collider, then export presets packages to share them and accelerate new projects.

  • Scene Visibility2:43
  • Scene Picking3:17

    Modify the pick ability of scene objects to prevent accidental selection, using the toolbar icons to toggle pickable state for lines, lights, and walls, then deselect with the parent object.

  • Searching2:18

    Explore search in the Unity editor across hierarchy, scene, and project windows. Filter by name and type to find stairs, ball, floats, water assets, and shaders using type colon syntax.

  • Inspector Debug Mode1:35

    Explore inspector debug mode to investigate game objects by toggling between normal and debug views, exposing private variables for quick value inspection during play mode, and save time by inspecting values instead of modifying scripts.

  • Quick Search4:22
  • 13 Small Editor Workflow Tips15:53
  • Sprite Atlas5:19
  • 10 2D Workflow Tips16:44

    Explore Unity's 2D workflow with pixel perfect cameras, PSD importer, tile maps, 2D skeletons with IK, 2D lights, sprite shapes, sorting, and shaders, plus overdraw reduction and sprite editing.

  • Prefab Workflow3:04
  • Textmesh Pro4:48
  • Snapping6:34

    Learn to use Unity snapping to align prefabs with a grid, surfaces, and vertices, adjust grid increments, and leverage Pro Grids for precise level design.

  • Animation Workflow4:39
  • Custom Gizmos and Icons2:44
  • Progressive Lightmapper5:36
  • Light Probes2:46

Requirements

  • Basic use of unity with C#

Description

This guide helps Unity creators save time and boost productivity with latest techniques on how to work faster and smarter with programmer and artist toolsets, individually or on a team.

This first version of unity was launched in 2005 with only MacOS support and until now unity is updating rapidly with tons of new functionalities and it's really hard to get extra time and learn new techniques to match with unity pace and that's where this course comes and help you and saved your a ton of time.

The techniques/tips/tricks here work with new and existing features in Unity 2020 LTS and above. Whether you are a new or experienced Unity developer, reference this guide to speed up workflows in every stage of your game development .

Primarily this course covers 4 major Parts:

  1. Editor workflows

    • The Package Manager

    • Shortcuts Manager

    • Focused Inspectors

    • Presets

    • Scene Visibility

    • Scene Picking

    • Searching

    • Inspector Debug Mode

    • QuickSearch

    • 13 small Editor Workflow Tips

  2. Artist workflows

    • 2D Art and Workflow Tips

    • Sprite Atlas

    • 10 2D Workflow Tips

    • Prefab Workflows

    • Text Mesh Pro

    • Snapping

    • Animation Workflow

    • Custom Gizmos and Icons

    • Progressive Lightmapper

    • Light Probes

  3. Developer workflows

    • Attributes

    • Custom windows and Inspectors

    • Custom menus

    • Enter Play Mode settings

    • Script templates

    • Addressables

    • Preprocessor directives

    • ScriptableObjects

    • Managing assemblies

    • IDE support

    • Debugging

    • Visual Studio shortcuts

    • Device Simulator

    • Console Log Entry

    • Custom Compiler status

  4. Team workflows

    • Source Control

    • Unity Accelerator

    • Unity Build Server

After the enrollment you will have this course for full lifetime access and you can find additional productivity tips, techniques and best practices in the Additional Content Section. I will be keep updating and extending this course with latest topics in the Additional Content Section.

Who this course is for:

  • Developers who are already working with unity and also will be beneficial for beginners.