Index

A

• AccelRocket() function / Accessing the function from other scripts
• acoustic environments
  • simulating, with Reverb Zones / Simulating acoustic environments with Reverb Zones, How to do it..., How it works...
  • Audio Reverb Zone component, attaching / Attaching the Audio Reverb Zone component to Audio Sources
• active objects
  • reducing, by making objects inactive / Reducing the number of active objects by making objects inactive whenever possible, How to do it..., How it works..., See also
• Add Event feature / Using Animation Events to throw an object
• AddObjectToScene(…) method / How it works...
• Albedo map
  • about / Specular workflow, The metallic workflow
• alignment / How it works...
• Allegorithmic
  • URL / Introduction
• Alpha Cutoff / How to do it...
• analogue clock
  • displaying, URL / The Unity tutorial for animating an analogue clock
• animated characters
  • rigid props, adding / Adding rigid props to animated characters, How to do it..., How it works...
• animation clip
  • about / How it works...
• animation clips
  • creating, from sprite sheet sequences / Creating animation clips from sprite sheet sequences, Getting ready, How to do it..., How it works...
• Animation Events
  • used, for throwing object / Using Animation Events to throw an object, Getting ready, How to do it..., How it works...
  • about / Using Animation Events to throw an object, How to do it...
• Animation Layers
  • URL / There's more...
• Animation panel
  • about / Using Animation Events to throw an object
• animations
  • mixing, with Layers and Masks / Mixing animations with Layers and Masks, How to do it..., How it works...
• animation speed
  • audio pitch, matching to / Matching the audio pitch to the animation speed, How to do it..., How it works...
• animation states
  • organizing, into Sub-State Machines / Organizing States into Sub-state Machines, How to do it...
• Animation view
  • URL / How it works...
• Animator Controller
  • about / How it works...
  • URL / There's more...
• Animator Controllers
  • URL / How it works...
• Animator system / Configuring a character's Avatar and idle animation
• Apache / Getting ready
• Artificial Intelligence
  • flocking / Learn more about flocking Artificial Intelligence
• Artificial Intelligence (AI) / Introduction
• Asset Store
  • URL / The big picture
• audio clip
  • preventing, from restart / Preventing an Audio Clip from restarting if it is already playing, How to do it..., How it works...
  • linking, with automatic destruction of object / Waiting for audio to finish playing before auto-destructing an object, How to do it..., How it works...
• Audio Listener / The big picture
• Audio Mixers
  • used, for adding volume control / Adding volume control with Audio Mixers, How to do it..., How it works...
  • Audio Production, playing with / Playing with Audio Production
• audio pitch
  • matching, to animation speed / Matching the audio pitch to the animation speed, How to do it..., How it works..., There's more...
  • Animation/Sound Ratio, changing / Changing the Animation/Sound Ratio
  • functions, accessing from other scripts / Accessing the function from other scripts
• Audio Source component / The big picture
• Avatar Body Masks
  • URL / There's more...
• Avatar skeleton
  • configuring / How to do it..., How it works...
• Awake() method / How it works...

B

• Basic Controller component / How to do it...
• Bitbucket
  • URL / Using Bitbucket and SourceTree
• Bitmap2Material
  • URL / There's more..., Tools
• Blender
  • URL / Reduce the need for textures by vertex painting
• Blend Trees
  • used, for moving character / Moving your character with root motion and Blend Trees, How to do it..., How it works...
  • URL / There's more...
• BuildMaze(…) method / How it works...

C

• C# Lists and Dictionaries
  • URL / How it works...
• CalculateBlipPosition(…) method / The CalculateBlipPosition(…) method
• cameras
  • customizing / The big picture
  • URL / The big picture
• Canvas render modes
  • Screen Space - Overlay / The big picture
  • Screen Space - Camera / The big picture
  • World Space / The big picture
• CaptureScreenshot() function / There's more...
• character
  • moving, with Root Motion / Moving your character with root motion and Blend Trees, How to do it..., How it works..., There's more...
  • moving, with Blend Trees / Moving your character with root motion and Blend Trees
  • Ragdoll physics, applying / Applying Ragdoll physics to a character, How to do it...
  • torso, rotating / Rotating the character's torso to aim a weapon, How to do it..., How it works...
• character controller
  • transforming, via script / Transforming the Character Controller via script, How to do it..., How it works...
• character movement events
  • body parts, animating / Animating body parts for character movement events, How to do it..., How it works...
• CheckDeath() method / How it works...
• checkpoint / Choosing destinations – respawn to the most recently passed checkpoint
• childing / How to do it...
• Chorus / Playing with Audio Production
• cloudy outdoor environment
  • simulating, with lights / Using lights and cookie textures to simulate a cloudy day, Getting ready, How to do it..., There's more...
  • simulating, with cookie textures / Using lights and cookie textures to simulate a cloudy day, How to do it..., There's more...
  • Spot Light cookies, creating / Creating Spot Light cookies
  • Point Light Cookies, creating / Creating Point Light Cookies
• cohesion / How it works...
• component lookups
  • caching, for code performance improvement / Cache GameObject and component references to avoid expensive lookups, How to do it...
  • AverageDistance calculation / Method 1 – AverageDistance calculation
  • cache array of Respawn object transforms / Method 2 – Cache array of Respawn object transforms
  • cache reference to Player transform / Method 3 – Cache reference to Player transform
  • Cache Player’s Vector3 position / Method 4 – Cache Player's Vector3 position
  • cache reference to SimpleMath component / Method 5 – Cache reference to SimpleMath component
  • Cache array of sphere Vector3 positions / Method 6 – Cache array of sphere Vector3 positions, How it works...
• computations
  • spreading, over several frames with coroutines / Spreading long computations over several frames with coroutines, How to do it..., How it works...
  • Unity log text files, retrieving / Retrieving the complete Unity log text files from your system
• Controller / How it works..., How to do it...
• coroutine method / How it works..., How it works...
• coroutines
  • about / Executing methods regularly but independent of frame rate with coroutines
  • using / Have different actions happening at different intervals
  • used, for spreading computations over several frames / Spreading long computations over several frames with coroutines, How to do it..., How it works...
  • URL / Spreading long computations over several frames with coroutines
• countdown timer
  • displaying, graphically with UI Slider / Displaying a countdown timer graphically with a UI Slider, How to do it..., How it works...
• CrazyBum
  • URL / There's more...
• CreatePrefabIInstance (…) method / How it works...
• CreateRandomInstance() method / How it works...
• CreateRow(…) method / How it works...
• Cubemap / How it works...
• custom mouse cursor images
  • setting / Setting custom mouse cursor images, How to do it..., There's more...
  • for mouse over UI controls / Custom cursors for mouse over UI controls
• custom Reflection map
  • adding, to scene / Adding a custom Reflection map to a scene, How to do it...
  • coordinates, mapping / Mapping coordinates
  • sharp reflections / Sharp reflections
  • maximum size / Maximum size
• Cutout / How to do it...

D

• 2D GameObject
  • player control / Player control of a 2D GameObject (and limiting the movement within a rectangle)
• 2D sprite controlled game
  • creating / How to do it..., How it works...
• 3D cube controlled game
  • creating / How to do it..., How it works...
• 3D GameObject
  • player control / Player control of a 3D GameObject (and limiting the movement within a rectangle)
• 3D sounds / The big picture
• 3D Studio Max
  • URL / Reduce the need for textures by vertex painting
• delegates and events
  • used, for improving efficiency / Improving efficiency with delegates and events and avoiding SendMessage!, How to do it..., How it works...
  • SendMessage(…) method, avoiding / Improving efficiency with delegates and events and avoiding SendMessage!, How to do it..., How it works...
  • about / Improving efficiency with delegates and events and avoiding SendMessage!
  • URL / How it works...
• design-time / Introduction
• Design-time / How it works...
• Detail maps
  • adding, to material / Adding Detail maps to a material, How to do it..., How it works...
• di-graph (directed graph)
  • about / Increased flexibility with a WayPoint class
• Digital Audio Workstations (D.A.W) / The big picture
• digital clock
  • displaying / Displaying a digital clock, How to do it..., How it works...
  • analogue clock nimation, with Unity tutorial / The Unity tutorial for animating an analogue clock
• digital countdown timer
  • displaying / Displaying a digital countdown timer, How to do it..., How it works...
• Directional Light
  • used, for setting up environment / Setting up an environment with Procedural Skybox and Directional Light, How to do it..., How it works...
• Distortion / Playing with Audio Production
• Distributed Version Control Systems (DVCS)
  • about / The big picture
  • URL / Learn more about Distributed Version Control Systems (DVCS)
• Do-It-Yourself (DIY) / Getting ready
• Do-It-Yourself performance profiling
  • used, for identifying performance bottlenecks / Identifying performance "bottlenecks" with Do-It-Yourself performance profiling, How it works..., See also
• DrawBlip() method / The DrawBlip() method
• Draw Call Batching
  • URL / Information sources about reducing textures and materials
• Ducking
  • about / Balancing in-game audio with Ducking
  • used, for balancing in-game audio / Balancing in-game audio with Ducking, How to do it..., How it works...
  • applying, to soundtrack / How to do it...
• dynamic batching
  • about / Improving performance through reduced draw calls by designing for draw call batching
  • implementing / Dynamic batching
• dynamic Dictionary<>
  • multiple pickups of different objects, displaying via / How to do it..., How it works...

E

• Editor extension
  • about / Introduction
  • creating, for changing pickup type / An editor extension to allow pickup type (and parameters) to be changed at design time via a custom Inspector UI, How to do it..., How it works..., There's more...
  • pickup parameters, custom editing / Offer the custom editing of pickup parameters via Inspector
  • drop-down list of tags, adding to key-pickup / Offer a drop-down list of tags for key-pickup to fit via Inspector
  • keys based on fitsLockTag, using / Logic to open doors with keys based on fitsLockTag
  • [SerializeField], adding / The need to add [SerializeField] for private properties
  • Unity documentation, URL / Learn more from the Unity documentation
  • used, for adding 100 randomly located copies of prefab / An editor extension to add 100 randomly located copies of a prefab with one menu click, Getting ready, How to do it..., How it works...
  • new GameObject, childing to single parent / Child each new GameObject to a single parent, to avoid filling up the Hierarchy with 100s of new objects
  • completed progress, displaying with progress bar / A progress bar to display proportion completed of Editor extension processing, How to do it..., How it works...
  • object-creator GameObject, creating / An editor extension to have an object-creator GameObject, with buttons to instantiate different pickups at cross-hair object location in scene, How to do it..., How it works..., Conclusion
  • references / Conclusion
• Elegant Themes / The big picture
• Enlighten / Introduction
• environment
  • setting up, with Procedural Skybox / Setting up an environment with Procedural Skybox and Directional Light, How to do it...
  • setting up, with Directional Light / Setting up an environment with Procedural Skybox and Directional Light, How to do it...
• Events / How it works...
• EventSystem / How it works...
• EventSystem GameObject / The big picture
• external resource files
  • loading, with Unity Default Resources / Loading external resource files – using Unity Default Resources, How to do it..., There's more...
  • loading, by file downloading from Internet / Loading external resource files – by downloading files from the Internet, How it works...
  • Texture, converting to Sprite / Converting from Texture to Sprite
  • text file, downloading from Web / Downloading a text file from the Web
  • WWW class / The WWW class and the resource contents
  • resource contents / The WWW class and the resource contents
  • loading, by manual files storage / Loading external resource files – by manually storing files in the Unity Resources folder, How to do it..., How it works...
  • cross-platform problems, avoiding with Path.Combine() method / Avoiding cross-platform problems with Path.Combine() rather than "/" or "\"

F

• fading image
  • displaying / Creating a message that fades away, How it works...
• Field of View (FOV) / The big picture
• FindAndDisplayBlipsForTag(…) method / The FindAndDisplayBlipsForTag(…) method
• flags / How it works...
• Flange / Playing with Audio Production
• FleeFromTarget(…) method / Constantly update NavMeshAgent destination to flee away from Player's character current location
• FPS
  • about / Evaluating performance by measuring max and min frame rates (FPS), How it works...
  • URL / Getting ready
  • processing, reduction by runtime display turn off / Turn off runtime display to reduce FPS processing
• Freepik / The big picture
• Fungus open source dialog system
  • about / Creating UIs with the Fungus open-source dialog system
  • used, for creating UIs / Creating UIs with the Fungus open-source dialog system, How to do it..., How it works...
  • URL / How to do it..., How it works...
• Fuse / The big picture

G

• game
  • components / The big picture
  • pausing / Pausing the game, How to do it..., How it works..., There's more...
  • QualitySettings / Learning more about QualitySettings
  • preventing, from running on unknown servers / Preventing your game from running on unknown servers, How to do it..., How it works...
  • security, improving with full URLs / Improving security by using full URLs in your domain list
  • redistribution, allowing with domains / Allowing redistribution with more domains
• game audio
  • optimization / Game audio optimization
• Game Managers
  • references / Sources of more about Game Managers and the State Pattern
• GameObject / Cache GameObject and component references to avoid expensive lookups
• GameObject.FindGameObjectsWithTag
  • URL / There's more...
• game snapshots
  • saving / Saving screenshots from the game, How to do it...
• GarageBand / The big picture
• geometric primitive colliders / Physics engine optimization
• GitHub
  • URL / Getting ready
• GitHub hosting
  • used, for managing Unity project code / Managing Unity project code using Git version control and GitHub hosting, How to do it..., How it works...
  • URL / Managing Unity project code using Git version control and GitHub hosting, Getting ready
• Git version control
  • used, for managing Unity project code / Managing Unity project code using Git version control and GitHub hosting, Getting ready, How to do it..., How it works...
  • URLs / Using the command line rather than Git-client application
• Global Illumination
  • about / Introduction
  • URL / Introduction
• Google / The big picture
• GUI / How it works...
• GUILayout method / Offer a drop-down list of tags for key-pickup to fit via Inspector

H

• Heightmap
  • about / Getting ready, How it works...
  • URL / How to do it...
• Hello World text message
  • displaying / Displaying a "Hello World" UI text message, How to do it...
  • working / How it works...
  • substrings, styling with Rich Text / Styling substrings with Rich Text
• Horizontal Axis / How it works...

I

• Idle animation
  • configuring / Configuring a character's Avatar and idle animation, How to do it..., How it works...
• image
  • displaying / Displaying an image, Getting ready
• in-game surveillance camera
  • creating / Creating an in-game surveillance camera, How to do it..., How it works...
• Inspector window
  • using / Introduction, The big picture
• Interaction UI controls / The big picture
• interactive UI Slider value
  • displaying / Displaying the value of an interactive UI Slider, How to do it..., How it works...
• inventory items
  • single items / The big picture
  • continuous item / The big picture
  • two or more of same item / The big picture
  • collection of related items / The big picture
  • collection of different items / The big picture

K

• KeepWithinMinMaxRectangle() method / How it works...
• KeyboardMovement() method / How it works...

L

• laser aim
  • creating, with Line Renderer / Creating a laser aim with Projector and Line Renderer, How to do it..., How it works...
  • creating, with Projector / Creating a laser aim with Projector and Line Renderer, How to do it..., How it works...
• Layers and Masks
  • used, for mixing animations / Mixing animations with Layers and Masks, How to do it..., How it works...
• leaderboard
  • setting up, with PHP/MySQL / Setting up a leaderboard using PHP/MySQL, How to do it..., How it works...
  • full data, extracting as XML / Extracting the full leaderboard data as XML for display within Unity
  • securing, with secret game codes / Using the secret game codes to secure your leaderboard scripts, See also
• Lighting window
  • about / The Lighting window
  • URL / The Lighting window
• Lightmaps
  • URL / Lightmaps and Light Probes
  • used, for lightining simple scene / Lighting a simple scene with Lightmaps and Light Probes, How to do it..., How it works...
• Light Probes
  • about / Introduction
  • URL / Lightmaps and Light Probes, How it works...
  • used, for lightining simple scene / Lighting a simple scene with Lightmaps and Light Probes, How to do it..., How it works...
• lights
  • about / Lights
  • realtime modes / Lights
  • baked modes / Lights
  • intensity / Lights
  • mixed modes / Lights
  • shadow type / Lights
  • color property / Lights
  • range property / Lights
  • directional light / Lights
  • spot light / Lights
  • point light / Lights
  • area light / Lights
  • types, URL / Lights
  • environment lighting / Environment Lighting
  • emissive materials / Emissive materials
  • Projector / Projector
  • Lightmaps / Lightmaps and Light Probes
  • Light Probes / Lightmaps and Light Probes
  • Lighting window / The Lighting window
  • used, for simulating cloudy outdoor environment / Using lights and cookie textures to simulate a cloudy day, How to do it..., There's more...
• light sources
  • creating / The big picture
• Line Renderer
  • used, for creating laser aim / Creating a laser aim with Projector and Line Renderer, How to do it..., How it works...
• LOD groups
  • used, for improving performance / Improving performance with LOD groups, How to do it...
  • LOD renderers adding / Adding more LOD renderers
  • LOD transitions, fading / Fading LOD transitions
• low coupling / How it works...

M

• Magic Wand Tool / How to do it...
• Main Camera / The big picture
• Mari
  • URL / Tools
• material
  • creating, with Standard Shader (Specular Setup) / Creating a basic material with Standard Shader (Specular setup), How to do it..., How it works...
  • Normal maps, adding / Applying Normal maps to a material, How to do it..., How it works..., There's more...
  • transparency, adding / Adding Transparency and Emission maps to a material, How to do it..., How it works...
  • color emission, adding / Getting ready, How to do it..., How it works...
  • texture maps, using with Transparent Mode / Using texture maps with Transparent Mode
  • semi-transparent objects issues, avoiding / Avoiding issues with the semi-transparent objects
  • light, emitting over objects / Emitting light over other objects
  • highlighting, at mouse over / Highlighting materials at mouse over, How to do it...
  • Detail maps, adding / Adding Detail maps to a material, How to do it..., How it works...
• maximum and minimum FPS
  • calculating / Evaluating performance by measuring max and min frame rates (FPS), How it works...
  • recording / Evaluating performance by measuring max and min frame rates (FPS), How to do it...
• Mecanim
  • about / Introduction
• Mecanim system
  • about / Introduction, The big picture, Using Animation Events to throw an object
  • using / The big picture
  • URL / There's more...
• Metallic workflow / Introduction
• methods
  • implementing, at regular intervals independent of frame rate / How to do it..., How it works...
• mini-map
  • displaying / Displaying a mini-map, How to do it..., How it works...
  • narrower area, covering / Covering a wider or narrower area
  • wider area, covering / Covering a wider or narrower area
  • orientation, modifying / Changing the map's orientation
  • adapting, to other styles / Adapting your mini-map to other styles
• Mixamo
  • about / The big picture
  • URL / The big picture
• Model-View-Controller (MVC) / The separation of view logic
• Motion Blur
  • adding / Adding Motion Blur
  • URL / Adding Motion Blur
• Move state / How it works...
• multiple cameras
  • switching between / Switching between multiple cameras, How to do it...
  • single-enabled camera, using / Using a single-enabled camera
  • switch, triggering from events / Triggering the switch from other events
• multiple object pickups
  • icons, revealing, by changing tiled image size / Revealing icons for multiple object pickups by changing the size of a tiled image, How to do it...
• multiple pickups, of same object
  • displaying, with text totals / Displaying multiple pickups of the same object with text totals, Getting ready, How to do it..., How it works...
  • displaying, with multiple status icons / Displaying multiple pickups of the same object with multiple status icons, How to do it..., How it works...
• multiple pickups of different objects
  • displaying, as list of text / Displaying multiple pickups of different objects as a list of text via a dynamic List<> of PickUp objects, How to do it..., How it works...
  • alphabetic sorting of items, implementing / Order items in the inventory list alphabetically
  • displaying, as text totals / Displaying multiple pickups of different objects as text totals via a dynamic Dictionary<> of PickUp objects and "enum" pickup types, How to do it..., How it works...
• Multipurpose Camera Rig / The big picture
• mutually-exclusive radio buttons
  • implementing, with Toggle Group / Adding more Toggles and a Toggle Group to implement mutually-exclusive radio buttons

N

• NavMeshAgent
  • about / NPC NavMeshAgent to seek or flee destination while avoiding obstacles
  • destination, updating to Player’s current location / Constantly updating the NavMeshAgent destination to Player's character current location
  • destination, updating to flee away from Player’s current location / Constantly update NavMeshAgent destination to flee away from Player's character current location
  • mini point-and-click game, creating / Create a mini point-and-click game
• NavMeshes
  • using, for waypoints / More efficient to avoid using NavMeshes for waypoints
• nDo
  • URL / There's more...
• NetHack
  • about / Loading game data from a text file map
  • URL / Getting ready
• Non-Player Character (NPC) / Introduction, Reducing the number of enabled objects by disabling objects whenever possible
• NormalisedPosition(…) method / The NormalisedPosition(…) method
• normalized value / The NormalisedPosition(…) method
• NormalMap Online feature
  • URL / Getting ready
• Normal maps
  • applying, to material / Applying Normal maps to a material, How to do it..., How it works...
  • about / Getting ready
  • resources / There's more...
• NPC NavMeshAgent
  • instructing, to flee from destination / NPC NavMeshAgent to seek or flee destination while avoiding obstacles, How to do it..., How it works...
  • instructing, to follow waypoints in sequence / NPC NavMeshAgent to follow the waypoints in a sequence, Getting ready, How to do it..., How it works...

O

• object-creator GameObject
  • creating / An editor extension to have an object-creator GameObject, with buttons to instantiate different pickups at cross-hair object location in scene, How to do it..., How it works...
• object group movement
  • controlling, through flocking / Controlling the object group movement through flocking, Getting ready, How to do it..., How it works...
• object relative location
  • indicating, with radar display / Displaying a radar to indicate the relative locations of objects, How to do it...
  • Start() method, using / The Start() method
  • Update() method, using / The Update() method
  • FindAndDisplayBlipsForTag(…) method, using / The FindAndDisplayBlipsForTag(…) method
  • NormalisedPosition(…) method, using / The NormalisedPosition(…) method
  • CalculateBlipPosition(…) method, using / The CalculateBlipPosition(…) method
  • DrawBlip() method, using / The DrawBlip() method
• objects
  • reducing, by destroying objects at runtime / Reducing the number of objects by destroying objects at death a time, How to do it...
  • destroying, after specified time / How to do it..., How it works...
  • disabling, for reducing computer processing workload requirements / Reducing the number of enabled objects by disabling objects whenever possible, How to do it..., How it works...
  • viewing, in Scene panel / Note – viewable in Scene panel still counts as visible!
  • disabling, after OnTrigger() / Another common case – only enable after OnTrigger()
• observer design pattern / Improving efficiency with delegates and events and avoiding SendMessage!
• on/off UI Toggle
  • displaying / How to do it...
• OnDrawGizmos() method / How it works..., How it works...
• OnEnable() method / How it works...
• OnInspectorGUI() method / How it works...
• OnTriggerEnter2D() method / How it works..., How it works...
• OpenDoor() method / Logic to open doors with keys based on fitsLockTag
• optimization
  • references, URLs / Sources of more wisdom about optimization
• Orthographic mode / The big picture

P

• Paladin Studios
  • URL / Information sources about reducing textures and materials
• panel / The big picture
• panel depths
  • modifying, via buttons / Organizing images inside panels and changing panel depths via buttons, Getting ready, How to do it..., Moving up or down by just one position, using scripted methods
• panels
  • images, organizing / Organizing images inside panels and changing panel depths via buttons, How to do it...
• performance bottlenecks
  • identifying, with performance Profiler / Identifying performance bottlenecks with the Unity performance Profiler, How to do it..., How it works...
  • identifying, with Do-It-Yourself performance profiling / Identifying performance "bottlenecks" with Do-It-Yourself performance profiling, How to do it..., See also
• performance Profiler
  • used, for identifying performance bottlenecks / Identifying performance bottlenecks with the Unity performance Profiler, How to do it...
  • URL / Getting ready
• perspective 3D text message
  • displaying / Displaying a perspective 3D text message, How to do it..., How it works...
  • text, making to crawl / We have to make this text crawl like it does in the movie
  • references, URL / Where to learn more
• Photoshop plug-in
  • URL / Information sources about reducing textures and materials
• PHP/MySQL
  • used, for setting up leaderboard / Setting up a leaderboard using PHP/MySQL, How to do it..., How it works...
  • actions / How it works...
• Physically-Based Rendering
  • about / Introduction, Resources
  • references / Introduction, References
• Physically-Based Shaders / Introduction
• physics engine
  • optimization / Physics engine optimization
• Picol / The big picture
• picture-in-picture effect
  • creating / Creating a picture-in-picture effect, How to do it..., How it works..., There's more...
  • creating, proportional to screen’s size / Making the picture-in-picture proportional to the screen's size
  • position, modifying / Changing the position of the picture-in-picture
  • preventing, from updating on every frame / Preventing the picture-in-picture from updating on every frame
• player data
  • saving, with static properties / Saving and loading player data – using static properties, How to do it..., How it works...
  • loading, with static properties / Saving and loading player data – using static properties, How to do it..., How it works...
  • score, hiding / Hiding the score before the first attempt completed
  • references / See also
  • loading, with PlayerPrefs / Saving and loading player data – using PlayerPrefs, Getting ready, How to do it..., How it works...
  • saving, with PlayerPrefs / Saving and loading player data – using PlayerPrefs, How to do it..., How it works...
• PlayerPrefs
  • used, for loading player data / Saving and loading player data – using PlayerPrefs, How to do it..., See also
  • used, for saving player data / Saving and loading player data – using PlayerPrefs, Getting ready, How it works..., See also
  • URL / How it works...
• PlayerPrefs class
  • using / The big picture
• PNG format / Creating and saving texture maps
• Point Light Cookies
  • creating / Creating Point Light Cookies
• premature optimization
  • references / Published articles that discuss premature optimization
• ProBuilder 2.0 / Getting ready
• Procedural Skybox
  • used, for setting up environment / Setting up an environment with Procedural Skybox and Directional Light, How to do it..., How it works...
  • sun size parameter / How it works...
  • atmosphere thickness parameter / How it works...
  • sky tint parameter / How it works...
  • ground parameter / How it works...
  • exposure parameter / How it works...
• Procedural Skyboxes
  • about / Introduction
• ProCore
  • URL / Getting ready
• progress bar
  • used, for displaying Editor extension progress / A progress bar to display proportion completed of Editor extension processing, Getting ready, How it works...
• Projector
  • URL / Projector
  • used, for creating laser aim / Creating a laser aim with Projector and Line Renderer, How to do it..., How it works...
• ProTools / The big picture
• PSD format / Creating and saving texture maps
• publish-subscribe design pattern (pubsub) / Improving efficiency with delegates and events and avoiding SendMessage!

Q

• QualitySettings
  • URL / See also
• Quixel DDO
  • URL / Tools
• Quixel NDO
  • URL / Tools

R

• radar
  • displaying, for object relative location indication / Displaying a radar to indicate the relative locations of objects, Getting ready, How to do it..., How it works...
• radio buttons
  • using / Toggles and radio buttons via Toggle Groups
• Ragdoll / How to do it...
• Ragdoll physics
  • applying, to character / Applying Ragdoll physics to a character, How to do it..., How it works...
• Ragdoll wizard / How to do it..., How it works...
• random spawn point
  • finding / How to do it..., How it works...
• ReadPixel function / There's more...
• record circle button / Animating button properties on mouse over
• Rect Transform
  • URL / The big picture
• Rect Transform component / The big picture
• RectTransform extensions
  • URL / Add some help methods to the Rect Transform script class
• reflection / Improving efficiency with delegates and events and avoiding SendMessage!
• Reflection Probes
  • about / Introduction
  • used, for reflecting surrounding objects / Reflecting surrounding objects with Reflection Probes, How to do it..., How it works...
  • Realtime Reflection Probes / How it works...
  • baked / How it works...
  • custom / How it works...
  • URL / There's more...
• Reflection Sources
  • about / Introduction
• respawn position
  • creating / How to do it..., How it works...
• Reverb Presets / Making your own Reverb settings
• Reverb Zones
  • used, for simulating acoustic environments / Simulating acoustic environments with Reverb Zones, How to do it..., How it works...
  • Reverb settings, creating / Making your own Reverb settings
• Rich Text
  • used, for styling substrings / Styling substrings with Rich Text
  • URL / Styling substrings with Rich Text
• rigid props
  • adding, to animated characters / Adding rigid props to animated characters, How to do it..., How it works...
• Root Motion
  • used, for moving character / Moving your character with root motion and Blend Trees, How to do it..., How it works...
  • applying / Transforming the Character Controller via script
• run-time / Introduction

S

• screen content
  • textures, making from / Making textures from screen content, How to do it..., How it works..., There's more...
  • textures, applying to material / Applying your texture to a material
  • textures, using as screenshot / Using your texture as a screenshot
• scripted methods
  • used, for moving elements / Moving up or down by just one position, using scripted methods
• script efficiency
  • improving, tips / More tips for improving script efficiency
• Shader / Dynamic batching
• Shader Calibration Scene / Unity samples and documentation
• Shader Reference
  • URL / How to do it...
• sibling depth
  • implementing, with Toggle Group / The big picture
  / Organizing images inside panels and changing panel depths via buttons
• simple scene
  • lighting, with Lightmaps / Lighting a simple scene with Lightmaps and Light Probes, How to do it..., How it works...
  • lighting, with Light Probes / Lighting a simple scene with Lightmaps and Light Probes, How to do it..., How it works...
• single object pickups
  • displaying, with carrying text / Displaying single object pickups with carrying and not-carrying text, How to do it..., How it works...
  • displaying, with not-carrying text / Getting ready, How to do it..., How it works...
  • View logic separation / The separation of view logic
  • displaying, with carrying icon / Displaying single object pickups with carrying and not-carrying icons, How to do it..., How it works...
  • displaying, with not-carrying icon / Displaying single object pickups with carrying and not-carrying icons, How to do it..., How it works...
• slow motion effect
  • implementing / Implementing slow motion, How to do it..., There's more...
  • slider, customizing / Customizing the slider
  • Motion Blur, adding / Adding Motion Blur
  • sonic ambience, creating / Creating sonic ambience
• Smoothness maps / Specular workflow, The metallic workflow
• snapshots
  • about / The big picture
  • used, for creating dynamic soundtracks / Making a dynamic soundtrack with Snapshots, How to do it..., How it works...
  • multiple audio clips need, reducing / Reducing the need for multiple audio clips
  • Audio File Formats, dealing with / Dealing with audio file formats and compression rates
  • compression rates, dealing with / Dealing with audio file formats and compression rates
  • applying, to background noise / Applying Snapshots to background noise
  • effects, using / Getting creative with effects, See also
• SourceTree
  • URL / Using Bitbucket and SourceTree
• Space-Time Tradeoff
  • about / How it works...
  • URL / How it works...
• SpaceGirl game
  • about / Creating a simple 2D mini-game – SpaceGirl
  • creating / How to do it..., How it works...
• spawn points
  • selecting / Choosing destinations – find the nearest (or a random) spawn point, How to do it..., How it works...
  • nearest spawn point, selecting / Choosing the nearest spawn point
  • errors, avoiding due to empty array / Avoiding errors due to an empty array
• Specular Setup workflow / Introduction
• Spot Light cookies
  • creating / Creating Spot Light cookies
  • URL / Creating Spot Light cookies
• sprite
  • flipping, horizontally / Flipping a sprite horizontally, How it works...
• sprite sheet
  • animation clips, creating from / Creating animation clips from sprite sheet sequences, Getting ready, How to do it..., How it works...
• Standard Shader (Specular Setup)
  • about / The big picture
  • specular workflow / Specular workflow
  • Metallic workflow / The metallic workflow
  • other material properties / Other material properties
  • Normal map / Other material properties
  • occlusion map / Other material properties
  • Heightmap / Other material properties
  • emission map / Other material properties
  • samples / Unity samples and documentation
  • documentation / Unity samples and documentation
  • used, for creating basic material / Creating a basic material with Standard Shader (Specular setup), How to do it..., How it works...
  • texture type of image file, setting / Setting the texture type for an image file
  • map, combining with color / Combining the map with color
  • basic material, adapting to Metallic / Adapting a basic material from Specular setup to Metallic, How to do it..., How it works...
• Start() method / The Start() method
• state-driven behavior
  • managing, with State Design Pattern / State-driven behavior using the State Design pattern, How to do it..., How it works...
• State Design Pattern
  • used, for managing state-driven behavior / State-driven behavior using the State Design pattern, How to do it..., How it works...
• State Pattern
  • references / Sources of more about Game Managers and the State Pattern
• static batching
  • about / Improving performance through reduced draw calls by designing for draw call batching
  • implementing / Static batching
• static properties
  • used, for loading player data / Saving and loading player data – using static properties, How to do it..., How it works...
  • used, for saving player data / Saving and loading player data – using static properties, Getting ready, How to do it..., How it works...
• stretched image
  • displaying / How to do it..., How it works...
  • Sprites and UI Image components, working with / Working with Sprites and UI Image components, See also
• Sub-State Machines
  • animation states, organizing / Organizing States into Sub-state Machines, How to do it...
• substance files / Creating and saving texture maps
• Substance Painter
  • URL / Tools
• surrounding objects
  • reflecting, with Reflection Probes / Reflecting surrounding objects with Reflection Probes, How to do it..., How it works...
• Swarm class
  • droneCount variable / How it works...
  • dronePrefab variable / How it works...
  • Drone variable / How it works...
• SwitchCamera function / How it works...

T

• Tags / There's more...
• telescopic camera
  • zooming / Zooming a telescopic camera, How to do it..., How it works..., There's more...
• text file map
  • game data, loading / Loading game data from a text file map, Getting ready, How to do it..., How it works...
• text totals
  • used, for displaying multiple pickups of same object / Displaying multiple pickups of the same object with text totals, Getting ready
  • multiple pickups of different objects, displaying as / Displaying multiple pickups of different objects as text totals via a dynamic Dictionary<> of PickUp objects and "enum" pickup types
• texture maps
  • creating / Creating and saving texture maps
  • saving / Creating and saving texture maps
• three-frame animation clip
  • creating / Creating a 3-frame animation clip to make a platform continually animate, How to do it...
• three-state game
  • creating, with single GameManager class / State-driven behavior Do-It-Yourself states, How to do it..., How it works...
• Toggle Groups
  • User interaction Toggles button / Toggles and radio buttons via Toggle Groups, Getting ready, How it works...
  • radio buttons, using / Toggles and radio buttons via Toggle Groups, How to do it..., How it works...
• tools
  • Substance Painter / Tools
  • Bitmap2Material / Tools
  • Quixel DDO / Tools
  • Quixel NDO / Tools
  • Mari / Tools
• torso, character
  • rotating / Rotating the character's torso to aim a weapon, How to do it..., How it works...
• track / Choosing destinations – respawn to the most recently passed checkpoint
• Trigger
  • used, for moving animations / Making a platform start falling once stepped-on using a Trigger to move animation from one state to another, How to do it..., How it works...

U

• UI Buttons
  • creating, for navigating between scenes / Creating UI Buttons to move between scenes, How to do it..., How it works...
  • button mouse-over, visual animation / Visual animation for the button mouse-over
  • button properties, animating on mouse over / Animating button properties on mouse over
• UI development
  • reference URLs / Conclusion
• UI Grid Layout Groups
  • used, for generalizing multiple icon displays / Generalizing multiple icon displays using UI Grid Layout Groups (with scrollbars!), How to do it..., How it works...
  • horizontal scrollbar, adding to inventory display / Add a horizontal scrollbar to the inventory slot display
  • PlayerInventoryDisplay, automation / The automation of PlayerInventoryDisplay getting references to all the slots
  • grid cells, automated resizing / Automatically changing the grid cell size based on the number of slots in inventory
  • help methods, adding to Rect Transform script class / Add some help methods to the Rect Transform script class
• UIs
  • creating, with Fungus open source dialog system / Creating UIs with the Fungus open-source dialog system, How to do it..., How it works...
• UI Slider
  • countdown timer, displaying graphically with / Displaying a countdown timer graphically with a UI Slider, How to do it..., How it works...
• Unity
  • documentation, URL / Unity samples and documentation, There's more...
  • coroutines, URL / How it works...
  • URL / Constantly update NavMeshAgent destination to flee away from Player's character current location
  • logs files, URL / Retrieving the complete Unity log text files from your system
• Unity 2D
  • animation, creating / The big picture
  • reference links / Conclusion
• Unity 2D platformer
  • URL / Conclusion
• Unity 5
  • sound / The big picture
• Unity 5 UI / The big picture
• Unity Cloud
  • publishing, for multiple devices via / Publishing for multiple devices via Unity Cloud, How to do it..., How it works...
  • references, URL / Learn more about Unity Cloud
• Unity Cloud Build
  • URL / Getting ready
• Unity Default Resources
  • used, for loading external resource files / Loading external resource files – using Unity Default Resources, How to do it..., There's more...
  • used, for loading text files / Loading text files with this method
  • used, for loading audio files / Loading and playing audio files with this method
  • used, for playing audio files / Loading and playing audio files with this method
• Unity New GUI tutorial
  • URL / Animating button properties on mouse over
• Unity project code
  • managing, with Git version control / Managing Unity project code using Git version control and GitHub hosting, Getting ready, How to do it..., How it works..., There's more...
  • managing, with GitHub hosting / Managing Unity project code using Git version control and GitHub hosting, How to do it..., How it works..., There's more...
  • Distributed Version Control Systems (DVCS) / Learn more about Distributed Version Control Systems (DVCS)
  • command line, using / Using the command line rather than Git-client application
• Unity Sprite Editor
  • URL / How it works...
• Unity tags
  • URL / How it works...
• Update() method / The Update() method
• UpdateScoreText class / How it works...
• UpdateStarText() method / How it works..., How it works...
• UpdateTimeDisplay() method / How it works...
• user interaction Input Field
  • used, for text entry / Input Fields component for text entry, How to do it..., How it works...
  • C# method, executing / Executing a C# method to respond each time the user changes the input text content
• User interaction Toggles
  • using / Toggles and radio buttons via Toggle Groups
• User Interface (UI) element
  • canvas / The big picture
  • EventSystem GameObject / The big picture
  • panel / The big picture
  • visual UI controls / The big picture
  • interaction UI controls / The big picture
  • Rect Transform component / The big picture
  • Sibling Depth / The big picture
  • about / The big picture
• User Interface (UI) elements / Introduction
  • about / The big picture
• UV channels / How to do it...

V

• Vector3 class / The big picture
• vertex attributes
  • calculating / Dynamic batching
• vertex painting
  • used, for reducing texture need / Reduce the need for textures by vertex painting
• Vertical Axis / How it works...
• volume control
  • adding, with Audio Mixers / Adding volume control with Audio Mixers, How to do it..., How it works..., There's more...

W

• walkable parts / How to do it...
• water platform block
  • creating / Making a platform start falling once stepped-on using a Trigger to move animation from one state to another, How to do it..., How it works...
• WayPoint class
  • using / Increased flexibility with a WayPoint class
• waypoints
  • NavMeshes, using / More efficient to avoid using NavMeshes for waypoints
  • arrays, using / Working with arrays of waypoints
• WWW class
  • using / The big picture
  • URL / The WWW class and the resource contents

Y

• Yannick / The big picture
• yaw angle / The CalculateBlipPosition(…) method