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Building Levels in Unity

Table of Contents Building Levels in Unity Credits About the Author About the Reviewers www.PacktPub.com

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Preface

What this book covers What you need for this book Who this book is for Conventions Reader feedback Customer support

Downloading the example code Downloading the color images of this book Errata Piracy Questions

1. Meet Unity

Starting a project Windows

The Scene window

Scene navigation

Arrow navigation Mouse navigation Flythrough Gizmo

The Game window

Play testing Game window controls

The Hierarchy window The Inspector window The Project window

Importing custom packages into the project Search

Creating a custom search

Rename

The Console window Window controls

Changing the window layout

Creating a custom layout

The purpose of a Main Camera object Creating primitives Summary

2. Importing and Configuring Props

Object manipulation

Snapping Greyblocking

Components

Adding components Component deactivation Component options

Importing props into Unity

Supported formats Exporting from Blender

Object setup before exporting

The importing process

Configuring meshes

Model-meshes options Double-sided normals Labels

Prefabs Object parenting

Parenting and prefabs The pivot point

Configuring textures

Supported formats Preparing textures for export Settings for various texture types

What are Materials?

Materials in Unity Creating Materials Shader types

Material parameters Rendering modes

Using LODs in Unity

How to prepare LODs Setting up LODs in Unity LODBias

Collider Summary

3. Shaping Landscape

Creating terrain

Sculpting

Brushes

Creating a brush Importing a brush

Creating the terrain using heightmaps

Drawing a heightmap Exporting a heightmap Applying heightmap to a terrain

Level meshing Object layers The terrain texture

Importing textures Texturing the terrain

Water in Unity Adding trees to the level Learning to use the Unity Tree editor Paint details

What is considered a detail? How to set up details

Grass Details

Customizing terrain settings

Base terrain Tree and detail objects Resolution

Skybox Summary

4. Dealing with Basic Animations

Animation basics

Using the Animation editor Creating custom animations Editor controls The Curve editor Give it a try Custom animations and world space Triggering the event handlers with animation Importing the prop animation into Unity

Summary

5. Invite Your Characters to Unity

Get your character ready Exporting from Blender

Model overview Exporting as FBX Importing referenced animations

Configuring a character in Unity

Generic and humanoid – what's the difference?

Generic Animation Type Humanoid Animation Type

Character avatar Correct topology

Wrong topology example

Muscles Adjust character muscles

Additional options

Summary

6. Using Mecanim for Advanced Animations

The animator controller Animation states

States Parameters

Parameter types

Setting conditions for transitions Blend trees

Overview Creating a blend tree Inside the blend tree Other blend tree options

Adjust Time Scale Layers

Creation Hand waving on move motion

2D blending

Blending variations It's all about the dots

Creating locomotion

Setup Walking Turning Strafing

A sub-state machine Modifying a strafing clip Transition from and to sub-state

Summary

7. Lighting Up the World

Light component Light types

Point light Spot light Directional light Area light

Ambient light Global Illumination

Preparing the environment Static versus dynamic objects Fixing the light coming from the crack Emission materials Shadows

Lightmapping

Static versus dynamic lights Dynamic shadows versus static shadows Lighting options

Bringing lights into the level Light probes Reflection probes

Reflection probe settings

Types of reflection probes Runtime settings Cubemap capture settings

Positioning of a reflection probe

Continuous baking

Adding probes to the level

Projectors

Basic application Other applications

Lighting effects

Light cookies

Creating light cookies

Flares and halos

Halo Flare

Summary

8. Bringing the Sound

Audio sources and receivers

Audio listener Audio source Audio clips 2D versus 3D sounds

Introduction to audio mixer

How does it work? Modifying at runtime

Filters and reverb zones Summary

9. Exploring the Particle System

What are particles? The particle editor Creating a waterfall

Setting up assets Configuring the particle system

Emitting direction Configuring particles Polishing Texture sheet animation

Coin particles Summary

10. Final Editing and Build

Rigidbodies Project settings Scene configuration Level loading and streaming Level loading limitations Publishing the level Summary

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