Index

A

• Adjust Time Scale option / Adjust Time Scale
• ambient light
  • about / Ambient light
  • parameters / Ambient light
• animation
  • basics / Animation basics
  • custom animations, creating / Creating custom animations
  • event handlers, triggering with / Triggering the event handlers with animation
• Animation editor
  • using / Using the Animation editor
  • controls / Editor controls
• animation states
  • about / Animation states, States
  • parameters / Parameters
  • parameters, types / Parameter types
  • conditions, setting for transitions / Setting conditions for transitions
  • Adjust Time Scale option / Adjust Time Scale
  • Layer tab / Layers
• animator controller
  • about / The animator controller
• area light
  • about / Area light
• arrow navigation / Arrow navigation
• audio clips
  • about / Audio clips
• audio listener
  • about / Audio listener
• Audio Listener component
  • about / Audio sources and receivers
• audio mixer
  • about / Introduction to audio mixer
  • working / How does it work?
  • modifying, at runtime / Modifying at runtime
• audio receivers
  • about / Audio sources and receivers
• audio source
  • about / Audio source
  • properties / Audio source
• Audio Source component
  • about / Audio sources and receivers
• audio sources
  • about / Audio sources and receivers

B

• Blender
  • exporting from / Exporting from Blender
  • character, exporting from / Exporting from Blender
• Blender and Rigify, character rigging
  • reference link / Importing referenced animations
• blending
  • variations / Blending variations
• blend trees
  • overview / Overview
  • creating / Creating a blend tree
  • working / Inside the blend tree
  • options / Other blend tree options
• brush
  • about / Brushes
  • creating / Creating a brush
  • importing / Importing a brush
• build on demand
  • about / Continuous baking

C

• character
  • about / Get your character ready
  • exporting, from Blender / Exporting from Blender
  • exporting, as FBX / Exporting as FBX
  • configuring, in Unity / Configuring a character in Unity
• character avatar, humanoid animation type / Character avatar
• coin particles
  • about / Coin particles
• Collider
  • about / Collider
• Component
  • deactivation / Component deactivation
  • options / Component options
• Components
  • about / Components
  • adding / Adding components
• conditions
  • setting, for transitions / Setting conditions for transitions
• configurations, keys
  • about / Project settings
• Console window
  • about / The Console window
• continuous baking
  • about / Continuous baking
  • probes, adding to level / Adding probes to the level
• correct topology, humanoid animation type / Correct topology
• Curve editor
  • about / The Curve editor
• Curves / The Curve editor
• custom animations
  • creating / Creating custom animations
  • and world space / Custom animations and world space
• custom packages
  • importing, into project / Importing custom packages into the project
• custom search
  • creating / Creating a custom search

D

• 2D blending
  • about / 2D blending
  • 2D Freeform Directional Blend Type, using / It's all about the dots
• 2D sound
  • versus 3D sound / 2D versus 3D sounds
• 3D file formats, Unity / Supported formats
• details
  • considerations / What is considered a detail?
  • setting up / How to set up details
• Detail type
  • creating / Details
• directional light
  • about / Directional light
• double-sided normals
  • about / Double-sided normals
• dynamic light
  • versus static light / Static versus dynamic lights
• dynamic object
  • versus static object / Static versus dynamic objects
• dynamic shadows
  • versus static shadows / Dynamic shadows versus static shadows

E

• emission materials
  • about / Emission materials
• event handlers
  • triggering, with animation / Triggering the event handlers with animation
• Exit Time
  • about / States
• export
  • textures, preparing for / Preparing textures for export

F

• FBX
  • character, exporting into / Exporting as FBX
• filters
  • about / Filters and reverb zones
• flare
  • about / Flare
• Flythrough mode / Flythrough

G

• Game window
  • about / The Game window
  • play testing / Play testing
  • controls / Game window controls
• generic animation type
  • about / Generic Animation Type
• Gizmo / Gizmo
• Global Illumination (GI)
  • about / Global Illumination
  • environment, preparing / Preparing the environment
  • static object, versus dynamic object / Static versus dynamic objects
  • light, fixing coming from crack / Fixing the light coming from the crack
  • emission materials / Emission materials
  • shadows / Shadows
  • shadows, enabling / Shadows
• Grass type
  • creating / Grass
• greyblocking
  • about / Greyblocking

H

• halos
  • about / Halo
• hand waving, on move motion
  • example / Hand waving on move motion
• heightmaps
  • used, for creating terrain / Creating the terrain using heightmaps
  • drawing / Drawing a heightmap
  • exporting / Exporting a heightmap
  • applying, to terrain / Applying heightmap to a terrain
• Hierarchy window
  • about / The Hierarchy window
• humanoid animation type
  • about / Humanoid Animation Type
  • character avatar / Character avatar
  • correct topology / Correct topology
  • additiional options / Additional options

I

• Inspector window
  • about / The Inspector window

K

• keys
  • reference link / Project settings

L

• Labels
  • about / Labels
• Layer tab, animation states
  • about / Layers
  • creation / Creation
  • hand waving, on move motion / Hand waving on move motion
• Legacy animation system
  • about / The animator controller
• level
  • trees, adding to / Adding trees to the level
  • lights, bringing into level / Bringing lights into the level
  • publishing / Publishing the level
• level loading
  • about / Level loading and streaming
  • limitations / Level loading limitations
• level meshing
  • about / Level meshing
• light component
  • about / Light component
• light cookies
  • about / Light cookies
  • creating / Creating light cookies
• lighting effects
  • about / Lighting effects
  • light cookies / Light cookies, Creating light cookies
  • flares / Flares and halos, Flare
  • halos / Flares and halos, Halo
• Lighting window
  • options / Lighting options
• lightmapping
  • about / Lightmapping
  • static light, versus dynamic light / Static versus dynamic lights
  • dynamic shadows, versus static shadows / Dynamic shadows versus static shadows
• light probes
  • about / Light probes
• lights
  • bringing, into level / Bringing lights into the level
• light types
  • about / Light types
  • point light / Point light
  • spot light / Spot light
  • directional light / Directional light
  • area light / Area light
• locomotion
  • creating / Creating locomotion
  • setup / Setup
  • walking cycle, creating / Walking
  • animations, turning / Turning
  • animations, strafing / Strafing
• LODBias
  • about / LODBias
• LODs
  • using, in Unity / Using LODs in Unity
  • preparing / How to prepare LODs
  • setting up, in Unity / Setting up LODs in Unity

M

• Main Camera object
  • purpose / The purpose of a Main Camera object
• Materials
  • about / Basic application
• materials
  • about / What are Materials?
  • creating / Creating Materials
  • shader types / Shader types
• materials, Unity
  • about / Materials in Unity
• meshes
  • configuring / Configuring meshes
  • Model-Meshes options / Model-meshes options
  • double-sided normals / Double-sided normals
  • Labels / Labels
• model
  • overview / Model overview
• Model-Meshes options
  • about / Model-meshes options
• mouse navigation / Mouse navigation

N

• navigation, Scene window
  • arrow navigation / Arrow navigation
  • mouse navigation / Mouse navigation
  • Flythrough mode / Flythrough
  • Gizmo / Gizmo
• non power of two textures (NPOT) / Preparing textures for export

O

• object
  • renaming, in Project window / Rename
  • setting up, before export / Object setup before exporting
• object layers
  • about / Object layers
• object manipulation
  • about / Object manipulation
  • tools / Object manipulation
  • snapping / Snapping
  • greyblocking / Greyblocking
• object parenting
  • about / Object parenting
• objects, importing
  • reference link / Importing referenced animations
• objects, placing on separate layers
  • benefits / Object layers

P

• paint details
  • about / Paint details
• parenting
  • and prefabs / Parenting and prefabs
• particle editor
  • about / The particle editor
• particle effect, waterfall
  • requisites / Setting up assets
  • enhancing / Polishing
  • texture sheet animation / Texture sheet animation
• particles
  • about / What are particles?
  • configuring / Configuring particles
• particle system
  • controls / The particle editor
  • configuring / Configuring the particle system
  • emitting direction, of particles / Emitting direction
• pivot point, parent object / The pivot point
• point light
  • about / Point light
• Precomputed Realtime GI / Static versus dynamic objects
• prefabs
  • about / Prefabs
  • creating / Prefabs
  • working / Prefabs
  • and parenting / Parenting and prefabs
• primitives
  • creating / Creating primitives
• project
  • starting / Starting a project
  • custom packages, importing into / Importing custom packages into the project
• projectors
  • about / Projectors
  • basic application / Basic application
  • other applications / Other applications
• project settings
  • about / Project settings
• Project window
  • about / The Project window
  • search, using / Search
  • object, renaming / Rename
• prop animation
  • importing, into Unity / Importing the prop animation into Unity
• props
  • importing, into Unity / Importing props into Unity, The importing process

R

• Realtime GI / Static versus dynamic objects
• referenced animations
  • importing / Importing referenced animations
• reflection probes
  • about / Reflection probes
  • settings / Reflection probe settings
  • types / Types of reflection probes
  • runtime settings / Runtime settings
  • Cubemap capture settings / Cubemap capture settings
  • positioning / Positioning of a reflection probe
• reverb zones
  • about / Filters and reverb zones
• rigidbodies
  • about / Rigidbodies
  • parameters / Rigidbodies

S

• scene configuration
  • about / Scene configuration
• Scene window
  • about / The Scene window
  • navigation / Scene navigation
• sculpting, terrain
  • about / Sculpting
• search
  • about / Search
  • custom search, creating / Creating a custom search
• shader types, materials
  • about / Shader types
  • material parameters / Material parameters
  • rendering modes / Rendering modes
• shadows
  • about / Shadows
  • enabling / Shadows
• Skybox
  • about / Skybox
• snapping
  • about / Snapping
• spot light
  • about / Spot light
• static light
  • versus dynamic light / Static versus dynamic lights
• static object
  • versus dynamic object / Static versus dynamic objects
• static shadows
  • versus dynamic shadows / Dynamic shadows versus static shadows
• Strafing clip
  • modifying / Modifying a strafing clip
• streaming
  • about / Level loading and streaming
• Sub-State Machine
  • about / A sub-state machine

T

• terrain
  • creating / Creating terrain
  • sculpting / Sculpting
  • creating, heightmaps used / Creating the terrain using heightmaps
  • heightmaps, applying to / Applying heightmap to a terrain
  • texturing / Texturing the terrain
• terrain settings
  • customizing / Customizing terrain settings
• Terrain Settings tab
  • base terrain / Base terrain
  • tree and detail objects / Tree and detail objects
  • resolution / Resolution
• textures
  • configuring / Configuring textures
  • supported formats / Supported formats
  • preparing, for export / Preparing textures for export
  • types / Settings for various texture types
  • importing / Importing textures
• texture sheet animation / Texture sheet animation
• texture terrain
  • about / The terrain texture
• transitions
  • conditions, setting for / Setting conditions for transitions
  • creating, from Strafe states / Transition from and to sub-state
  • creating, to Strafe states / Transition from and to sub-state
• Tree editor
  • using / Learning to use the Unity Tree editor
• trees
  • adding, to level / Adding trees to the level

U

• Unity
  • props, importing into / Importing props into Unity, The importing process
  • 3D file formats / Supported formats
  • LODs, using in / Using LODs in Unity
  • LODs, setting up in / Setting up LODs in Unity
  • prop animation, importing into / Importing the prop animation into Unity
  • character, configuring in / Configuring a character in Unity
• Unity Technologies
  • about / The animator controller, Introduction to audio mixer

W

• waterfall
  • creating / Creating a waterfall
• water solutions, Unity / Water in Unity
• windows
  • about / Windows
  • Scene window / The Scene window
  • Game window / The Game window
  • Hierarchy window / The Hierarchy window
  • Inspector window / The Inspector window
  • Project window / The Project window
  • Console window / The Console window
  • controls / Window controls
  • layout, modifying of / Changing the window layout
  • custom layout, creating / Creating a custom layout
• wrong topology example
  • about / Wrong topology example
  • muscles configuration / Muscles
  • character muscles, adjusting / Adjust character muscles