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Extending Unity with Editor Scripting

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Extending Unity with Editor Scripting

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Extending Unity with Editor Scripting
Sep, 2015 | 268 pages
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Table of Contents (18 chapters)
Extending Unity with Editor Scripting
Extending Unity with Editor Scripting
Credits
Credits
Foreword
Foreword
About the Author
About the Author
About the Reviewers
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Preface
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1
Getting Started with Editor Scripting
Getting Started with Editor Scripting
Overview
Editor scripting basics
Introducing Run & Jump
The Level Creator tool
Summary
2
Using Gizmos in the Scene View
Using Gizmos in the Scene View
Overview
Creating gizmos through code
Adding a structure to our levels
Implementing the gizmo grid
Implementing the snap to grid behaviour
Summary
3
Creating Custom Inspectors
Creating Custom Inspectors
Overview
Upgrading the Level class
Understanding how an inspector works
Creating a custom inspector
Working with layouts
Improving the inspector without custom inspectors
Using drawers inside a custom inspector
Summary
4
Creating Editor Windows
Creating Editor Windows
Overview
Creating the base for an editor window
Implementing the Palette
Implementing the GUI for the Palette
Integrating the Palette with the Level Creator tool
Summary
5
Customizing the Scene View
Customizing the Scene View
Overview
Defining the Editor modes
Customizing the Scene View
Detecting Scene View events
Implementing the Level Creator modes
Using the Handles class
Adding the final details to Level Creator
Summary
6
Changing the Look and Feel of the Editor with GUI Styles and GUI Skins
Changing the Look and Feel of the Editor with GUI Styles and GUI Skins
Overview
Changing the look and feel of the Level Creator tool
Changing the look and feel using a simpler approach
Summary
7
Saving Data in a Persistent Way with Scriptable Objects
Saving Data in a Persistent Way with Scriptable Objects
Overview
Preparing the environment
Implementing a Scriptable Object
Integrating the Scriptable Object with the level
Summary
8
Controlling the Import Pipeline Using AssetPostprocessor Scripts
Controlling the Import Pipeline Using AssetPostprocessor Scripts
Overview
Improving the import pipeline
Using a DLL file for the AssetPostprocessors
Summary
9
Improving the Build Pipeline
Improving the Build Pipeline
Overview
Automating the BuildPipeline class
Adding version control to your project
Interacting with external scripts
Distributing your video game using AppBlade
Summary
10
Distributing Your Tools
Distributing Your Tools
Overview
Preparing the environment
Sharing code using a Unity Package
Sharing code using Git submodules
Publishing in the Asset Store
Summary
Index
Index

Changing the look and feel using a simpler approach

In this section, we will cover a new approach to customizing the look and feel of our custom tools using the GUISkin asset.

Creating a GUISkin asset

The way we modified the look and feel of the Level Creator tool wasn't complicated, but it requires time and a considerable effort in terms of making modifications in the code and seeing the results we expect. The good news is that there is an alternative approach to achieving the same result using the GUISkin assets.

In Unity, a GUISkin asset is a collection of the GUIStyle instances that can be used in our custom GUI, and it is intended to allow you to apply style to an entire GUI instead of a single component by itself.

The GUISkin class is part of the UnityEngine namespace and extends from the ScriptableObject class. We are going to talk more about Scriptable Objects in Chapter 7, Saving Data in a Persistent Way with Scriptable Objects.

Because of the nature of the GUISkin, which required to...

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