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Mastering Unity 2017 Game Development with C# - Second Edition

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Mastering Unity 2017 Game Development with C# - Second Edition

Overview of this book

Do you want to make the leap from being an everyday Unity developer to being a pro game developer? Then look no further! This book is your one-stop solution to creating mesmerizing games with lifelike features and amazing gameplay. This book focuses in some detail on a practical project with Unity, building a first-person game with many features. You'll delve into the architecture of a Unity game, creating expansive worlds, interesting render effects, and other features to make your games special. You will create individual game components, use efficient animation techniques, and implement collision and physics effectively. Specifically, we'll explore optimal techniques for importing game assets, such as meshes and textures; tips and tricks for effective level design; how to animate and script NPCs; how to configure and deploy to mobile devices; how to prepare for VR development; how to work with version control; and more. By the end of this book, you'll have developed sufficient competency in Unity development to produce fun games with confidence.
Table of Contents (9 chapters)

Lighting FAQ

This section takes time out to explore lighting issues and problems that sometimes arise and common methods to solve them. The issues listed here may not arise for the Dead Keys project specifically, but it's likely that you'll encounter them somewhere, on some projects. Consequently, it's good to know how the issues are solved, or at least avoided. This section takes a question and answer format:

  • Scene lighting appears wrong when opening a scene in the editor: This happens when Auto Generate is enabled from the Lighting window. As the scene is opened, lighting is rebaked. This may take time or may fail entirely for various reasons. The result is that scene lighting may not appear correct instantly when a scene is opened. You can resolve this by disabling auto generate from the Lighting window and then saving the scene to confirm the change. The next...