Introduction to Optimization with Unity - 2019.3

Diagnosing Performance Problems

Fixing Performance Problems - 2019.3

Challenge - Optimize the Project Scripts

Introduction to Lighting and Rendering - 2019.3

Challenge - Bake the Scene Lighting

Working with Occlusion Culling

Challenge - Configure Occlusion Culling

Live Session Recording - How to Profile and Optimize a Game

LearnLive_OptimizationAssets.zip

In this simple maze game, the player has to navigate through the maze, while avoiding enemy NPCs. The application is experiencing some performance issues, that you will need to address. The optimization routes taken in this project are common throughout many Unity projects and understanding these techniques will allow you to optimize your own projects. 

Optimizing for Performance

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Recorded Live Session - April 9, 2020

Recorded Live Session - August 4, 2020

How to Profile and Optimize a Game (Evening).mp4

Optimizing for Performance (1).mp4

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Watch the recording of this live virtual session where you will learn how to use Unity's tools to diagnose and troubleshoot performance problems in this simple maze game. In the game, the player has to navigate through the maze, while avoiding enemy NPCs. The application is experiencing some performance issues, that you will need to address. The optimization routes taken in this project are common throughout many Unity projects and understanding these techniques will allow you to optimize your own projects. Throughout this session, you will learn how to: 

Understand the Profiler’s role in Unity development

Navigate the Profiler to locate the source(s) of an application’s performance issue

Understand how to benchmark a scripts performance to gauge improvement

Identify specific methods and api calls that are performance intensive

Acknowledge some common alternatives for performance issues

Use the Lighting Window to modify lighting settings in Unity

Understand how to implement Baked, Mixed, and Realtime lighting and the corresponding trade offs of each

Use the Occlusion Culling Window to configure occlusion culling in a Unity Scene

Understand the trade offs associated with Occlusion Culling

Games

Note: The two recordings below are of the same exact session but run at different times.

Live Session Recording - How to Profile and Optimize a Game

1. Recorded Live Session - April 9, 2020

2. Recorded Live Session - August 4, 2020

Complete this tutorial