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Configuring Lightmaps

Lightmapping is the process of pre-calculating the brightness of surfaces in the Scene. It stores the information it calculates in a chart or lightmap for later use. Lightmaps allow you to add global illumination, shadows, and ambient lighting at a relatively low computational cost. In this tutorial, we’ll get to know the lightmapping settings.

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Unity Essentials

Art & Animation

Professional Skills

Working with Assembly Definitions - 2019.3

In this tutorial, we’ll explore Assembly Definitions. An Assembly Definition groups code into an Assembly. An Assembly might be based on origin, purpose, and/or whatever criteria best suits your project. An Assembly Definition can also depend on the platform. By default, all code in a Unity project belongs to a single Assembly, called Assembly-CSharp.

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Working with the Streaming Assets Folder - 2019.3

In this tutorial, you’ll learn how to use the StreamingAssets folder to allow users to load their own images, songs, and even game levels into a project.

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Introduction to Optimization with Unity - 2019.3

Unity’s optimization tools allow you to diagnose common performance problems and refine a project’s design, code, and related assets to maximize efficiency. An optimized project will run smoother and more responsively on your target platforms and devices.

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Diagnosing Performance Problems

A profiling tool gives detailed information about how a game is performing. The Profiler window is a powerful profiling tool that is built into Unity. This tutorial describes what the Profiler window is used for and how to use it to diagnose performance problems in a game or other application.

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Unity Essentials

Art & Animation

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Working with the StreamingAssets Folder - 2019.2

In this tutorial, you’ll learn how to use the StreamingAssets folder to allow users to load their own images, songs, and even game levels into a project.

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In this tutorial, you will learn how to use the Profiler to diagnose performance issues in your UI.

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Unity Essentials

Optimizing for Performance

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.

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2019.3 - 2019.4

Unity Essentials

Art & Animation

Working with the Memory Profiler - 2019.3

The Memory Profiler is a new package for Unity 2018.3 or later that allows you to analyze a project’s memory usage to find memory leaks and fragmentation. Memory leaks can occur when memory is allocated, but never deallocated for reuse after it’s no longer needed. In this tutorial, we’ll learn how to use the Memory Profiler to find memory leaks.

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Fixing Performance Problems - 2019.3

Once you've discovered a performance problem in your game, how should you go about fixing it? This tutorial discusses some common issues and optimization techniques for scripts, garbage collection, and graphics rendering.

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Unity Essentials

Art & Animation

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