Week 7 | Session 2 - Research and Troubleshooting - May 5, 2020

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60 mins

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Week 7 | Session 2 - Research and Troubleshooting - May 5, 2020

In this live session, you will attempt to add a speedometer and Gear display for your vehicle in Prototype 1. In doing so, you will learn the process of doing online research when trying to implement new features and troubleshoot bugs in your projects. As you will find out, adding a new feature is very rarely as simple as it initially seems - you inevitably run into unexpected complications and errors that usually require a little online research. In this lesson, you will learn how to do that so that you can do it with your own projects.

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1. Overview

This is the same content covered in Lesson 6.2 in the independent Create with Code Course.


What you will make:


  • By the end of this lesson, the vehicle will behave with more realistic physics, and there will be a speedometer and Gear display.

What you will learn:


  • Use Unity Forums, Unity Answers, and the online Unity Scripting Documentation to implement new features and troubleshoot issues with your projects

2. Before you Begin

To participate in this session and follow along, you need:



  • a completed version of "Prototype 1" (driving simulation)

If this is your first Create with Code live learning session, you can catch up by:


  1. Following along with the recordings of our previous live learning sessions

  1. Completing the same lessons in the independent Create with Code Course

*Note - it is not necessary for you to catch up, but it is recommended for an ideal learning experience.


3. Recorded Live Session - 5th May - 9am PST

If you missed this session, you can catch up with the video below.



4. Recorded Live Session - 5th May - 5pm PST

If you missed this session, you can catch up with the video below.



5. Next Steps

Get caught up:


If you were not able to finish the session along with the instructors, you can catch up by:


  1. Re-watching this recorded session when it is posted in Step 3 above at 3am PT (10am UCT) the morning after this session's date

  1. Picking up where you left off in Lesson 6.2 of the independent Create with Code Course

Bonus Challenges:


  • Experiment with new features (after making a backup)

  • Implement a “max speed” so that the car can’t go infinitely fast

  • Add a braking system

  • Try to get the vehicle’s wheels to rotate with the wheel colliders

  • Try to create an analog rotating speedometer instead of a “digital” one

Complete this tutorial