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Unity Awaitables - Catching swallowed exceptions

Unity Awaitables - Catching swallowed exceptions

How to catch Awaitable swallowed exceptions.

How to make a common build number on TeamCity build chains (for your Unity project)

How to make a common build number on TeamCity build chains (for your Unity project)

Learn how to make a common build number on TeamCity's build chain feature (for your Unity project).

Use serialized properties over serialized fields in Unity

Use serialized properties over serialized fields in Unity

Using serialized properties could be beneficial over serialized fields in Unity for your game: Easily change access modifiers and execute function, e.g. to update your UI.

Merge Conflicts in Unity - How to avoid them?

Merge Conflicts in Unity - How to avoid them?

11 tips for your Unity development team to help avoid merge conflicts.

Get mouse/touch position on click/touch with Unity's new Input System

Get mouse/touch position on click/touch with Unity's new Input System

Quick tip: How to get the mouse/touch position on click/touch with Unity's new Input System.

ALWAYS assign enum values (at least, if you serialize them)

ALWAYS assign enum values (at least, if you serialize them)

Removing an enum member could lead to breaking your whole application if that enum is serialized. Learn, how that happens and how to prevent it.

Instantiate your own UI prefabs via GameObject menu

Instantiate your own UI prefabs via GameObject menu

Learn how to create your own menu to instantiate your own (UI) prefabs to improve your workflow in the editor.

Linear or random distribution of GameObjects in the Inspector

Linear or random distribution of GameObjects in the Inspector

Unity's Inspector has some hidden gems! One of them is a linear or random distribution of items via L(min,max) or R(min,max).

Floating Origin in Unity

Floating Origin in Unity

If you're creating an endless runner or a game with big/endless worlds, you will encounter an error after a certain distance from the game engine's origin. The error will mostly be noticeable in visual things, e.g. meshes have overlaps and maybe some stuff is

Unity Tip: Level Selection Editor Window

Unity Tip: Level Selection Editor Window

Learn how to create a little utility editor window to load your own levels in a comfortable way.

Burst Compiled Noise Map Generation

Burst Compiled Noise Map Generation

Learn how to use burst compilation for simple noise maps to increase performance up to 80 times.

Set inspector icon for GameObjects via C# script in Unity

Set inspector icon for GameObjects via C# script in Unity

Ever wondered how you can set the inspector icon for GameObjects via a C# script in Unity? Especially without reflection, which is the old solution to do. GameObject inspector iconExecute this in an editor script: var iconContent = EditorGUIUtility.IconContent("sv_label_1"); EditorGUIUtility.SetIconForObject(gameObject, (Texture2D) iconContent.image)

Unity Custom Project Templates (or: How to get rid of the example assets when creating a new HDRP/URP project)

Unity Custom Project Templates (or: How to get rid of the example assets when creating a new HDRP/URP project)

Learn how to create a custom Unity project template to get rid of the example assets when creating a new HDRP or URP project.

How to fix Text Mesh Pro showing in scene view but not in game view

How to fix Text Mesh Pro showing in scene view but not in game view

I recently had the problem that for whatever reason my Unity game stopped displaying certain texts. Within the scene view, the text was visible, but within the game view of the running game some of the texts disappeared. Even more strange, it was the same prefab used throughout the game

FluentAssertions for Unity

FluentAssertions for Unity

For my current game I'm developing with a friend, I started testing the core engine features from day one using the Unity Test Runner & Assertion Library. To be honest, I dislike the built-in functionality of writing asserts. They are hard to read and in case of an

Barrel shooting animation

In this little blog post I want to cover how a barrel shooting animation is created. When the player shoots (in this case presses the left mouse button) a little shooting animation should be started. It will animate a recoil of the barrel.This is how the tank game object

Tank move and barrel mouse follow script

This entry is part 3 of 4 in the series [TankZ - A game made to learn Unity](https://manuel-rauber.com/series/tankz-a-game-made-to-learn-unity/ "TankZ - A game made to learn Unity")After we’ve set up the first visual representation of a tank, we want to move the

First things first: Get some graphics

This entry is part 2 of 4 in the series [TankZ - A game made to learn Unity](https://manuel-rauber.com/series/tankz-a-game-made-to-learn-unity/ "TankZ - A game made to learn Unity")After getting used to the Unity editor, I started developing TankZ by getting some graphics first. Developing

TankZ Introduction

Since I’ve discovered Unity [http://unity3d.com/] a long time ago, I’ve always wanted to try it out. I’m a big fan of playing Tower Defence (TD) games, so my big goal is, to create own by my own. My mind already produces a lot of ideas