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• Unity User Manual (2018.1)

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  • Working in Unity
    • Getting Started
      • Unity Hub
      • Installing Unity using the Hub
      • Adding components to the Unity Editor
      • Installing Unity without the hub
      • Installing Unity offline without the Hub
      • Unity Hub advanced deployment considerations
      • 2D or 3D projects
      • Project Templates
      • Starting Unity for the first time
        • The Learn tab
      • Opening existing Projects
      • Learning the interface
    • Asset Workflow
      • Common types of Assets
      • Primitive and placeholder objects
      • Asset packages
      • Using the Asset Store
    • The Main Windows
      • The Project Window
      • The Scene View
        • Scene View navigation
        • Positioning GameObjects
        • Scene view Control Bar
        • Gizmos menu
      • The Game view
      • The Hierarchy window
      • The Inspector window
        • Assigning icons
        • Editing Properties
        • Swatch libraries
        • Inspector Options
      • The Toolbar
      • Searching
      • Other Windows
      • Customizing Your Workspace
      • Unity hotkeys
    • Creating Gameplay
      • Scenes
      • GameObjects
        • GameObject
        • Introduction to components
        • Using Components
        • Transform
        • Creating components with scripting
        • Deactivating GameObjects
        • Tags
        • Static GameObjects
        • Prefabs
        • Instantiating Prefabs at runtime
        • Saving Your Work
      • Input
        • Conventional Game Input
        • Mobile Device Input
          • Mobile Keyboard
      • Transforms
      • Constraints
        • Aim Constraints
        • Parent Constraints
        • Position Constraints
        • Rotation Constraints
        • Scale Constraints
      • Rotation and Orientation in Unity
      • Lights
      • Cameras
      • Adding Random Gameplay Elements
      • Cross-Platform Considerations
      • Publishing Builds
      • Troubleshooting
    • Editor Features
      • 2D and 3D Mode Settings
      • Preferences
      • Presets
      • Build Settings
      • Project Settings
        • Input Manager
        • Tags and Layers
        • Audio Manager
        • Time Manager
        • Player Settings
          • Splash Screen
        • Physics Manager
        • Physics 2D Settings
        • Quality Settings
        • Graphics Settings
        • Network Manager
        • Editor Settings
        • Script Execution Order Settings
        • Preset Manager
      • Network Emulation
      • Visual Studio C# integration
      • RenderDoc Integration
      • Editor Analytics
      • Check For Updates
      • IME in Unity
      • Special folder names
      • Exporting Packages
      • Version Control
        • Version control integration
        • Perforce Integration
        • Plastic SCM Integration
        • Using external version control systems with Unity
        • Smart Merge
      • Troubleshooting The Editor
    • Advanced Development
      • Profiler overview
        • Profiler window
        • CPU Usage Profiler
        • Rendering Profiler
        • Memory Profiler
        • Audio Profiler
        • Physics Profiler
        • GPU Profiler
        • Global Illumination Profiler
        • UI Profiler
      • Multi-Scene editing
      • Loading Resources at Runtime
      • Plugins
        • Plugin Inspector
        • Managed Plugins
        • Native Plugins
        • Building Plugins for Desktop Platforms
        • Low-level Native Plugin Interface
          • Low-level native plugin rendering extensions
          • Low-level native plugin Shader compiler access
      • AssetBundles
        • AssetBundle Workflow
        • Preparing Assets for AssetBundles
        • Building AssetBundles
        • AssetBundle Dependencies
        • Using AssetBundles Natively
        • AssetBundle Manager
        • Patching with AssetBundles
        • Troubleshooting
        • Unity Asset Bundle Browser tool
      • Reducing the file size of your build
      • Social API
      • JSON Serialization
      • Streaming Assets
      • ScriptableObject
    • Advanced Editor Topics
      • Build Player Pipeline
      • Command line arguments
        • Batch mode and built-in coroutine compatibility
      • Applying defaults to assets by folder
      • Support for custom Menu Item and Editor features
      • Behind the Scenes
      • AssetDatabase
      • Text-Based Scene Files
        • Description of the Format
        • An Example of a YAML Scene File
        • YAML Class ID Reference
      • Cache Server
      • Modifying Source Assets Through Scripting
      • Extending the Editor
        • Editor Windows
        • Property Drawers
        • Custom Editors
        • TreeView
      • Running Editor Script Code on Launch
    • Licenses and Activation
      • Online activation
      • Offline / Manual Activation
      • Managing your License
      • Activation FAQ
    • Upgrade Guides
      • Using the Automatic API Updater
      • Upgrading to Unity 2018.1
      • Upgrading to Unity 2017.3
      • Upgrading to Unity 2017.2
      • Upgrading to Unity 2017.1
      • Upgrading to Unity 5.6
      • Upgrading to Unity 5.5
      • Upgrading to Unity 5.4
        • 5.4 Networking API Changes
      • Upgrading to Unity 5.3
      • Upgrading to Unity 5.2
      • Upgrading to Unity 5.0
        • AI in Unity 5.0
        • Animation in Unity 5.0
        • Audio in Unity 5.0
        • Baked Data in Unity 5.0
        • Plugins in Unity 5.0
        • Physics in Unity 5.0
        • Shaders in Unity 5.0
        • Other Upgrade Notes for Unity 5.0
      • Upgrading to Unity 4.0
      • Upgrading to Unity 3.5
  • Importing
    • Model import workflows
      • Importing humanoid animations
      • Importing non-humanoid animations
    • Model Import Settings window
      • Model tab
      • Rig tab
        • Avatar Mapping tab
        • Avatar Muscle & Settings tab
        • Avatar Mask window
        • Human Template window
      • Animation tab
        • Euler curve resampling
        • Extracting animation clips
        • Loop optimization on Animation clips
        • Curves
        • Events
        • Mask
        • Motion
      • Material tab
      • SketchUp Settings
    • Model file formats
    • Limitations when importing from other applications
    • Exporting from other applications
      • Humanoid Asset preparation
  • 2D
    • Gameplay in 2D
    • Sprites
      • Sprite Renderer
      • Sprite Creator
      • Sprite Editor
        • Sprite Editor: Custom Outline
        • Sprite Editor: Custom Physics Shape
      • Sprite Packer
      • Sorting Group
      • 9-slicing Sprites
      • Sprite Masks
      • Sprite Atlas
    • Tilemap
      • Tile Assets
      • Tilemap Renderer
      • Creating Tiles
      • Creating Tilemaps
      • Tilemap Palette
      • Painting Tilemaps
      • Tilemaps and Physics 2D
      • Scriptable Tiles
        • TileBase
        • Tile
        • TileData
        • TileAnimationData
        • Other useful classes
        • Scriptable Tile example
      • Scriptable Brushes
        • GridBrushBase
        • GridBrushEditorBase
        • Other useful classes
        • Scriptable Brush example
    • Physics Reference 2D
      • Rigidbody 2D
      • Collider 2D
        • Circle Collider 2D
        • Box Collider 2D
        • Polygon Collider 2D
        • Edge Collider 2D
        • Capsule Collider 2D
        • Composite Collider 2D
      • Physics Material 2D
      • 2D Joints
        • Distance Joint 2D
        • Fixed Joint 2D
        • Friction Joint 2D
        • Hinge Joint 2D
        • Relative Joint 2D
        • Slider Joint 2D
        • Spring Joint 2D
        • Target Joint 2D
        • Wheel Joint 2D
      • Constant Force 2D
      • Effectors 2D
        • Area Effector 2D
        • Buoyancy Effector 2D
        • Point Effector 2D
        • Platform Effector 2D
        • Surface Effector 2D
  • Graphics
    • Graphics Overview
      • Lighting
        • Lighting overview
        • Lighting Window
        • Light Explorer
        • Light sources
          • Types of light
          • The Light Inspector
          • Using Lights
          • Cookies
        • Shadows
          • Shadows
          • Directional light shadows
        • Global Illumination
          • Enlighten
            • Using precomputed lighting
            • LOD and Realtime GI
          • Progressive Lightmapper
            • Lightmapping: Getting started
            • Lightmap seam stitching
            • UV overlap feedback
            • Custom fall-off
          • Lightmap Parameters
          • Baked ambient occlusion
          • LOD for baked lightmaps
          • Light Probes
            • Light Probes: Technical information
            • Placing Light Probes
            • Placing probes using scripting
            • Light Probes for moving objects
            • Light Probes and the Mesh Renderer
            • Light Probe Proxy Volume component
          • Reflection probes
            • Types of Reflection Probe
            • Using Reflection Probes
            • Advanced Reflection Probe Features
            • Reflection probe performance and optimisation
          • Lighting Modes
            • Lighting: Technical information and terminology
            • Real-time lighting
            • Mixed lighting
              • Baked Indirect mode
              • Shadowmask mode
                • Shadowmask
                • Distance Shadowmask
              • Subtractive mode
            • Baked lighting
          • GI visualizations in the Scene view
          • Lighting Data Asset
          • Lightmap Directional Modes
          • Lightmaps: Technical information
          • Material properties and the GI system
          • Global Illumination UVs
            • Importing UVs from Maya to Unity
            • Generating Lightmap UVs
          • GI cache
        • Light troubleshooting and performance
        • Related topics
          • Linear rendering overview
            • Linear or gamma workflow
            • Gamma Textures with linear rendering
            • Working with linear Textures
      • Cameras
        • Using more than one camera
        • Camera Tricks
          • Understanding the View Frustum
          • The Size of the Frustum at a Given Distance from the Camera
          • Dolly Zoom (AKA the “Trombone” Effect)
          • Rays from the Camera
          • Using an Oblique Frustum
          • Creating an Impression of Large or Small Size
        • Occlusion Culling
        • Dynamic resolution
      • Materials, Shaders & Textures
        • Textures
        • Creating and Using Materials
        • Standard Shader
          • Content and Context
          • Metallic vs Specular Workflow
          • Material parameters
            • Rendering Mode
            • Albedo Color and Transparency
            • Specular mode: Specular parameter
            • Metallic mode: Metallic Parameter
            • Smoothness
            • Normal map (Bump mapping)
            • Heightmap
            • Occlusion Map
            • Emission
            • Secondary Maps (Detail Maps) & Detail Mask
            • The Fresnel Effect
          • Material charts
          • Make your own
        • Standard Particle Shaders
        • Physically Based Rendering Material Validator
        • Accessing and Modifying Material parameters via script
        • Writing Shaders
        • Legacy Shaders
          • Usage and Performance of Built-in Shaders
          • Normal Shader Family
            • Vertex-Lit
            • Diffuse
            • Specular
            • Bumped Diffuse
            • Bumped Specular
            • Parallax Diffuse
            • Parallax Bumped Specular
            • Decal
            • Diffuse Detail
          • Transparent Shader Family
            • Transparent Vertex-Lit
            • Transparent Diffuse
            • Transparent Specular
            • Transparent Bumped Diffuse
            • Transparent Bumped Specular
            • Transparent Parallax Diffuse
            • Transparent Parallax Specular
          • Transparent Cutout Shader Family
            • Transparent Cutout Vertex-Lit
            • Transparent Cutout Diffuse
            • Transparent Cutout Specular
            • Transparent Cutout Bumped Diffuse
            • Transparent Cutout Bumped Specular
          • Self-Illuminated Shader Family
            • Self-Illuminated Vertex-Lit
            • Self-Illuminated Diffuse
            • Self-Illuminated Specular
            • Self-Illuminated Normal mapped Diffuse
            • Self-Illuminated Normal mapped Specular
            • Self-Illuminated Parallax Diffuse
            • Self-Illuminated Parallax Specular
          • Reflective Shader Family
            • Reflective Vertex-Lit
            • Reflective Diffuse
            • Reflective Specular
            • Reflective Bumped Diffuse
            • Reflective Bumped Specular
            • Reflective Parallax Diffuse
            • Reflective Parallax Specular
            • Reflective Normal Mapped Unlit
            • Reflective Normal mapped Vertex-lit
      • Video overview
        • Video Player component
        • Video Clips
        • Video sources
          • Video file compatibility
          • Understanding video files
        • Video transparency support
        • Panoramic video
      • Terrain Engine
        • Creating and editing Terrains
        • Height Tools
        • Terrain Textures
        • Trees
          • SpeedTree
        • Wind Zones
        • Grass and other details
        • Terrain settings
      • Tree Editor
        • Building Your First Tree
        • Tree Basics
        • Branch Group Properties
        • Leaf Group Properties
        • Tree - Wind Zones
      • Particle Systems
        • What is a Particle System?
        • Using Particle Systems in Unity
        • Particle System How-Tos
          • A Simple Explosion
          • Exhaust Smoke from a Vehicle
          • Particle System vertex streams and Standard Shader support
          • Particle System GPU Instancing
      • Post-processing overview
        • Post-processing stack
          • Setting up the post-processing stack
        • Anti-aliasing
        • Ambient Occlusion
        • Screen Space Reflection
        • Fog
        • Depth of Field
        • Motion Blur
        • Eye Adaptation
        • Bloom
        • Color Grading
        • User LUT
        • Chromatic Aberration
        • Grain
        • Vignette
        • Dithering
        • Debug Views
        • Monitors
        • Writing post-processing effects
      • Advanced Rendering Features
        • High Dynamic Range Rendering
          • HDR color picker
        • Rendering Paths
        • Level of Detail (LOD)
        • Graphics API support
          • DirectX
          • Metal
          • OpenGL Core
        • Compute shaders
        • Graphics Command Buffers
        • GPU instancing
        • Sparse Textures
        • Graphics hardware capabilities and emulation
        • CullingGroup API
        • Asynchronous Texture Upload
      • Procedural Mesh Geometry
        • Anatomy of a Mesh
        • Using the Mesh Class
        • Example - Creating a Quad
      • Optimizing graphics performance
        • DrawCallBatching
        • Modeling characters for optimal performance
        • Rendering Statistics Window
        • Frame Debugger
        • Optimizing Shader Load Time
      • Layers
        • Layer-based collision detection
    • Graphics Reference
      • Cameras Reference
        • Camera
        • Flare Layer
        • GUI Layer (Legacy)
      • Shader Reference
        • Writing Surface Shaders
          • Surface Shader examples
          • Custom lighting models in Surface Shaders
          • Surface Shader lighting examples
          • Surface Shaders with DX11 / OpenGL Core Tessellation
        • Writing vertex and fragment shaders
          • Vertex and fragment shader examples
          • Shader semantics
          • Accessing shader properties in Cg/HLSL
          • Providing vertex data to vertex programs
          • Built-in shader include files
          • Predefined Shader preprocessor macros
          • Built-in shader helper functions
          • Built-in shader variables
          • Making multiple shader program variants
          • GLSL Shader programs
          • Shading Language used in Unity
          • Shader Compilation Target Levels
          • Shader data types and precision
          • Using sampler states
        • ShaderLab Syntax
          • ShaderLab: Properties
          • ShaderLab: SubShader
            • ShaderLab: Pass
              • ShaderLab: Culling & Depth Testing
              • ShaderLab: Blending
              • ShaderLab: Pass Tags
              • ShaderLab: Stencil
              • ShaderLab: Name
              • ShaderLab: Legacy Lighting
              • ShaderLab: Legacy Texture Combiners
              • ShaderLab: Legacy Alpha Testing
              • ShaderLab: Legacy Fog
              • ShaderLab: Legacy BindChannels
            • ShaderLab: UsePass
            • ShaderLab: GrabPass
            • ShaderLab: SubShader Tags
          • ShaderLab: Fallback
          • ShaderLab: CustomEditor
          • ShaderLab: other commands
        • Shader assets
        • Advanced ShaderLab topics
          • Unity’s Rendering Pipeline
          • Performance tips when writing shaders
          • Rendering with Replaced Shaders
          • Custom Shader GUI
          • Using Depth Textures
          • Camera’s Depth Texture
          • Platform-specific rendering differences
          • Shader Level of Detail
          • Texture arrays
          • Debugging DirectX 11/12 shaders with Visual Studio
          • Debugging DirectX 12 shaders with PIX
          • Implementing Fixed Function TexGen in Shaders
      • Particle Systems reference
        • Particle System
        • Particle System modules
          • Particle System Main module
          • Emission module
          • Particle System Shape Module
          • Velocity over Lifetime module
          • Noise module
          • Limit Velocity Over Lifetime module
          • Inherit Velocity module
          • Force Over Lifetime module
          • Color Over Lifetime module
          • Color By Speed module
          • Size over Lifetime module
          • Size by Speed module
          • Rotation Over Lifetime module
          • Rotation By Speed module
          • External Forces module
          • Collision module
          • Triggers module
          • Sub Emitters module
          • Texture Sheet Animation module
          • Lights module
          • Trails module
          • Custom Data module
          • Renderer module
        • Particle Systems (Legacy, prior to release 3.5)
          • Ellipsoid Particle Emitter (Legacy)
          • Mesh Particle Emitter (Legacy)
          • Particle Animator (Legacy)
          • Particle Renderer (Legacy)
          • World Particle Collider (Legacy)
      • Visual Effects Reference
        • Halo
        • Lens Flare
          • Flare
        • Line Renderer
        • Trail Renderer
        • Billboard Renderer
        • Billboard Asset
        • Projector
      • Mesh Components
        • Meshes
        • Material
        • Mesh Filter
        • Mesh Renderer
        • Skinned Mesh Renderer
        • Text Mesh
          • Text Asset
          • Font
      • Texture Components
        • Textures
          • Importing Textures
          • Texture Types
          • Texture compression formats for platform-specific overrides
        • Render Texture
          • Custom Render Textures
        • Movie Texture
        • 3D Textures
        • Texture arrays
      • Rendering Components
        • Cubemap
        • Occlusion Area
        • Occlusion Portals
        • Skybox
        • Reflection Probe
        • LOD Group
      • Rendering Pipeline Details
        • Deferred shading rendering path
        • Forward Rendering Path Details
        • Legacy Deferred Lighting Rendering Path
        • Vertex Lit Rendering Path Details
        • Hardware Requirements for Unity’s Graphics Features
    • Graphics HOWTOs
      • How do I Import Alpha Textures?
      • How do I Make a Skybox?
      • How do I make a Mesh Particle Emitter? (Legacy Particle System)
      • How do I make a Spot Light Cookie?
      • How do I fix the rotation of an imported model?
      • Water in Unity
      • Art Asset best practice guide
      • Importing models from 3D modeling software
      • How to do Stereoscopic Rendering
    • Graphics Tutorials
      • Shaders: ShaderLab and fixed function shaders
      • Shaders: vertex and fragment programs
    • Scriptable Render Pipeline
  • Physics
    • Physics Overview
      • Rigidbody overview
      • Colliders
      • Joints
      • Character Controllers
      • Physics Debug Visualization
    • 3D Physics Reference
      • Box Collider
      • Capsule Collider
      • Character Controller
      • Character Joint
      • Configurable Joint
      • Constant Force
      • Fixed Joint
      • Hinge Joint
      • Mesh Collider
      • Rigidbody
      • Sphere Collider
      • Spring Joint
      • Cloth
      • Wheel Collider
      • Terrain Collider
      • Physic Material
    • Physics HOWTOs
      • Ragdoll Wizard
      • Joint and Ragdoll stability
    • Wheel Collider Tutorial
  • Scripting
    • Scripting Overview
      • Creating and Using Scripts
      • Variables and the Inspector
      • Controlling GameObjects using components
      • Event Functions
      • Time and Framerate Management
      • Creating and Destroying GameObjects
      • Coroutines
      • Namespaces
      • Attributes
      • Execution Order of Event Functions
      • Understanding Automatic Memory Management
      • Platform dependent compilation
      • Special folders and script compilation order
      • Script compilation and assembly definition files
      • .NET profile support
      • Referencing additional class library assemblies
      • Stable scripting runtime: known limitations
      • Generic Functions
      • Scripting restrictions
      • Script Serialization
        • Built-in serialization
        • Custom serialization
        • Script serialization errors
      • UnityEvents
      • What is a Null Reference Exception?
      • Important Classes
      • Vector Cookbook
        • Understanding Vector Arithmetic
        • Direction and Distance from One Object to Another
        • Computing a Normal/Perpendicular vector
        • The Amount of One Vector’s Magnitude that Lies in Another Vector’s Direction
    • Scripting Tools
      • Console Window
      • Log Files
      • Unity Test Runner
        • Writing and executing tests in Unity Test Runner
      • IL2CPP
        • Building a project using IL2CPP
        • Compiler options
        • Windows Runtime support
        • How IL2CPP works
        • Optimizing IL2CPP build times
        • Managed bytecode stripping with IL2CPP
      • Integrated development environment (IDE) support
    • Event System
      • Messaging System
      • Input Modules
      • Supported Events
      • Raycasters
      • Event System Reference
        • Event System Manager
        • Graphic Raycaster
        • Physics Raycaster
        • Physics 2D Raycaster
        • Standalone Input Module
        • Touch Input Module
        • Event Trigger
    • C# Job System
      • C# Job System Overview
      • What is multithreading?
      • What is a job system?
      • The safety system in the C# Job System
      • NativeContainer
      • Creating jobs
      • Scheduling jobs
      • JobHandle and dependencies
      • ParallelFor jobs
      • ParallelForTransform jobs
      • C# Job System tips and troubleshooting
  • Multiplayer and Networking
    • Multiplayer Overview
    • Setting up a multiplayer project
    • Using the Network Manager
    • Using the Network Manager HUD
    • The Network Manager HUD in LAN mode
    • The Network Manager HUD in Matchmaker mode
    • Converting a single-player game to Unity Multiplayer
    • Debugging Information
    • The Multiplayer High Level API
      • Networking HLAPI System Concepts
      • Networked GameObjects
        • Player GameObjects
        • Custom Player Spawning
        • Spawning GameObjects
        • Custom Spawn Functions
        • Network Authority
        • State synchronization
        • Advanced State Synchronization
        • Network visibility
        • Customizing network visibility
        • Scene GameObjects
      • Actions and communication
        • Remote Actions
        • Network Manager callbacks
        • NetworkBehaviour callbacks
        • Network Messages
      • Dealing with clients and servers
        • Network clients and servers
        • Host Migration
        • Network Discovery
        • Multiplayer Lobby
      • Using the Transport Layer API
        • NetworkReader and NetworkWriter serializers
      • Setting up Unity Multiplayer
        • Integrating the Multiplayer Service
        • Integration using the HUD
        • Integration using Unity’s High-Level API
        • Integration using NetworkTransport
        • Common Errors
        • Customized Matchmaking callbacks
      • Networking Tips for Mobile devices.
    • Multiplayer Component Reference
      • Network Animator
      • Network Discovery
      • Network Identity
      • Network Lobby Manager
      • Network Lobby Player
      • Network Manager HUD
      • Network Manager
      • Network Proximity Checker
      • NetworkStartPosition
      • Network Transform
      • Network Transform Child
      • Network Transform Visualizer
    • Multiplayer Classes Reference
      • NetworkBehaviour
      • NetworkClient
      • NetworkConnection
      • NetworkServer
      • NetworkServerSimple
    • UnityWebRequest
      • Common operations: using the HLAPI
        • Retrieving text or binary data from an HTTP Server (GET)
        • Retrieving a Texture from an HTTP Server (GET)
        • Downloading an AssetBundle from an HTTP server (GET)
        • Sending a form to an HTTP server (POST)
        • Uploading raw data to an HTTP server (PUT)
      • Advanced operations: Using the LLAPI
        • Creating UnityWebRequests
        • Creating UploadHandlers
        • Creating DownloadHandlers
  • Audio
    • Audio Overview
    • Audio files
    • Tracker Modules
    • Audio Mixer
      • An overview of the concepts and AudioMixer
      • Specifics on the AudioMixer window
      • AudioGroup Inspector
      • Overview of Usage and API
    • Native Audio Plugin SDK
      • Audio Spatializer SDK
    • Audio Profiler
    • Ambisonic Audio
    • Audio Reference
      • Audio Clip
      • Audio Listener
      • Audio Source
      • Audio Mixer
      • Audio Filters
        • Audio Low Pass Filter
        • Audio High Pass Filter
        • Audio Echo Filter
        • Audio Distortion Filter
        • Audio Reverb Filter
        • Audio Chorus Filter
      • Audio Effects
        • Audio Low Pass Effect
        • Audio High Pass Effect
        • Audio Echo Effect
        • Audio Flange Effect
        • Audio Distortion Effect
        • Audio Normalize Effect
        • Audio Parametric Equalizer Effect
        • Audio Pitch Shifter Effect
        • Audio Chorus Effect
        • Audio Compressor Effect
        • Audio SFX Reverb Effect
        • Audio Low Pass Simple Effect
        • Audio High Pass Simple Effect
      • Reverb Zones
      • Microphone
      • Audio Settings
  • Animation
    • Animation System Overview
    • Animation Clips
      • Animation from external sources
        • Humanoid Avatars
      • Animation Window Guide
        • Using the Animation view
        • Creating a New Animation Clip
        • Animating a GameObject
        • Using Animation Curves
        • Editing Curves
        • Key manipulation in Dopesheet mode
        • Key manipulation in Curves mode
        • Objects with Multiple Moving Parts
        • Using Animation Events
    • Animator Controllers
      • The Animator Controller Asset
      • The Animator Window
      • Animation State Machines
        • State Machine Basics
        • Animation Parameters
        • State Machine Transitions
        • State Machine Behaviours
        • Sub-State Machines
        • Animation Layers
        • Solo and Mute functionality
        • Target Matching
        • Inverse Kinematics
        • Root Motion - how it works
          • Tutorial: Scripting Root Motion for “in-place” humanoid animations
      • Blend Trees
        • 1D Blending
        • 2D Blending
        • Direct Blending
        • Additional Blend Tree Options
      • Animation Blend Shapes
      • Animator Override Controllers
    • Retargeting of Humanoid animations
    • Performance and optimization
    • Animation Reference
      • Animator Component
      • Animator Controller
        • Creating an AnimatorController
        • Animation States
        • Animation transitions
    • Animation FAQ
    • Playables API
      • The PlayableGraph
      • ScriptPlayable and PlayableBehaviour
      • Playables Examples
    • A Glossary of animation terms
  • Timeline
    • Timeline overview
    • Timeline workflows
      • Creating a Timeline Asset and Timeline instance
      • Recording basic animation with an Infinite clip
      • Converting an Infinite clip to an Animation clip
      • Creating humanoid animation
      • Using Animation Override Tracks and Avatar Masking
    • Timeline Editor window
      • Timeline Preview and Timeline Selector
      • Timeline Playback Controls
      • Track List
        • Adding tracks
        • Selecting tracks
        • Duplicating tracks
        • Deleting tracks
        • Locking tracks
        • Muting tracks
        • Reordering tracks and rendering priority
        • Organizing tracks into Track groups
        • Hiding and showing Track groups
      • Clips view
        • Navigating the Clips view
        • Adding clips
        • Selecting clips
        • Positioning clips
        • Tiling clips
        • Duplicating clips
        • Trimming clips
        • Splitting clips
        • Resetting clips
        • Changing clip play speed
        • Setting gap extrapolation
        • Easing-in and Easing-out clips
        • Blending clips
        • Matching clip offsets
      • Curves view
        • Hiding and showing curves
        • Navigating the Curves view
        • Selecting keys
        • Adding keys
        • Editing keys
        • Changing interpolation and shape
        • Deleting keys
      • Timeline Settings
    • Timeline and the Inspector Window
      • Setting Timeline properties
      • Setting Track properties
        • Activation Track properties
        • Animation Track properties
      • Setting Clip properties
        • Activation Clip properties
        • Animation Clip common properties
        • Animation Clip playable asset properties
        • Audio Clip properties
    • Playable Director component
    • Timeline glossary
  • UI
    • Canvas
    • Basic Layout
    • Visual Components
    • Interaction Components
    • Animation Integration
    • Auto Layout
    • Rich Text
    • UI Reference
      • Rect Transform
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        • Canvas Renderer
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        • Text
        • Image
        • Raw Image
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        • RectMask2D
        • UI Effect Components
          • Shadow
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      • Interaction Components
        • Selectable Base Class
          • Transition Options
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        • Button
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      • Auto Layout
        • Layout Element
        • Content Size Fitter
        • Aspect Ratio Fitter
        • Horizontal Layout Group
        • Vertical Layout Group
        • Grid Layout Group
    • UI How Tos
      • Designing UI for Multiple Resolutions
      • Making UI elements fit the size of their content
      • Creating a World Space UI
      • Creating UI elements from scripting
      • Creating Screen Transitions
    • Immediate Mode GUI (IMGUI)
      • IMGUI Basics
      • Controls
      • Customization
      • IMGUI Layout Modes
      • Extending IMGUI
      • GUI Skin (IMGUI System)
      • GUI Style (IMGUI System)
  • Navigation and Pathfinding
    • Navigation Overview
      • Navigation System in Unity
      • Inner Workings of the Navigation System
      • Building a NavMesh
      • NavMesh building components
        • NavMesh Surface
        • NavMesh Modifier
        • NavMesh Modifier Volume
        • NavMesh Link
        • NavMesh building components API
      • Advanced NavMesh Bake Settings
      • Creating a NavMesh Agent
      • Creating a NavMesh Obstacle
      • Creating an Off-mesh Link
      • Building Off-Mesh Links Automatically
      • Building Height Mesh for Accurate Character Placement
      • Navigation Areas and Costs
      • Loading Multiple NavMeshes using Additive Loading
      • Using NavMesh Agent with Other Components
    • Navigation Reference
      • NavMesh Agent
      • Nav Mesh Obstacle
      • Off-Mesh Link
    • Navigation How-Tos
      • Telling a NavMeshAgent to Move to a Destination
      • Moving an Agent to a Position Clicked by the Mouse
      • Making an Agent Patrol Between a Set of Points
      • Coupling Animation and Navigation
  • Unity Services
    • Setting up your project for Unity Services
    • Unity Organizations
      • Subscriptions and seats
      • Managing your Organization
      • Managing your Organization’s Projects
      • Transfer a Project to a new Organization
      • Working with Unity Teams
    • Unity Ads
      • Unity developer integration
    • Unity Analytics
      • Unity Analytics Overview
      • Setting Up Analytics
      • Analytics Dashboard
        • Overview page
        • Data Explorer
        • Funnel Analyzer page
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        • Remote Settings page
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        • Configure page
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      • Analytics events
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        • Custom Events
          • Custom Event scripting
        • Analytics Event Tracker
        • Analytics event parameters
        • Analytics Event limits
      • Funnels
      • Remote Settings
        • Creating and changing Remote Settings
        • Using Remote Settings in a Unity project
          • Remote Settings network requests
          • Enabling Remote Settings
          • Managing Remote Settings in the Unity Editor
          • Remote Settings component
          • Remote Settings scripting
          • Testing Remote Settings
      • Unity Analytics A/B Testing
      • Monetization
        • Receipt Verification
      • User Attributes
      • Unity Analytics Raw Data Export
      • Data reset
      • Upgrading Unity Analytics
        • Upgrade Unity Analytics 4.x–5.1 (SDK) to 5.2 onwards
        • Upgrade Unity Analytics 5.1 to 5.2 onwards
        • Unity Analytics Re-integrate SDK to 5.1
        • What to Do if Project IDs Don’t Match
      • COPPA Compliance
      • Unity Analytics and the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)
        • Unity Analytics DataPrivacy API
      • Analytics Metrics, Segments, and Terminology
    • Unity Cloud Build
      • Automated Build Generation
      • Supported platforms
      • Supported versions of Unity
      • Version control systems
        • Using the Unity Developer Dashboard to configure Unity Cloud Build for Git
        • Using the Unity Editor to configure Unity Cloud Build for Git
        • Using the Unity Developer Dashboard to configure Unity Cloud Build for Mercurial
        • Using the Unity Editor to configure Unity Cloud Build for Mercurial
        • Using Apache Subversion (SVN) with Unity Cloud Build
        • Using the Unity Developer Dashboard to configure Unity Cloud Build for Perforce
        • Using the Unity Editor to configure Unity Cloud Build for Perforce
      • Building for iOS
      • Advanced options
        • Development builds
        • Pre- and post-export methods
        • Xcode frameworks
        • Custom scripting #define directives
        • Including specific Scenes
      • Build manifest
        • Build manifest as JSON
        • Build manifest as ScriptableObject
      • Cloud Build REST API
    • Unity IAP
      • Setting up Unity IAP
        • Configuring for Apple App Store and Mac App Store
        • Configuring for Google Play Store
        • Configuring for Windows Store
        • Configuration for the Amazon Appstore
        • Samsung Galaxy IAP configuration
      • Cross Platform Guide
        • Codeless IAP
        • Defining products
        • Subscription Product support
        • Initialization
        • Browsing Product Metadata
        • Initiating Purchases
        • Processing Purchases
        • Handling purchase failures
        • Restoring Transactions
        • Purchase Receipts
        • Receipt validation
        • Store Extensions
        • Cross-store installation issues with Android in-app purchase stores
      • Store Guides
        • iOS & Mac App Stores
        • Universal Windows Platform
        • Google Play
        • Amazon Appstore and Amazon Underground Store
        • Samsung Galaxy apps
        • CloudMoolah MOO store
        • Unity IAP Xiaomi integration guide
          • Unity Channel SDK and API extensions
      • Implementing a Store
        • Initialization
        • Retrieving products
        • Handling purchases
        • Store Modules
          • Registering your store
          • Store Configuration
          • Store Extensions
    • IAP Promo
      • IAP Promo integration
      • IAP Promo Placements
      • IAP Promo Product Catalogs
      • Promotions
    • Unity Collaborate
      • Setting up Unity Collaborate
      • Adding team members to your Unity Project
      • Viewing history
      • Enabling Cloud Build with Collaborate
      • Managing Unity Editor versions
      • Reverting files
      • Resolving file conflicts
      • Excluding Assets from publishing to Collaborate
      • Publishing individual files to Collaborate
      • Restoring previous versions of a project
      • In-Progress edit notifications
      • Managing cloud storage
      • Moving your Project to another version control system
      • Collaborate troubleshooting tips
    • UnityCloudDiagnostics
    • Unity Integrations
    • Multiplayer Services
  • XR
    • XR SDKs
      • Google VR
        • Google VR hardware and software requirements
        • Google VR quick start guide
        • Supported APIs and SDKs
        • Google VR controllers and input devices
        • Google VR features overview
        • Unity Google VR Video Async Reprojection
        • Google VR resources and troubleshooting
      • Vuforia
        • Vuforia hardware and software requirements
        • Vuforia quick start guide
          • Setting up your Project for Vuforia
          • Setting up Image Targets
          • Importing and activating the Target Database in Unity
          • Adding Image Targets to your Scene
          • Displaying 3D models on top of tracked images
        • Vuforia platform configuration settings
        • Vuforia tips, troubleshooting and resources
      • Windows Mixed Reality

        • WMR hardware and software requirements

        • WMR quick start guide

        • WMR input and interaction concepts

        • WMR testing during development

        • HoloLens WorldAnchor persistence

        • HoloLens Anchor Sharing

        • HoloLens Web Camera
          • HoloLens photo capture
          • HoloLens video capture
        • HoloLens Spatial Mapping

          • Spatial Mapping components

          • The settings below are common to both Spatial Mapping Renderer and Spatial Mapping Collider components.

          • Spatial Mapping Collider

          • Spatial Mapping Renderer

          • Spatial Mapping low level API

          • Spatial Mapping common troubleshooting issues

    • Unity XR input
      • Input for Windows Mixed Reality
      • Input for OpenVR controllers
      • Input for Oculus

    • XR API reference

    • Mixed Reality Devices

    • VR overview

    • VR devices
      • Oculus
      • OpenVR
    • Single Pass Stereo rendering (Double-Wide rendering)
      • Single Pass Instanced rendering
      • Single-Pass Stereo Rendering for HoloLens

    • VR Audio Spatializers

  • Open-source repositories
    • How to contribute to Unity
      • Step 1: Get a Bitbucket account
      • Step 2: Fork the repository you want to contribute to
      • Step 3: Clone your fork
      • Step 4: Apply modifications to your fork
      • Step 5: Open a pull request on Bitbucket
      • Step 6: Wait for feedback
      • Further Reading
      • FAQ
  • Asset Store Publishing
    • Adding Keywords to Assets
    • Asset Store Publisher Administration
    • Asset Store FAQ
    • Asset Store Publishing Guide
    • DeprecateAssetGuide
    • Asset Store Manual
      • Publisher Admin Section Overview
      • Setting up Google Analytics
      • Viewing the status of your Asset Store submissions
      • Refunding your customers
      • Removing your Assets from the Asset Store
      • Providing support
      • Asset Store promotions
  • Platform-specific
    • Standalone
      • Standalone Player Settings
      • Multi-display
    • macOS
      • macOS Player: IL2CPP Scripting Backend
        • macOS Player: C++ source code plugins for IL2CPP
      • Delivering your application to the Mac App Store
    • Apple TV
      • Building games for Apple TV
    • WebGL
      • WebGL Player Settings
      • Getting started with WebGL development
        • WebGL Browser Compatibility
        • Building and running a WebGL project
        • WebGL: Deploying compressed builds
        • Debugging and troubleshooting WebGL builds
        • WebGL Graphics
        • WebGL Networking
        • Using Audio In WebGL
        • WebGL performance considerations
        • Memory Considerations when targeting WebGL
        • WebGL: Interacting with browser scripting
        • Using WebGL Templates
        • Cursor locking and full-screen mode in WebGL
        • Input in WebGL
    • iOS
      • Getting started with iOS development
        • Unity iOS Basics
        • iOS account setup
        • Inside the iOS build process
        • Structure of a Unity XCode Project
        • Customizing an iOS Splash Screen
        • iOS Hardware Guide
      • iOS Player Settings
      • iOS 2D Texture Overrides
      • Upgrading to 64-bit iOS
      • iOS Advanced Topics
        • Unity Remote
        • iOS Scripting
          • iOS Game Controller support
          • Advanced Unity Mobile Scripting
        • Optimizing Performance on iOS
          • iOS-specific optimizations
          • Measuring performance with the built-in profiler
          • Optimizing the size of the built iOS Player
          • Optimizing Physics Performance
        • Building Plugins for iOS
        • Preparing your application for In-App Purchases (IAP)
        • Customising WWW requests on iOS
        • App thinning
        • Managed stack traces on iOS
      • Features currently not supported by Unity iOS
      • Troubleshooting on iOS devices
      • Reporting crash bugs on iOS
    • Android
      • Getting started with Android development
        • Android environment setup
        • Unity Remote
        • Android Remote (DEPRECATED)
        • Troubleshooting Android development
        • Inside the Android build process
        • Reporting crash bugs under Android
        • Support for APK expansion files (OBB)
        • Android Scripting
          • Advanced Unity mobile scripting
        • Building and using plug-ins for Android
          • AAR plug-ins and Android Libraries
          • JAR plug-ins
          • Extending the UnityPlayerActivity Java Code
          • Native (C++) plug-ins for Android
        • Customizing an Android Splash Screen
        • Single-Pass Stereo Rendering for Android
      • Android Player Settings
      • Android 2D Textures Overrides
      • Gradle for Android
        • Gradle troubleshooting
      • Android Manifest
    • Facebook
      • Getting started with Facebook development
      • Facebook Player Settings
    • Windows
      • Windows General
        • Windows standalone Player build binaries
        • Windows Debugging
        • WindowsLowIntegrity
        • Windows Player: IL2CPP Scripting Backend
          • Windows Player: IL2CPP build files
          • Windows Player: C++ source code plugins for IL2CPP
      • Universal Windows Platform
        • Getting Started
        • Universal Windows Platform: Deployment
        • Universal Windows Platform: Profiler
        • Universal Windows Platform: Command line arguments
        • Universal Windows Platform: Association launching
        • AppCallbacks class
        • Universal Windows Platform: WinRT API in C# scripts
        • Universal Windows Platform Player Settings
        • Scripting Backends
          • Universal Windows Platform: .NET Scripting Backend
            • Universal Windows Platform: Generated project with .NET scripting backend
            • Universal Windows Platform: Missing .NET Types on .NET Scripting Backend
            • Universal Windows Platform: Plugins on .NET Scripting Backend
            • Universal Windows Platform: Debugging on .NET Scripting Backend
          • Universal Windows Platform: IL2CPP scripting back end
            • Universal Windows Platform: Generated project with IL2CPP scripting backend
            • Universal Windows Platform: Plugins on IL2CPP Scripting Backend
            • Universal Windows Platform: Debugging on IL2CPP Scripting Backend
        • FAQ
        • Universal Windows Platform: Examples
        • Universal Windows Platform: Code snippets
        • Known issues
    • Web Player
    • Mobile Developer Checklist
      • Crashes
      • Profiling
      • Optimizations
      • Practical guide to optimization for mobiles
        • Graphics Methods
        • Scripting and Gameplay Methods
        • Rendering Optimizations
        • Optimizing Scripts
  • Experimental
    • Getting started with UIElements
    • Scripted Importers
    • Look Dev
      • Overview
      • The Look Dev view
      • Control panel
      • Settings menu
      • Views menu
      • HDRI environments in Look Dev
      • The HDRI view
      • HDRI menus
      • Environment Shadow
    • Scripting Runtime Upgrade
  • Legacy Topics
    • Windows Store: Windows SDKs
      • Windows Phone 8.1
      • Windows Phone 8.1: Debugging
      • Windows 8.1 Universal Applications
      • Universal Windows 10 Applications: Getting Started
    • Asset Server (Team License)
      • Setting up the Asset Server
    • Legacy Network Reference Guide
      • High Level Networking Concepts (Legacy)
      • Networking Elements in Unity (Legacy)
      • Network Views (Legacy)
        • Network View
      • RPC Details (Legacy)
      • State Synchronization Details (Legacy)
      • Network Instantiate (Legacy)
      • Network Level Loading (Legacy)
      • Master Server (Legacy)
        • Building the Unity Networking Servers on your own (Legacy)
      • Minimizing Network Bandwidth (Legacy)
    • Legacy Asset Bundles
      • Creating Asset Bundles in Unity 4
      • Managing Asset Dependencies in Unity 4
    • Legacy Animation System
      • Animation
      • Animation Scripting (Legacy)
    • Legacy GUI
      • GUI Text (Legacy UI Component)
      • GUI Texture (Legacy UI Component)
    • Legacy Unity Analytics (SDK Workflow)
      • Basic Integration (SDK)
        • Import SDK
        • Create Game Script
        • Attach Game Script
        • Play To Validate
      • Advanced Integration (SDK)
        • Custom Events
        • Monetization
          • Receipt Verification
        • User Attributes
    • LegacyUnityRemote * Unity Remote
      • Unity Remote 3 (DEPRECATED)
  • Best practice guides
    • Understanding optimization in Unity
      • Profiling
      • Memory
      • Coroutines
      • Asset auditing
      • Understanding the managed heap
      • Strings and text
      • The Resources folder
      • General Optimizations
      • Special optimizations
    • Making believable visuals in Unity
      • Preparing Assets for Unity
      • Preparing render settings in Unity
      • Lighting strategy
      • Modelling
      • Shading
      • Outdoor lighting and Scene setup
      • Indoor and local lighting
      • Understanding post-processing
      • Dynamic lighting

  • Expert guides

  • New in Unity 2018.1

  • Packages Documentation