Create a minimal URP setup for embedded platforms

Configure the Universal Render PipelineA series of operations that take the contents of a Scene, and displays them on a screen. Unity lets you choose from pre-built render pipelines, or write your own. More info
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Unity recommends the efficient and configurable Universal Render Pipeline (URP) for embedded platforms. By default, URP enables features that enhance visual quality but can be resource-intensive. On embedded platforms, you can adjust or disable these settings to achieve a minimal yet efficient setup.

Follow these steps to create a minimal rendering configuration and verify it with the Render Graph Viewer.

1. Set up Quality settings

Use the same Quality settings on desktop as on embedded platforms during development:

1. Open the Quality settings window (menu: Edit > Project Settings > Quality).
2. Identify the Quality level you want to use for embedded platforms.
3. In the Quality level matrix for each platform, select the platform column, then select the required quality level in the Default level dropdown.

You can remove the quality levels that you no longer need by unchecking the corresponding checkboxes in the Quality matrix.

This ensures that the desktop build uses the same default quality level as embedded platforms, indicated by the green check mark in the matrix.

2. Configure the URP Asset

Select the URP Asset assigned to the quality level set for embedded platforms to view it the InspectorA Unity window that displays information about the currently selected GameObject, asset or project settings, allowing you to inspect and edit the values. More info
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Quality settings

• Set Render Scale to 1.0.
• Disable HDRhigh dynamic range
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3. Disable post-processing on the Renderer

To remove post-processingA process that improves product visuals by applying filters and effects before the image appears on screen. You can use post-processing effects to simulate physical camera and film properties, for example Bloom and Depth of Field. More info post processing, postprocessing, postprocess
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1. Select the URP Asset.
2. In the Inspector window, find the Renderer List section, and then click the linked Renderer asset.
3. Under Post-processing, disable the Enabled toggle.

This excludes post-processing effects such as Bloom, TonemappingThe process of remapping HDR values of an image into a range suitable to be displayed on screen. More info
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For more information, refer to Universal Renderer asset reference.

4. Configure camera settings

Select each cameraA component which creates an image of a particular viewpoint in your scene. The output is either drawn to the screen or captured as a texture. More info
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• In the Rendering section, disable Render Shadows.
• In the Environment section, if a skyboxA special type of Material used to represent skies. Usually six-sided. More info
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For more information on these settings, refer to Camera component reference.

5. Verify the setup with the Render Graph Viewer

To verify the setup:

1. Open Window > Analysis > Render Graph Viewer.
2. Run the sceneA Scene contains the environments and menus of your game. Think of each unique Scene file as a unique level. In each Scene, you place your environments, obstacles, and decorations, essentially designing and building your game in pieces. More info
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Only opaque, transparent, and UI draw passes are visible and optionally the skybox pass.

Note: URP’s default lit shadersA program that runs on the GPU. More info
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Additional resources

• Universal Render Pipeline asset reference
• Universal Renderer asset reference
• Analyze a render graph
• Render Graph Viewer window reference