Entities overview

The Entities package, part of Unity's Data-Oriented Technology Stack (DOTS), provides a data-oriented implementation of the Entity Component System (ECS) architecture.

See the DOTS Guide and Samples for introductory material, including tutorials, samples, and videos.

Package installation

To use the Entities package, you must have Unity version 2022.2.0b8 and later installed.

To install the package, open the Package Manager window (Window > Package Manager) and perform one of the following options:

• Add the package by its name
• Add the package from its Git URL

Known issues

• Calling SystemAPI methods from static methods in a system causes the following runtime error: No suitable code replacement generated, this is either due to generators failing, or lack of support in your current context.
• Blob Assets don't support methods with yield return.

Additional resources

• Getting started
• Upgrade guide
• What's new
• ECS packages