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Unity Certified Programmer Exam Guide

You're reading from   Unity Certified Programmer Exam Guide Pass the Unity certification exam with the help of expert tips and techniques

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Product type Paperback
Published in May 2022
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781803246215
Length 766 pages
Edition 2nd Edition
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Table of Contents (17) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Chapter 1: Setting Up and Structuring Our Project 2. Chapter 2: Adding and Manipulating Objects FREE CHAPTER 3. Chapter 3: Managing Scripts and Taking a Mock Test 4. Chapter 4: Applying Art, Animation, and Particles 5. Chapter 5: Creating a Shop Scene for Our Game 6. Chapter 6: Purchasing In-Game Items and Advertisements 7. Chapter 7: Creating a Game Loop and Mock Test 8. Chapter 8: Adding Custom Fonts and UI 9. Chapter 9: Creating a 2D Shop Interface and In-Game HUD 10. Chapter 10: Pausing the Game, Altering Sound, and a Mock Test 11. Chapter 11: Storing Data and Audio Mixer 12. Chapter 12: NavMesh, Timeline, and a Mock Test 13. Chapter 13: Effects, Testing, Performance, and Alt Controls 14. Chapter 14: Full Unity Programmer Mock Exam 15. Other Books You May Enjoy Appendix

Chapter 11: Storing Data and Audio Mixer

In this chapter, we will be looking at common ways of storing and sending data for our game. This will also involve us making use of Unity's ready-made Audio Mixer for us to store the player's volume settings for the game.

As you may recall, in the previous chapter, we had begun making our own pause screen from scratch. We will be carrying on with this in this chapter. We still need to work on the music and sound effects slider on the pause screen. We will hold all Audio Source controls for each sound to be played in the Audio Mixer. The Audio Mixer will act as a central point for all sound and can also be manipulated via scripting, which we will also be doing in this chapter. If our game had more sound effects and more music, an Audio Mixer controlling the game's sound from one place would help us avoid getting tangled up with all the different audio source components attached to game objects.

We will be making use of storing...

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