Search icon CANCEL
Arrow left icon
Explore Products
Best Sellers
New Releases
Books
Videos
Audiobooks
Learning Hub
Conferences
Free Learning
Arrow right icon
Arrow up icon
GO TO TOP
Unity 2017 Game Optimization

You're reading from   Unity 2017 Game Optimization Optimize all aspects of Unity performance

Arrow left icon
Product type Paperback
Published in Nov 2017
Publisher
ISBN-13 9781788392365
Length 376 pages
Edition 2nd Edition
Languages
Tools
Arrow right icon
Author (1):
Arrow left icon
Chris Dickinson Chris Dickinson
Author Profile Icon Chris Dickinson
Chris Dickinson
Arrow right icon
View More author details
Toc

Table of Contents (10) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Pursuing Performance Problems FREE CHAPTER 2. Scripting Strategies 3. The Benefits of Batching 4. Kickstart Your Art 5. Faster Physics 6. Dynamic Graphics 7. Virtual Velocity and Augmented Acceleration 8. Masterful Memory Management 9. Tactical Tips and Tricks

The future of Unity, Mono, and IL2CPP

When the first edition of this book was written, IL2CPP was being teased in a variety of blog posts, and Unity was still running a very old version of Mono. Well, the good news is that IL2CPP has finally landed, but the bad news is Unity is still running a very old version of Mono. This is an unfortunate consequence of how various elements of the Mono Framework are licensed, meaning that Unity Technologies has only been able to update Mono on an infrequent basis.

After many years, Unity is still only able to make use of the .NET 3.5 library functionality, which is about a decade old at this point. This limits what kinds of .NET library classes we can use, restricts certain C# language features, and limits performance since many enhancements would have been made to the library during this time. However, to the great relief of...

lock icon The rest of the chapter is locked
Register for a free Packt account to unlock a world of extra content!
A free Packt account unlocks extra newsletters, articles, discounted offers, and much more. Start advancing your knowledge today.
Unlock this book and the full library FREE for 7 days
Get unlimited access to 7000+ expert-authored eBooks and videos courses covering every tech area you can think of
Renews at €18.99/month. Cancel anytime