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Getting Started with Unity 2018

You're reading from   Getting Started with Unity 2018 A Beginner's Guide to 2D and 3D game development with Unity

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Product type Paperback
Published in Mar 2018
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781788830102
Length 336 pages
Edition 3rd Edition
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Dr. Edward Lavieri Jr. Dr. Edward Lavieri Jr.
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Table of Contents (16) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Downloading and Installing Unity FREE CHAPTER 2. The Unity Interface 3. Designing the Game 4. Creating Our Terrain 5. Lights, Cameras, and Shadows 6. Creating and Importing 3D Objects for Our Game 7. Implementing Our Player Character 8. Implementing Our Non-Player Characters 9. Adding a Heads-Up Display 10. Scripting Our Points System 11. Scripting Victory and Defeat 12. Adding Audio and Visual Effects to Our Game 13. Optimizing Our Game for Deployment 14. Virtual Reality 15. Other Books You May Enjoy

Scene view


Referring to the first screenshot in this chapter, the Scene view is typically in the center of the Unity editor and might be tabled alongside the Game view tab. 

The Scene view is where you will spend most of your time working on your game. You will build and manipulate your game levels here. Some of the actions you will take in this view are adding and modifying game characters, lights, cameras, and other objects related to your game. 

As shown in the following screenshot, the Scene view has a set of controls lining the top of the interface. This is referred to as the control bar:

An overview of these controls follows:

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Control

Description

Render Mode

Various drawing options that impact how things are seen in Scene view.

2D/3D

This is a toggle between 2D and 3D views. 

Lighting

Toggles lights on/off.

Audio

Toggles audio on/off.

Effects

This control contains toggles for Skybox, Fog, Flares, Animated Materials, and Image Effects.

Gizmos

This control provides a large number of options for how...

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