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Mastering Unity Scripting

You're reading from   Mastering Unity Scripting Learn advanced C# tips and techniques to make professional-grade games with Unity

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Product type Paperback
Published in Jan 2015
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ISBN-13 9781784390655
Length 380 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Alan Thorn Alan Thorn
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Preface 1. Unity C# Refresher FREE CHAPTER 2. Debugging 3. Singletons, Statics, GameObjects, and the World 4. Event-driven Programming 5. Cameras, Rendering, and Scenes 6. Working with Mono 7. Artificial Intelligence 8. Customizing the Unity Editor 9. Working with Textures, Models, and 2D 10. Source Control and Other Tips Index

Visual debugging


Debugging with abstract or textual representations of data (such as Debug.Log) is often adequate but not always optimal. Sometimes, a picture is worth a thousand words. So, for example, when coding the line-of-sight functionality for enemies and other characters that allow them to see the player and other objects whenever they come in range, it's useful to get a live and graphical representation of where the line of sight actually is in the viewport. This line of functionality is drawn in terms of lines or as a wireframe cube. Similarly, if an object is following a path, it'd be great to draw this path in the viewport that displays it as a colored line. The purpose of this is not to create visual aids that will really show in the final game but simply to ease the debugging process that lets us get a better idea of how the game is working. These kinds of helpers or gizmos are a part of visual debugging. Unity already provides us with many gizmos automatically, such as the...

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