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Extending Unity with Editor Scripting

You're reading from   Extending Unity with Editor Scripting Put Unity to use for your video games by creating your own custom tools with editor scripting

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Product type Paperback
Published in Sep 2015
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ISBN-13 9781785281853
Length 268 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Angelo R Tadres Bustamante Angelo R Tadres Bustamante
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Preface 1. Getting Started with Editor Scripting 2. Using Gizmos in the Scene View FREE CHAPTER 3. Creating Custom Inspectors 4. Creating Editor Windows 5. Customizing the Scene View 6. Changing the Look and Feel of the Editor with GUI Styles and GUI Skins 7. Saving Data in a Persistent Way with Scriptable Objects 8. Controlling the Import Pipeline Using AssetPostprocessor Scripts 9. Improving the Build Pipeline 10. Distributing Your Tools Index

Overview

The Inspector window displays detailed information about all the attached components and scripts of the currently selected game object. The following is an example of how the Inspector window looks. In this case, we are using the HazzardSpikes level piece prefab from Run & Jump.

Overview

You can use the inspectors to change properties and exposed variables from a component or script; at runtime, you can use them to find the right combination of values for your video game.

In a script, if you define a public variable of an object type (such as GameObject or Transform), you can drag and drop a game object or prefab into the inspector to make the assignment.

In this chapter, you will learn how to create custom inspector by following our own specifications and not the Unity default ones. In this case, we will work over the Level class inspector to make it part of the Level Creator tool workflow.

Defining the chapter goals

In this chapter, we will improve the Level class and use it to save the...

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