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Unity 5.x Cookbook

You're reading from   Unity 5.x Cookbook More than 100 solutions to build amazing 2D and 3D games with Unity

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Product type Paperback
Published in Oct 2015
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781784391362
Length 570 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Table of Contents (14) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Core UI – Messages, Menus, Scores, and Timers FREE CHAPTER 2. Inventory GUIs 3. 2D Animation 4. Creating Maps and Materials 5. Using Cameras 6. Lights and Effects 7. Controlling 3D Animations 8. Positions, Movement and Navigation for Character GameObjects 9. Playing and Manipulating Sounds 10. Working with External Resource Files and Devices 11. Improving Games with Extra Features and Optimization 12. Editor Extensions Index

Adapting a basic material from Specular setup to Metallic


For a better understanding of the differences between Metallic and Specular workflows, we will modify the Albedo and Specular/Smoothness maps that are used on a Specular setup material, in order to adapt them to the Metallic workflow. The material to be generated will feature both metallic and non-metallic parts, with various smoothness levels.

Getting ready

For this recipe, we have prepared a Unity package containing a battery model and its original material (made with Standard Shader—Specular setup). The package includes two image files for the original Albedo and Specular/Smoothness maps which, throughout the recipe, should be adapted for use with the Metallic setup. The package is available in the 1362_04_02 folder.

How to do it...

To create a basic material, follow these steps:

  1. Import the battery_prefab Unity package into a new project.

  2. From the Project view, select the battery_prefab element. Then, from Inspector, access its material...

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