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Mastering Unity 5.x

You're reading from Mastering Unity 5.x Create amazing games with brilliant game play features using Unity 5.x

Product type Paperback

Published in Jan 2017

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781785880742

Length 592 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Languages

C#

Tools

Unity

Concepts

3D Game Development

Author (1):

Alan Thorn

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Table of Contents (9) Chapters

Preface

1. Preparation and Asset-Configuring FREE CHAPTER

2. Level Design and Structure

3. Player Controls - Movement

4. Player Controls - Typing and Health

5. Enemies and Artificial Intelligence

6. Project Management and Version Control

7. Persistent Data - Load and Save Game States

8. Performance, Optimization, Mobiles, and More

Using Visual Studio Code

Let's edit the dictionary text file using a text-editor. For Dead Keys, I've chosen Microsoft Visual Studio Code because it is free, cross-platform, lightweight and supports many different extensions to enhance its functionality.

Replacing difficult character using a text editor application (Visual Studio Code)

First, I want to change all text into lowercase, to prevent a mix of upper and lowercase featuring in the word selection. To do this, I'll install the change-case extension. Click View | Extensions from the application menu, or press the Extensions button from the tool box.

Accessing the Extensions menu

From the Extensions palette, search for change-case. Then click the Install button for the change-case extension, afterwards clicking Enable to activate it. Once activated, we can change the case of the selected text.

Activating the change-case extension

Now select all text in the file and choose View | Command Palette from the application menu, or press Ctrl...

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Authors (1)

Alan Thorn

Alan Thorn

Alan Thorn is a multidisciplinary game developer, author, and educator with 16 years of industry experience. He makes games for PC desktop, mobile, and VR. He founded 'Wax Lyrical Games' and created the award-winning game Baron Wittard: Nemesis of Ragnarok, working as a designer, programmer, and artist. He has written 20 technical books on game development and presented fifteen video training courses. These cover gameplay programming, Unity development, 3D modelling, and animation. He has worked in game development education as a visiting lecturer for the National Film and Television School, as a lead teacher for Uppingham School, and as a senior lecturer at Teesside University.

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