Peter

[Unity Tip] Use TryGetComponent(0 to avoid null Reference Exception

To avoid getting a Null Reference Exception in Unity, use TryGetComponent() instead of GetComponent() when working with components🙂👍

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Exactly 4 years ago, I took a leap of faith...

Exactly 4 years ago, I took a leap of faith and quit my day job to pursue my dream of making games 😖😱👾

Today, my video about my game is featured on Unity's website and it finally feels like it all wasn't just a waste of time 🤩😮‍💨🥳

https://assetstore.unity.com/sunny-valley-studio?aid=1011luq6W

[Unity Tip] Use Animation Layers to blend character animations together

Animation Layers allows you to blend different animations so that your character appears to look more realistic 💫🥰👍

[Preview] VR zombie project gameplay

Hey!

I am still working on the VR Zombie project (and the video). Here is a preview of how the gameplay will look like.

I am still implementing the AI to actually attack the player

WIP on a new video about VR Zombie game

Improved my VR Zombie shooting feedback 🧟😁

Also added some headshot feedback 🎯

Moving on to adding some AI for them / creating a playable level 🙂

#unity3d #vr #oculus #quest2 #gamedev #madewithunity #ゲーム制作 #gamedevelopment #IndieGameDev #indiedev

[Unity Tip] Disable Orange Box Outline of Particles

You can Disable the Orange Box Selection Outline from the gizmos dropdown by disabling "Selection Outline"  ⏹️🙂

Can be useful when working with particle system✨💫

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[Unity Tip] Using Hands as controllers in Unity VR Project

To add Hands Tracking and Visualization to your Unity VR game you can use the XR Hands package https://docs.unity3d.com/Packages/com.u

[UnityTip] Use Event Trigger to add OnClick to UI

Use 𝗘𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗧𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗴𝗲𝗿 component to quickly 𝗮𝗱𝗱 𝗢𝗻𝗖𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗸 functionality to you 𝗨𝗜 𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 ✨🖱️👆 (or any other event 🙂)

[Unity Tip] Selecting Multiple Enum in Inspector

You can 𝘀𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗰𝘁 𝗺𝘂𝗹𝘁𝗶𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝗘𝗻𝘂𝗺 values in 𝗨𝗻𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗶𝗻𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿 by using [𝗙𝗹𝗮𝗴𝘀] attribute 🙂👍

[Unity Tip] Changing color of Debug.Log messages

𝗠𝗮𝗸𝗲 your 𝗗𝗲𝗯𝘂𝗴.𝗟𝗼𝗴() messages 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 by using 𝗥𝗶𝗰𝗵 𝗧𝗲𝘅𝘁 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗸𝘂𝗽 🔍💫🙂

https://docs.unity3d.com/Packages/com.unity.ugui@1.0/manual/StyledText.html

Building Idle Clicker in Unity - Full Project

Here is a tutorial on making an 𝗜𝗱𝗹𝗲 𝗖𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗸𝗲𝗿 𝗚𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝗨𝗻𝗶𝘁𝘆! 😁🖱️

youtu.be/GK9jQryYVCk

I will explain some math and design concepts behind making an Idle game👍You can also 𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗯 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗙𝘂𝗹𝗹 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗷𝗲𝗰𝘁 that I show in the vid for 𝗳𝗿𝗲𝗲 🙂

[Unity Tip] Use Shift+Space to quickly Maximize and Minimize tabs in Unity

To quicky 𝗠𝗮𝘅𝗶𝗺𝗶𝘇𝗲 and 𝗠𝗶𝗻𝗶𝗺𝗶𝘇𝗲 𝘁𝗮𝗯𝘀 in Unity you can use 𝗦𝗵𝗶𝗳𝘁+𝗦𝗽𝗮𝗰𝗲 shortcut key 🙂

Very useful when working with Shader Graph window 👍😁

[Unity Tip] Scrolling Background Shader

To add 𝗦𝗰𝗿𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗕𝗮𝗰𝗸𝗴𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱 𝗲𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗰𝘁 ⏬ to you Unity game you can use a simple 𝗖𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗺 𝗦𝗵𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗿 💫🙂

Here is a mini tutorial on how to implement it 😁

[Unity Tip] How to make GLOWING Lamp in Unity

Make your 𝗟𝗮𝗺𝗽 𝗚𝗹𝗼𝘄 💡 in Unity by using 𝗘𝗺𝗶𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗽𝗮𝗿𝗮𝗺𝗲𝘁𝗲𝗿 with a 𝗧𝗲𝘅𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗠𝗮𝘀𝗸 🤿 to limit the glow to the light bulb element 🙂👍

*If your models don't use textures you may not need the extra texture mask 😁

Tutorial Preview - Incremental Game in Unity

I'm Preparing a 𝘁𝘂𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗮𝗹 about creating an 𝗜𝗻𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝗴𝗮𝗺𝗲 in Unity😁🖱️

Here is a playable version: 🎮🙂👾

https://svstudio.itch.io/alien-invasion-incremental-game

Will be posting a full project for FREE (will let you know in the next video)

[Unity tip] How to make Lighting Generation in Unity FASTER

To 𝗦𝗽𝗲𝗲𝗱 𝗨𝗽 the 𝗟𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗚𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 💡 in Unity we can LOWER 📉 𝗟𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝗺𝗮𝗽 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗼𝗹𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 parameter 🙂

This can be 𝘂𝘀𝗲𝗳𝘂𝗹 𝘄𝗵𝗲𝗻 you are 𝗶𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 🔄 over the Lighting settings before you are ready for a higher quality bake 👍

[Unity Tip] Why FindObjectOfType returns null?

𝗙𝗶𝗻𝗱𝗢𝗯𝗷𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗢𝗳𝗧𝘆𝗽𝗲<..>() 🔍 method will 𝗿𝗲𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗻 𝗡𝗨𝗟𝗟  if the searched 𝗼𝗯𝗷𝗲𝗰𝘁 is 𝗱𝗶𝘀𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲𝗱 in the hierarchy 😑

It can be really frustrating if you don't know it - especially since ex GetComponents<>() finds all the objects 👍🙂

[Unity Tip] Quick way to use Enum in a Switch Statement in Unity

You can quickly 𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲 a 𝘀𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗰𝗵 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 for your 𝗘𝗻𝘂𝗺𝘀 using 𝗰𝗼𝗱𝗲 𝘀𝗻𝗶𝗽𝗽𝗲𝘁𝘀 in Visual Studio 🙂

Might save you some typing ⌨️

[Unity Tip] How to fix "Random is ambiguous"

How to fix "𝗥𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗼𝗺 𝗶𝘀 𝗮𝗻 𝗮𝗺𝗯𝗶𝗴𝘂𝗼𝘂𝘀 𝗿𝗲𝗳𝗲𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲.." error?🤔

Simply type: 𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗥𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗼𝗺 = 𝗨𝗻𝗶𝘁𝘆𝗘𝗻𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗲.𝗥𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗼𝗺;  at the top of your script. ⌨️

It will let the compiler know which library you want to use in this script🙂

[UnityTip] Use Z to swap between Pivot and Center handle position

Hey!

A quick shortcut key tip - you can press 𝗭 to quickly 𝘀𝘄𝗮𝗽 between 𝗣𝗶𝘃𝗼𝘁 and 𝗖𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿 handle position in the Scene View 🙂

[UnityTip] How to change naming convention for duplicated object in Unity

You can 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲 the 𝗱𝗲𝗳𝗮𝘂𝗹𝘁 𝗻𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴 of duplicated objects "𝗣𝗿𝗲𝗳𝗮𝗯 (𝟭)" in Unity by going to the Project Settings tab 🙂

Unity Tip - Use 𝗥𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗧𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗨𝘁𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆 to easily convert Screen space to World space

You can in Unity - for example to 𝗱𝗿𝗮𝗴 𝗨𝗜 𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀🙂🖱️👆

Here is a step by step explanation:

https://youtu.be/sXTAzcxNqv0

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[Unity Tip] Can't add script error

"𝐂𝐚𝐧'𝐭 𝐚𝐝𝐝 𝐬𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐩𝐭.." error message 🚩usually is a result of Unity / VS failing to recompile your script 😑

Just create a New Script to force recompilation process 😮‍💨🙂

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Last part of the Grid Placement system tutorial is Up!

Hey guys!

All the video for the Grid Placement System in Unity are available :)

Here is a link to the playlist:

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLcRSafycjWFepsLiAHxxi8D_5GGvu6arf

I hope that you will find it useful!

-Peter

[Unity Tip] You can 𝗜𝘀𝗼𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗲 an 𝗼𝗯𝗷𝗲𝗰𝘁 in the 𝘀𝗰𝗲𝗻𝗲 𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄 🔍

You can 𝗜𝘀𝗼𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗲 an 𝗼𝗯𝗷𝗲𝗰𝘁 in the 𝘀𝗰𝗲𝗻𝗲 𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄 🔍 by selecting it and pressing 𝗦𝗵𝗶𝗳𝘁 + 𝗛 🙂

Project in the vid is my Voxel World in Unity tutorial😁 

https://youtu.be/leBl6q21-0I 

[Tutorial] Showing Grid on a map - Grid Placement System P2

Hey!

Next part of my 𝗴𝗿𝗶𝗱 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝘀𝘆𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗺 in 𝗨𝗻𝗶𝘁𝘆 is here!

We will create a 𝗴𝗿𝗶𝗱 𝘃𝗶𝘀𝘂𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘇𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 using a custom 𝘀𝗵𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗿 🙂

I hope that you will find it useful!

-Peter

[Project Files] Grid Placement System in Unity

Hey!

ZIP file contains a full project. Just unpack it to a new folder and open in Unity Hub using Unity 2022.2.

Unitypackage should be added to a 3D URP project since we will be using Shader graph later on

-Peter

Sims like house building system in Unity

My video about creating a 𝗦𝗶𝗺𝘀-like 𝗛𝗼𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝗕𝘂𝗶𝗹𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘀𝘆𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗺 in 𝗨𝗻𝗶𝘁𝘆 is here! 🔨👷🏡

I hope that you will find it useful 🙂

https://youtu.be/8kv1RcBKcqY

[Preview] Sims-like building system in Unity

Hey!

I know that I haven't posted any new tutorial in a while. Sorry about that. I was preparing a Sims like building system in Unity for February but I failed to finish it in time. 😅

Here is a little preview of what I will cover (had to seriously condense it to fit the 8 mb requirements for a vid on discord). I will do my best to release it this week since I need to finish the Farm Game Course next.

PS. 

Sorry to all who ...

[Unity Tip] Calling code inside Unity Inspector using ContextMenu attribute

Use a [𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗲𝘅𝘁𝗠𝗲𝗻𝘂] attribute to 𝗮𝗱𝗱 a 𝗵𝗲𝗹𝗽𝗲𝗿 𝗺𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗼𝗱 to be 𝗰𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗱 from the 𝗨𝗻𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗶𝗻𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿 🙂(no need for a custom Editor script)😎

You can call it from the 3 dots context menu of your script 👍