Unity 4.x Cookbook -- Table of Contents -- Unity 4.x Cookbook -- Credits -- About the Authors -- About the Reviewers -- www.PacktPub.com -- Support files, eBooks, discount offers and more -- Why Subscribe? -- Free Access for Packt account holders -- Preface -- What this book covers -- What you need for this book -- Who this book is for -- Conventions -- Reader feedback -- Customer support -- Downloading the example code -- Errata -- Piracy -- Questions -- 1. Getting Started with Unity 4.x -- Introduction -- Installing Unity 4.x -- Getting ready... -- How to do it... -- There's more... -- Acquiring new licenses -- Setting your preferences -- How to do it... -- There's more... -- Changing the editor's player quality settings -- See also -- Understanding and optimizing the User Interface -- How to do it... -- There's more... -- See also -- Saving assets created in Unity as Prefabs -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- Adding external files -- Taking your Prefabs to another project -- Creating other kinds of game objects -- See also -- Discovering Unity's content -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- Studying the sample project -- Downloading more resources -- See also -- Importing your own content -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- Organizing it with the Project view -- Exporting your assets to Unity 4.x -- See also -- Importing Unity packages into your project -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- See also -- Importing custom packages into your project -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- See also -- Exporting custom packages from your project -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- See also -- Adding custom packages to Unity's quick list -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works...

There's more... -- See also -- Using the Project browser -- Getting ready -- How to do it… -- How it works... -- See also -- 2. Using Cameras -- Introduction -- Creating a picture-in-picture effect -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- Making the picture-in-picture proportional to the screen's size -- Changing the position of the picture-in-picture -- Preventing the picture-in-picture from updating on every frame -- See also -- Switching between multiple cameras -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- Using a single-enabled camera -- Triggering the switch from other events -- See also -- Customizing the lens flare effect -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- Making textures from screen content -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- Applying your texture to a material -- Using your texture as a screenshot -- Zooming a telescopic camera -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- Making an inspect camera -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- Creating particle effects using Shuriken -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- Scrubbing back and forward through the particle animation -- Learning more from the Unity documentation -- Adding effects through Particle Effect -- Displaying a mini-map -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- Using Render Texture (Pro only) -- Adapting your mini-map to other styles -- See also -- 3. Creating Maps and Materials -- Introduction -- Creating a reflective material -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- Using six different texture maps -- Experimenting with mapping and shader options.

Reflecting actual scene geometry -- Creating a self-illuminated material -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- Using independent maps -- Emitting light over other objects -- See also -- Creating specular texture maps -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- Changing the specular color of our material -- Adjusting shininess to focus the highlight -- See also -- Creating transparency texture maps -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- Using Cutouts -- Applying Bumped Diffuse -- See also -- Using cookie textures to simulate a cloudy outdoor -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- Creating Spot Light cookies -- Creating Point Light cookies -- Creating a color selection dialog -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- Combining textures in real time through the GUI -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- See also -- Highlighting materials at mouse over -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- Highlighting with self-illuminated shaders -- Using transparent shaders -- Animating textures by looping through array of materials (for example, simulated video) -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- Using materials rather than Texture2D images -- See also -- Disabling culling for a material -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- Learning more about shaders -- Solving the problem by editing the object's geometry -- See also -- 4. Creating GUIs -- Introduction -- Displaying a digital clock -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- Converting to a 12-hour clock -- See also -- Displaying an analogue clock.

How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- Configuring a screen corner clock camera -- See also -- Displaying a compass to show player direction -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- See also -- Displaying a radar to indicate relative locations of objects -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- Displaying radar in the OnGUI() method -- Displaying radar object icons in the DrawBlip()method -- There's more... -- Different colored "blips" for different objects -- See also -- Displaying images for corresponding integers -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- Choosing between GUI layout alternatives: GUILayout versus GUI -- See also -- Displaying images for corresponding floats and ranges -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- Cleaning up code with an array of textures -- See also -- Displaying a digital countdown timer -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- See also -- Displaying a countdown timer graphically (5, 4, 3, 2, 1 - blast off) -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- See also -- Displaying a countdown timer graphically as a pie-chart style clock -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- Creating your own images with a spreadsheet -- See also -- Creating a message that fades away -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- Facilitating several messages by using a prefab -- Improving efficiency by re-using a single GUIText message -- Displaying inventory texts for single object pickups -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- Comparing the gameObject tag with a string special method -- See also... -- Displaying inventory icons for single object pickups -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works...

See also -- Managing inventories with a general purpose PickUp class -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- Responding to non-display pickups -- Removing items from the List collection -- See also -- Controlling the scrollbar with the mouse wheel -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- Implementing custom mouse cursor icons -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- 5. Controlling Animations -- Introduction -- Configuring a character's Avatar and Idle animation -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- Moving your character with Root Motion and Blend Trees -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- Mixing animations with Layers and Masks -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- Overriding Root Motion via script -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- Adding rigid props to animated characters -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- Making an animated character throw an object -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- Applying ragdoll physics to a character -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- Rotating the character's torso to aim -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- 6. Playing and Manipulating Sounds -- Introduction -- Matching audio pitch to animation speed -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- Changing the Animation / Sound Ratio parameter -- Adding customizable volume controls -- Getting ready -- How to do it... -- How it works... -- There's more... -- Using a single volume bar -- Bypassing the Esc key -- See also -- Simulating a tunnel environment with Reverb Zones.

Getting ready.