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[duke_Qa]

First, learn the UI: video intro
Once you've gone through the UI of unity, do this basic scripting, linking and camera manipulation tutorial

So, for us to be able to make a 2d sidescroller game, we need to go through THIS TUTORIAL.

I expect everyone to have finished this before next saturday. Failing to do so makes me VERY disappointed

Edited by duke_Qa, 22 February 2010 - 09:34 PM.

[duke_Qa]

updated, deadline still saturday, should be possible

[Pasidon]

Erm... need to get the news out that you're actually doing a tutorial?

[duke_Qa]

Well this is primarily for us 3 who are in on this 2d-sidescroller project, but i decided that we should be as open as possible so people can join us through lurking on the educational bits.

Also, not as much a tutorial as a demand of going through tutorials, but if you feel like marketing it, be my guest

[Boomerang Python]

two down, one to go!

[Botjer]

Dito

[duke_Qa]

well these tutorials seems to be more drag-n-drop than proper do-it-yourself tutorials. but hey, lets you learn the system at least.

[Pasidon]

Oh. Thought it was going to be dead... well you got people. You don't need me to throw propaganda for you... unless you need to.

[Boomerang Python]

No, we don't.

[duke_Qa]

Well people interested in Unity shouldn't be discouraged from posting here. Might want to create a thread about that in the first sections.

[Hostile]

I'm getting excited by reading about it. Seems like an awesome item to work with. Seems endlessly flexible. I love the idea.

Good job Duke!

[duke_Qa]

No problem! It's been in the stables for some time, just waiting for the right weather to gallop out into glory.

Got a bit of a scripting frenzy going now(scripting saturday frenzies seems to be something I get at times), 0206 am and I'm doing my best scripting a camera navigation system akin to what i got in Maya. Not too easy though, luckily I found the MouseOrbit JS in the source files, which had the basics done, so now I'm working on the extra details, which can be just as tough. I'll post the finished product in the script forum when its done, with plenty of comments and shit for people to understand.




On the topic of homework, went through the 2d tut. It's basically drag and drop most of the time, but you have to go through the scripts at time to see if you understand what is going on. We will most likely be forced to write our own character physics engine to get the movements we want as well(we're not making a rocketship-viking yet anyway. next edition ), so that should be relevant.

[Pasidon]

What programs to you recommend with these techniques? I've had my hand in Maya for some time, but wasn't sure if the same techniques go with every program.

It's been in the stables for some time, just waiting for the right weather to gallop out into glory.

NEVER use that metaphor again. ... Ignore that.

[duke_Qa]

hihihi, was it too innuendo for you? or as they say, inn-your-endo?

Anyway, this promiscuous program goes down on almost anything. When it comes to meshes, you just drag and drop them straight into unity and it auto-imports it. Just look at this Video over here.