Unity Tips and Tricks (Scene Tips and Tricks) Part II

In our previous article, we gather and present kinds of tips and tricks from twitter but from now, we have a plan to present Unity tips and trick base on categorization (like scene, coding, editor , build etc). Therefore, in this article we are sharing with you some of the tips and tricks related to unity scene management and inspector etc. (we have repeated some of the tips from our previous post).

Scene Tips and Tricks

Wanna improve your Unity3D shadows? Go into your Project Settings > Quality settings then:
1) Increase the Shadow Resolution
2) Set Shadow Projection to close fit
3) Decrease Shadow Distance as needed.#UnityTips #UnityCertifiedInstructor pic.twitter.com/q0vYK4r1rP

— Banious (@Banious42) June 16, 2021

In @unity3d, you can easily fold or unfold all children of an object using alt + mouse click!

It's pretty useful if have a huge hierarchy.

For more: https://t.co/RtlYMup4M2#unity3d #unitytips #tntc #gamedev #indiedev pic.twitter.com/WsPEvWXzOz

— ToughNutToCrack (@tntcproject) April 14, 2020

When you select a particle system, you can drag the "playback time" field.
Very handy to fine-tune them!#UnityTips #Unity3D #GameDev pic.twitter.com/9tp2Ur6bqv

— Sébastien Dubois (@GFX47) September 26, 2017

You can minimize and maximize viewports in Unity using touchpad gestures. Works for every panel, not just scene view! #UnityTips @unity3d pic.twitter.com/7DOjTNRFJh

— Ryan Miller (@RyanThinker) September 26, 2017

Tired of remove/add components just for reorder the hierarchy?#UnityTips #unity3d #madewithunity pic.twitter.com/K6xzT9P5Xo

— gyd (@kingterrygyd) September 27, 2017

Use the Debug inspector to replace built-in Components without losing their settings (can be done in bulk!) #unitytips #unity3d #gamedev pic.twitter.com/wWnYJb0NLh

— Jacob Schieck (@jakerooskii) September 26, 2017

This is one of the most organised hierarchies I've ever created ??
(tip: the "-----" divider objs are tagged EditorOnly!)#unity3d #unitytips pic.twitter.com/w7lwzAWOJ3

— Ciro Continisio ? (@CiroContns) August 27, 2017

Double tap the "F" key to automatically follow around your selection in Unity Editor scene view! #UnityTips @unity3d @ReptoidGames pic.twitter.com/aYP8wm19Cx

— Ryan Miller (@RyanThinker) September 12, 2017

Hold Alt to mass collapse/expand GUI hierarchies | https://t.co/FHBkCM3HVt

— Unity Tips & Tricks (@tips4unity) September 28, 2017

Use Shift + Space to make your scene/game view go fullscreen! @unity3d #unitytips pic.twitter.com/jxCn8tQeOC

— Alex Ameye (@MurakamiUnity) August 1, 2017

[Space(10)] adds a spacing above a variable in the inspector | https://t.co/SdoOcoqFyq

— Unity Tips & Tricks (@tips4unity) August 15, 2017

One can see and edit structs and classes with the [System.Serializable] attribute in the inspector.

— Unity Tips & Tricks (@tips4unity) August 18, 2017

2/ #unitytips How to detect whether your game is using Unity Remote: #unity3d #gamedev #mobile pic.twitter.com/TbxjLfehSW

— Shane Celis (@shanecelis) September 18, 2017

MonoBehaviour.InvokeRepeating does not stop on deactivated GameObjects.

— Unity Tips & Tricks (@tips4unity) August 17, 2017

Match game camera to scene camera. Select the camera in the hierarchy then GameObject -> Align With View | https://t.co/v3cHEf9B9p

— Unity Tips & Tricks (@tips4unity) September 6, 2017

Move scene camera to the position of camera. Select the camera then GameObject -> Align view to selected | https://t.co/v3cHEf9B9p

— Unity Tips & Tricks (@tips4unity) September 7, 2017

Hold [V] to grab & drag objects by their vertices, as well as snap them to other vertices. | https://t.co/oyiNy1Uelr

— Unity Tips & Tricks (@tips4unity) September 17, 2017

This is one of the most organised hierarchies I've ever created ??
(tip: the "-----" divider objs are tagged EditorOnly!)#unity3d #unitytips pic.twitter.com/w7lwzAWOJ3

— Ciro Continisio ? (@CiroContns) August 27, 2017

See Also:  Unity Tips and Tricks Part I