Unity Tips and Tricks (Editor, Performance, Build Tips and Tricks) Part IV

In our previous post we shared different coding tips and tricks related to Unity game engine. In this post, we gather different tips and tricks related to Unity Editor, Performance and Unity Build.

Unity Editor Tips and Tricks

Easter weekend side project: a tabbed inspector for Unity! It wastes much less screen real-estate inside the layout. #unitytips #madewithunity pic.twitter.com/brRcQxGEnh

— Lazlo (@lazlobon) April 5, 2021

Unity Kids, Remember to cull your animators #unity3d #unitytipshttps://t.co/jTK3vPboUT pic.twitter.com/hLGobJDl6M

— Oddur Magnusson (@oddur) June 15, 2021

Since Unity 2020 (I think!) exists something called Focused Inspectors: open as many inspectors as you want by right-clicking a group of GameObjects and/or Assets then selecting "Properties"! 🥳https://t.co/oUiGOo6jDj@unity3d #unitytips #gamedev pic.twitter.com/71UPU4EHXV

— David 🎮💃🐐 (@drnlab) June 15, 2021

As far as #unitytips go this ain't flashy, but is one of my all-time faves

Empty game objects. The problem? They're invisible. Easy to forget and lose in the scene view. Oh no!

The answer? Give them an icon. Your life will be a million times better and so will mine thankyou pic.twitter.com/yf1FZM0X97

— Temmy (@Hi_ImTemmy) June 9, 2021

ICYMI In @unity3d you can easily predict the trajectory of an object simulating the Physics.

If you are interested: https://t.co/hHUODTGFnx#gamedev #unitytips #tntc #unity3d pic.twitter.com/93eiBqDdn6

— ToughNutToCrack (@tntcproject) November 2, 2020

#unitytips : When looking for that invisible trigger or annoying collision...🔍

Windows > Analysis > Physic debugger... So useful!! pic.twitter.com/Sl2ONfFgrT

— Alex Strook 👻 (@AlexStrook) December 10, 2020

You can view the content of multiple folders at the same time by highlighting both of them and then press enter #unitytips #gamedev pic.twitter.com/XNKqrmCH7g

— Fer (@theferfactor) January 22, 2019

C# interfaces can be tricky in @unity3d since an interface reference will NOT be null even if the Object is destroyed.

Use this base interface + extension method trick to make it easy! #unitytips #gamedev #indiedev #madewithunity pic.twitter.com/6CXOcgPNA1

— Luke Thompson (@six_ways) November 17, 2020

Today's post will be about #unitytips, I use ctrl+shift shortcut quite a lot when designing a level, it enables auto snapping of a dragged object to other objects and terrain, it save a lot of time previously spent on a placement.#gamedev #indiedev pic.twitter.com/L3zyFRpxvb

— The Serpent Rogue (@TheSerpentRogue) May 1, 2019

Also new in Unity 2019.3 is this cool new column in the hierachy enabling/diabling object picking. ITS SO GOSHING HELPFUL #UnityTips pic.twitter.com/F5DPQ1kfEQ

— Lotte 'just an idiot' May 💖🍓🌈🐹🎮☕🍫🍩 (@LotteMakesStuff) August 21, 2019

Want to improve your project navigation workflow? #unitytips Try using (custom) labels and reduce the time wasted looking for related asset files! #gamedev #indiedev #madewithunity pic.twitter.com/GhdOq4SfTA

— Vectronom | Ludopium (@ludopium) August 13, 2019

Hit Play, then... wait. Sound familiar?

There's a new "Configurable Enter Play Mode" feature in 2019.3 which can massively reduce the time you wait.

But there are some important things to note if you use it! Read the docs here:https://t.co/jq2m4qcHC0#unitytips pic.twitter.com/gODeX4w6kI

— UnityDocs (@UnityDocs) November 26, 2019

Want to improve your #unity3d editor? Take a look at these #unitytips:

Hierarchy Window Group Headerhttps://t.co/2bqelTsh2F

Hierarchy Window GameObject Iconhttps://t.co/BCj2l3vAug

Hierarchy Window Layer Infohttps://t.co/ofrHu8FoJR

Gist Importerhttps://t.co/um2eYFRnsk pic.twitter.com/cOhP4OeyiM

— Diego Giacomelli (@ogiacomelli) January 7, 2020

We like to use several layers in Unity for our environments so that we can easily toggle walls, floors, ceilings and more on and off while we're building levels. #madewithunity #unitytips #gamedev pic.twitter.com/7XpUGSzt1I

— Team Stallion (@TheTeamStallion) January 7, 2020

.@unity3d just a beginners tip to change the cursor in game mode here is a clip #unity3d #unity2d #UnityTips pic.twitter.com/i20Cw48lRP

— Jackhammer Games (@ArnavBajaj9) January 9, 2020

Organize your prefabs from all over your asset folders into custom Favorites, using labels ("l:[label]")! #unitytips #gamedev #Pine pic.twitter.com/KCEqQxy6oU

— Twirlbound (@Twirlbound) September 26, 2017

Want 2 Inspectors open in #Unity3d? Select asset & lock 1st inspector. Add a 2nd inspector by adding a new tab in an open panel! #unitytips pic.twitter.com/eQCRXuoK8J

— WaggleWords (@WaggleWords) September 26, 2017

Use animation events to call a function at a specific point during your animation.#unitytips #gamedev #indiedev #madewithunity pic.twitter.com/hvnDpTZ2cM

— Hjalte Tagmose (@hjaltetagmose) September 26, 2017

You can do this! #unitytips pic.twitter.com/ETRQZQao0P

— Raul S. Sorban (@raulssorban) September 28, 2017

Performance/Optimzation Tips and Tricks

You can optimize your audio clips by following the rules below in its import settings: #unitytips #unity3d
-Frequently sounds : Decompress on Load
-Periodical or special sounds: Compressed In Memory
-Background: Streaming pic.twitter.com/2kseFUFL4p

— David López (@_davidlopez29) April 15, 2020

One thing i figured out to reduce the iOS App size of a unity game, is to set the compression to LZ4HC in the build setting, are there any other tips on reducing the app size? #unity #unitytips #IndieGameDev pic.twitter.com/DIpVgnfHif

— fleischshake (@fleischshake) April 17, 2020

To improve performance and reduce draw calls, try to use GPU Instancing if possible. It optimises copies of the same Mesh, useful for repeating objects like grass, but allows for different parameters so doesn't have to look identical.https://t.co/TQXwrwUwMD#unitytips #unity3d

— keyboardP (@keyboardP) January 3, 2020

Profile 1st
Don't spend time trying to optimize some obscure code or reducing the size of a texture unless u knw its a bottleneck#UnityTips

— Mohammad Faizan Khan (@voiceoffaizan) September 29, 2017

Profile again, n aftr applying ur optimizations 2 see if they had the intended effect. this might uncover more bottlenecks#UnityTips https://t.co/MYmHJU5Jl9

— Mohammad Faizan Khan (@voiceoffaizan) September 29, 2017

Old but Gold: Edit the collision matrix to save performance in a game with physics!#unitytips #madewithunity #unity3d #gamedev #indiedev pic.twitter.com/RdxPew1pJm

— LeadFollow Games (@LeadFollowGame) September 19, 2017

Unity Build Tips

#UnityTips reduce the size of your build by identifying the large files in the Editor Log (Window>Console>OpenEditorLog) #GameDev #IndieDev pic.twitter.com/Jxyhe51Ykg

— Nicoplv (@nicoplv) September 12, 2017

#unitytips unity remote just wont work with iOS even if everything is connected? make sure you have the iOS build module loaded! pic.twitter.com/10GIsamM94

— KevKev (@Der_Kevin) September 12, 2017

See Also:

• Unity Tips and Tricks Part I
• Unity Tips and Tricks (Scene Tips and Tricks) Part II
• Unity Tips and Tricks (Unity Coding Tips and Tricks) Part III