Mar
17
2014

Unity 5 announced

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An article by mgear

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Adding here list of new features,

Terrain SpeedTree integration
2D Physics effectors (point effectors attract & repel, surface effector: tangential force, area effector: directional force, platform effector: 1 way collision / zero side friction)
Incremental Asset Bundles
Unity homescreen (*info)
New multi-threaded job system
Timeline profiling
Frame draw call debugger
Level streaming (more info, more info#2)
New Mecanim features (more animator API)
More physics 2D API
HDR Scene view
Improved LOD groups
Animation State machine: Transition between state machines with Entry & Exit nodes
Ambient light scene render settings
Animation : Direct blend trees (fully control all animation weights at runtime)
Animation: Root motion authoring (drive any object via delta animation)
No performance hit on non-uniform scale meshes
Improved iOS plugin support
FBX Importer upgrade to 2015.1
Windows store app joystick support
Plugin inspector settings
Navmesh updates (new obstacle shapes)
Compressed cubemap textures
Asset store speed upgrades
overhaul the game’s audio toolset (realtime mixing & mastering, tweak your mix in playmode, )
real-time Global Illumination with Enlighten (including mobile)
Physically based shader system
64-bit engine
in-editor real-time lightmap previews
better asset bundling
Developers can get early access to Unity’s WebGL add-on (Unity and Mozilla today announced that they are bringing the Unity game engine to the web using the WebGL standard and Mozilla’s asm.js)
Nvidia PhysX 3.3 (more info)
Unity Cloud (mobile ads)
Reflection probes

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Screenshots: (from Nordic Game Conference videos)

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Launch site: http://unity3d.com/5

News links:
http://blogs.unity3d.com/2014/03/18/unity-5/
http://techcrunch.com/2014/03/18/unity-partners-with-mozilla-to-port-its-popular-game-engine-to-the-web/
http://venturebeat.com/2014/03/17/unity-technologies-unveils-next-version-of-its-game-development-engine-to-make-thousands-of-3d-games-more-realistic/
http://physxinfo.com/news/12346/unity-5-announced-incorporates-physx-sdk-3-3/

~~http://www.polygon.com/2014/3/17/5518114/unity-5-massive-update-game-development~~ (page has been removed..)
cache: http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:www.polygon.com/2014/3/17/5518114/unity-5-massive-update-game-development
http://www.joystiq.com/2014/03/17/unity-5-revealed-includes-improved-lighting-audio/ (see comments also)
http://www.reddit.com/r/Unity3D/comments/20n54q/unity_5_announced_brings_massive_update_to_game/

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Paulo Godinho 17/03/2014 at 20:27

Polygon link is dead, maybe was posted by mistake. Unity3D shows nothing yet.

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mgear 18/03/2014 at 20:05

http://unity3d.com/5

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mgear 20/03/2014 at 21:25

speedtree+unity:
http://blog.speedtree.com/2014/03/1357/

shader info:
http://blogs.unity3d.com/2014/03/20/physically-based-shading-upcoming-in-unity-5-0/

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- mgear 24/06/2014 at 11:57
  
  More spreedtree info:
  http://www.speedtree.com/unity/
  
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  - mgear 28/08/2014 at 13:14
    
    speedtree for unity 5
    
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mgear 22/03/2014 at 19:14

“Slides for the @unity3d Adv. Lighting Tech talk all about GI” :
https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B11iL4IgOgWLdFhzalpmX2kzSmM/edit

“slides: physical shaders + notes”
http://aras-p.info/texts/files/201403-GDC_UnityPhysicallyBasedShading_notes.pdf

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mgear 01/04/2014 at 21:19

Geomerics Demonstrating Unity 5 with Enlighten (GDC 2014)

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mgear 07/04/2014 at 22:53

UNET, new networking for unity 5.x:
http://forum.unity3d.com/threads/238843-Unity-5-and-Networking?p=1584927&viewfull=1#post1584927

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- mgear 13/05/2014 at 16:49
  
  more UNET info:
  http://blogs.unity3d.com/2014/05/12/announcing-unet-new-unity-multiplayer-technology/
  
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- mgear 11/06/2014 at 18:44
  
  uNet syncvar:
  http://blogs.unity3d.com/2014/05/29/unet-syncvar/
  
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- mgear 17/06/2014 at 10:48
  
  All about the Unity networking transport layer:
  http://blogs.unity3d.com/2014/06/11/all-about-the-unity-networking-transport-layer/
  
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mgear 08/04/2014 at 10:10

(not unity 5 related, but new stuff anyways)
Playstation®Vita for all: The Unity for PlayStation®Mobile public preview:
http://blogs.unity3d.com/2014/04/08/playstationvita-for-all-the-unity-for-playstationmobile-public-preview/

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mgear 29/04/2014 at 20:22

playable webgl demos:
http://blogs.unity3d.com/2014/04/29/on-the-future-of-web-publishing-in-unity/

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mgear 02/05/2014 at 14:49

about webgl, substances, cross domain access:
http://forum.unity3d.com/threads/243789-Runtime-generation-of-Substance-textures-on-theWebGL-platform?p=1613422#post1613422

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mgear 11/05/2014 at 22:31

some scripting changes:
http://forum.unity3d.com/threads/245400-Unity-5-Beta-Insights?p=1623521&viewfull=1#post1623521

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- mgear 23/06/2014 at 21:35
  
  Unity5: API changes & automatic script updating
  http://blogs.unity3d.com/2014/06/23/unity5-api-changes-automatic-script-updating/
  
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mgear 17/05/2014 at 17:22

“New UI has a “set native size” button, so your designs stay good looking when scaling.”
https://twitter.com/unity3d/status/467206367888297984

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mgear 20/05/2014 at 12:57

teleporter demo video:
http://blogs.unity3d.com/2014/05/19/teleporter-demo/

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mgear 02/06/2014 at 11:37

Animator component:
[x] Apply root motion (works in unity5 with 2D) *mentioned in unity live training

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mgear 08/06/2014 at 22:07

some small details of whats coming up,
https://twitter.com/aras_p/status/475538093467250688/photo/1

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mgear 11/06/2014 at 18:44

new audio system:

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- mgear 24/07/2014 at 14:33
  
  more audio info,
  http://blogs.unity3d.com/2014/07/24/mixing-sweet-beats-in-unity-5-0/
  
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mgear 13/06/2014 at 00:04

some uGUI shaders included in the built in shader archive:
http://unity3d.com/unity/download/archive

Seems like some special uGUI shaders are pro only,
GUI-Lit-Refraction(ProOnly)
GUI-Lit-RefractionDetail(ProOnly)

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mgear 23/06/2014 at 13:52

Using Unity Remote with IOS & Windows:
http://forum.unity3d.com/threads/unity-remote-for-unity3d-4.163648/#post-1673412

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mgear 26/06/2014 at 19:46

Shiny new animation features in Unity 5.0:
http://blogs.unity3d.com/2014/06/26/shiny-new-animation-features-in-unity-5-0/

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mgear 01/07/2014 at 22:35

“Updates to AI in Unity 5.0”
“Unity Collaborate: The future of collaboration tools in Unity”
“New Unity Networking in 5.x”
http://unity3d.com/unite/unite2014/schedule

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mgear 08/07/2014 at 20:33

physx in unity 5
http://blogs.unity3d.com/2014/07/08/high-performance-physics-in-unity-5/

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mgear 17/07/2014 at 17:32

advanced lighting techniques (unity 5)
http://www.gdcvault.com/play/1020833/Unity-Technologies-Developer-Day-

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mgear 29/07/2014 at 16:55

frame debugger in unity 5.0
http://blogs.unity3d.com/2014/07/29/frame-debugger-in-unity-5-0/

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- mgear 02/08/2014 at 15:57
  
  about frame debugger UI:
  https://twitter.com/aras_p/status/495534443877396480/photo/1
  
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mgear 04/08/2014 at 16:09

multi scene editing 5.x
http://blogs.unity3d.com/2014/08/04/multi-scene-editing/

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mgear 06/08/2014 at 23:04

“Unity 5.0 comes with the Script Updater; as api’s have changed, allows you to update scripts and assemblies..”
https://twitter.com/UnitZeroOne/status/497109381188943872

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mgear 11/08/2014 at 13:34

Hands-On with Unity 5: Physical-Based Shading, Reflection Probes, WebGL and more!

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mgear 13/08/2014 at 18:20

“I was told that Unity 5 had just entered beta stage yesterday.”
“I was also told expected release is at the end of the year (Nov-Dec).”
http://forum.unity3d.com/threads/unity-5-release-date.235223/page-8#post-1733278

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mgear 15/08/2014 at 09:15

WebGL publishing will be free!
http://blogs.unity3d.com/2014/08/14/building-and-maintaining-value-for-developers/

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mgear 20/08/2014 at 20:22

“Shipping pre-order betas in around 4-8 weeks from now” -Unite keynote

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mgear 21/08/2014 at 21:21

Unite2014: Mastering Physically Based Shading in Unity 5:
http://www.slideshare.net/RenaldasZioma/unite2014-mastering-physically-based-shading-in-unity-5

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mgear 27/08/2014 at 11:04

“is Unity 5 shipping with opengl 2.1? 5.0, Yes”

OpenGL 3.x/4.x in the works:
http://forum.unity3d.com/threads/unite-2014-stream.255650/page-2#post-1750569

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mgear 27/08/2014 at 22:24

Advanced Lighting Effects with Global Illumination
https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B11iL4IgOgWLaXpweVJxUmFvNkk/edit

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mgear 05/09/2014 at 19:28

asset store browser updates:
https://twitter.com/aras_p/status/507602280225337344

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mgear 18/09/2014 at 13:26

more info about GI:
http://blogs.unity3d.com/2014/09/18/global-illumination-in-unity-5/

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mgear 07/10/2014 at 21:42

webgl benchmark:
http://beta.unity3d.com/jonas/WebGLBenchmark/

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mgear 11/10/2014 at 00:44

“Extending Unity rendering via CommandBuffers in 5.0: blurred refractions”
https://twitter.com/aras_p/status/520564353264005120

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mgear 11/10/2014 at 00:47

“Extending Unity rendering via CommandBuffers in 5.0: deferred decals”
https://twitter.com/aras_p/status/520564581488689152

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mgear 20/10/2014 at 08:58

closed beta release notes:
http://forum.unity3d.com/threads/unity-5-is-coming-and-more.234931/page-26#post-1814491

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mgear 26/10/2014 at 17:42

pre-order beta, release notes:
http://unity3d.com/unity/beta/5.0/release-notes

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mgear 27/10/2014 at 11:21

preoder beta now available
http://blogs.unity3d.com/2014/10/27/unity-5-0-pre-order-beta-now-available/

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