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Collecting links to Unity5 related tips & tricks. Please note that many things could change in the coming versions..
(Feel free to post comments if you find some more tips)

> Unity5 Upgrade guide (docs)

LIGHTING, GI & BAKING

– Slow terrain baking? (forum link)
– About Precompute, Baking, Lighting settings (forum link)
– Realtime GI for moving interiors (forum link)
– Precompute time? Use GI-chart view (forum link)
– Adjust GI cache size (default is 25gb) (forum link)
– How to increase lightmap resolution? (forum link)
– Directional Lightmap features explanation (forum link)
– Distance shadows with Enlighten (forum link)
– Point light shadowing work around (forum link)

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WEBGL

– About build size (forum link)
– Calling external js function (forum link)

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NEW STANDARD MATERIAL, SHADERS

– Car material settings example (forum link)
– Getting substances to work (forum link)
– Smoothness, Roughness, Albedo & Specular values (forum link)
– Scale handling in shader (forum link)

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PROFILER, STATS

– Timeline profiler (forum link)
– Stats window : Batches (forum link)

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COMING FEATURES

– Runtime reflection probes (forum link) *Already in 5.0.b14
– GI Support for spot- & pointlights (forum link)
– PBS Calibration scene, later in asset store (forum link) *Already in store (asset store link)
– PowerVr Path Tracing (forum link)
– Hardware instancing (terrain grass/trees) (forum link)

Tags: baking, GI, optimization, tips, tricks, tutorials, U5, unity5

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EdgarR 02/11/2014 at 01:30

Hi, please, look your email, I sent you an email called “Script Problem”.

Thanks.

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mgear 19/11/2014 at 22:39

Unity Samples: Shader Calibration Scene [5.0 beta]
https://www.assetstore.unity3d.com/en/#!/content/25422

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KayC 05/12/2014 at 09:13

top link is malformed. slow baking, check your HTML

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- mgear 05/12/2014 at 10:25
  
  Fixed, thanks!
  
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mgear 24/01/2015 at 15:52

WheelColliders Jitter? Adjust Fixed Timestep:
http://forum.unity3d.com/threads/official-5-0-feedback-request-for-physx.283236/#post-1933231

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mgear 27/01/2015 at 17:45

DynamicGI.SetEmissive:
http://forum.unity3d.com/threads/dynamic-emission-in-real-time-gi.293569/

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mgear 28/01/2015 at 11:37

New AssetBundle build system in Unity 5.0:
http://forum.unity3d.com/threads/new-assetbundle-build-system-in-unity-5-0.293975/

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mgear 08/02/2015 at 02:10

“Extending Unity 5 rendering pipeline: Command Buffers” (with examples)
http://blogs.unity3d.com/2015/02/06/extending-unity-5-rendering-pipeline-command-buffers/

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mgear 12/02/2015 at 12:15

terrain deferred shader:
http://forum.unity3d.com/threads/new-standard-terrain-shader.296417/#post-1960191

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mgear 23/02/2015 at 16:28

coming features:

“In the 5.x series our plan is:
* Deferred reflection buffer
* SSR which falls back to reflection probes for reflections that are offscreen
* In deferred we do per pixel blending of reflection probes in deferred & integrated with SSR. Potentially it makes sense to add support for custom projection volumes there too, but i think it is very likely that SSR is a better solution here.”
http://forum.unity3d.com/threads/reflection-probes-best-practices.277224/#post-1976356

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mgear 25/02/2015 at 12:16

Coming features:

Box2D weld joint and other joints (early in 5.x)
http://forum.unity3d.com/threads/eta-on-box2d-weld-joint.300974/#post-1980740

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mgear 25/02/2015 at 15:53

coming features:

– new splashscreen for indie(free) users 😮
http://forum.unity3d.com/threads/is-there-going-to-be-an-updated-splash-screen-for-us-unity-free-users.301005/#post-1981091

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mgear 25/02/2015 at 20:20

Reflection problems example scene:
http://forum.unity3d.com/threads/reflection-probes-best-practices.277224/#post-1981241

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- mgear 05/03/2015 at 18:12
  
  ^ *probes 😮
  
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mgear 02/03/2015 at 12:16

JetBrains.Annotations included:
http://forum.unity3d.com/threads/embedded-jetbrains-annotations-in-v5-unityengine-dll.304819/

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mgear 03/03/2015 at 15:05

coming features:

Shadowing for Realtime GI for point and spot lights, 5.x:
http://forum.unity3d.com/threads/unity-5-0-release-candidate-3-is-available.300069/page-2#post-1984483

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mgear 05/03/2015 at 18:11

new feature 5.1
“Runtime Animator State Properties (speed, mirror, cycleOffset)”
http://forum.unity3d.com/threads/runtime-animator-state-properties-speed-mirror-cycleoffset-for-5-1.307521/

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mgear 06/03/2015 at 23:54

[Workaround] Unity5 AddComponent from a string :
http://forum.unity3d.com/threads/workaround-unity5-addcomponent-from-a-string.307970/

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mgear 07/03/2015 at 00:48

Unity 5 Metallic Standard Shader Texture Reference Guide:
http://forum.unity3d.com/threads/unity-5-metallic-standard-shader-texture-reference-guide.307988/

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mgear 07/03/2015 at 02:09

coming features:
uNet, new unity networking (currently in alpha)
http://forum.unity3d.com/threads/unity-5-new-network-features-unet.308000/

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- mgear 11/03/2015 at 17:33
  
  Unity 5.1: New Networking “Multiplayer” (previously “UNET”)
  http://forum.unity3d.com/threads/where-is-the-unity-labs-demo-project.306522/#post-2013198
  
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  - mgear 30/03/2015 at 12:17
    
    new unity networking, coming in 5.1, works in WebGL also:
    http://forum.unity3d.com/threads/unity-network-any-plans-in-webgl.314610/#post-2045023
    
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mgear 08/03/2015 at 18:07

Grab Data from G-Buffer, CameraGBufferTexture0… :
http://forum.unity3d.com/threads/grab-data-from-g-buffer.308365/

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mgear 08/03/2015 at 23:34

Realtime reflections in Unity 5 (with sources)
http://twiik.net/articles/realtime-reflections-unity-5

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mgear 09/03/2015 at 11:41

Overview of graphics features and improvements in Unity 5.0, from Game Developers Conference:
http://aras-p.info/texts/files/201503-GDC_Unity5_Graphics.pdf
http://aras-p.info/texts/files/201503-GDC_Unity5_Graphics_notes.pdf
http://aras-p.info/texts/files/201503-GDC_Unity5_Graphics.key.zip

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mgear 16/03/2015 at 11:52

coming features:

“Crunch texture compression into Unity 5.1
– “Even at 100% quality, some of my 1024×1024 textures that are 0.7MB compressed crunch down to 124k ! And that look almost identical.” ”

http://forum.unity3d.com/threads/unity-is-not-a-serious-2d-game-dev-platform-without-support-for-lossless-texture-compression.309171/#post-2021767

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mgear 16/03/2015 at 12:19

Terrain multi UV Mixing with new unity 5 standard shader:
http://forum.unity3d.com/threads/terrain-multi-uv-mixing-with-new-unity-5-standard-shader.308112/
http://forum.unity3d.com/threads/improved-terrain-texture-tiling.116509/

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mgear 19/03/2015 at 12:09

about continuous baking, what to use it for:
http://forum.unity3d.com/threads/continuous-baking.310793/

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mgear 19/03/2015 at 12:11

Switch between Bake and Realtime GI in runtime / Disable GI in runtime: Not possible
http://forum.unity3d.com/threads/switch-between-bake-and-realtime-gi-in-runtime-disable-gi-in-runtime.308746/

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mgear 19/03/2015 at 16:34

webgl + microphone access (not coming soon)
http://forum.unity3d.com/threads/webgl-and-microphone.308197/

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mgear 24/03/2015 at 12:30

Unity5 wheelcollider explained:
http://s16.postimg.org/lnb55l3th/WC_info_001.jpg

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- mgear 26/03/2015 at 22:39
  
  Continued, U5 WheelCollider explained:
  http://forum.unity3d.com/threads/unity-5-wheelcollider-component-is-unusable.307099/page-3#post-2039967
  
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mgear 24/03/2015 at 13:41

Smoothness (glossiness) from Substance has to be multiplied by 0.75?
http://forum.unity3d.com/threads/smoothness-glossiness-from-substance-has-to-be-multiplied-by-0-75-is-it-always-true.311118/

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mgear 24/03/2015 at 13:44

Oculus slow / jitter?
http://forum.unity3d.com/threads/oculus-jitter-in-unity-5.307359/#post-2018453

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mgear 30/03/2015 at 11:54

Coming features: (~5.1)
Standard shader fixes for webgl publishing:
http://forum.unity3d.com/threads/severe-banding-with-webgl-on-chrome.310326/#post-2035482

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mgear 31/03/2015 at 12:06

Coming features:
5.x PowerVR raytracing:
http://forum.unity3d.com/threads/unity-5-global-illumination-disappointed.282696/#post-2046875

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mgear 05/04/2015 at 17:05

Standard shader with vertex colors:
http://forum.unity3d.com/threads/standard-shader-with-vertex-colors.316529/

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mgear 10/04/2015 at 01:11

5.1 beta whats new:
http://forum.unity3d.com/threads/5-1-beta-information-preview.317493/

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mgear 13/04/2015 at 15:48

“5.1 Beta 2+ contains the beta version of the VR integration”
http://forum.unity3d.com/threads/vr-alpha-or-vr-beta-in-unity-5-1-beta-2.318109/

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- mgear 23/04/2015 at 11:49
  
  using UnityEngine.VR;
  
  http://www.slideshare.net/hmleehm/how-touseoculussdk
  
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mgear 16/04/2015 at 13:27

“Unity2015 talk: Global Illumination, current status of SSRR and some DX12 stuff”
https://docs.google.com/uc?id=0B1Ca8GQ0-oAIdDV1dEd6d2JEMDQ&export=download

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mgear 17/04/2015 at 14:40

5.1Beta3 : http://unity3d.com/unity/beta (for pro users)

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mgear 19/04/2015 at 16:02

Get skybox color:
http://forum.unity3d.com/threads/get-skybox-color.319763/

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mgear 27/04/2015 at 14:09

Avoiding light leaks:
http://forum.unity3d.com/threads/unity-5-light-leaks-at-uv-seams.312140/#post-2083356

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mgear 28/04/2015 at 13:48

What is “batches” in statistics window:
http://forum.unity3d.com/threads/draw-calls-vs-batches-optimization-unity-5.318704/#post-2074783

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mgear 30/04/2015 at 13:38

WebGL Settings Data caching:”enables the build to use the browser cache to store its files”
http://forum.unity3d.com/threads/webgl-settings-data-caching.322559/

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mgear 06/05/2015 at 12:22

webgl js communication:
http://forum.unity3d.com/threads/c-jslib-2-way-communication.323629/#post-2100593

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mgear 13/05/2015 at 12:08

standard shader with Outline:
http://forum.unity3d.com/threads/adding-an-outline-to-unity-5-standard-shader.286554/

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mgear 22/05/2015 at 17:08

movie texture for webgl:
http://forum.unity3d.com/threads/webgl-invalid_value-teximage2d-no-video.284926/#post-1908380

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mgear 28/05/2015 at 12:36

webgl streaming levels:
http://forum.unity3d.com/threads/webgl-with-streaming-option-like-webplayer.316620/

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mgear 15/06/2015 at 18:15

Unity 5 – Lighting and Rendering info:
http://unity3d.com/learn/tutorials/modules/beginner/graphics/lighting-and-rendering

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mgear 16/06/2015 at 11:21

uNet sample projects:
http://forum.unity3d.com/threads/unet-sample-projects.331978/

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mgear 18/06/2015 at 13:04

webgl roadmap:
http://forum.unity3d.com/threads/webgl-roadmap.334408/

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mgear 27/07/2015 at 10:25

5.2 new low level api example:
http://forum.unity3d.com/threads/new-low-level-native-plugin-api-id-love-to-know-more.343273/#post-2219646

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mgear 28/07/2015 at 10:59

unity example downloads
http://unity3d.com/learn/resources/downloads

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