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In this tutorial, we will see how to create and import into Unity an Android Native Plugin. 

Android Native Plugin

“Native Plugins are platform-specific native code libraries.” (Unity Manual)

An Android Native Plugin allows accessing Android specific features. For example, we need a plugin to use features such as native dialogs and pickers, toasts, the mobile camera, among others.

In order to…

Lesson 12: The Main Menu

In this lesson we will create the Main Menu. We will explore the Unity 3d Animation system as well as the iTween Plugin. This will be the final product of this lesson:

Lesson Outline

Create the Main Menu;

Working with the Unity 3d Animation System;

Create the environment Overview;

All working together;

Create the Main Menu

First we will need to create a new scene for our Main Menu. But since we…

In this lesson we will create our UI manager using the Unity 3d GUI system to show all relevant information on screen.First we will create all the necessary GUI controls and the logic behind it. Then we will customize our controls using a GUISkin and GUIStyles.

[alert-note]Despite not being a supporter of the Unity 3d GUI system with all its performance related issues and even cumbersome…

Lesson 10: The Game Manager

In the previous lesson we created the Stage Manager to deal with the stage state. Before continuing with this lesson don’t forget to add the remaining stage beacons and stage managers.

In this lesson we are going to create a Game Manager to coordinate the different stages and also to store the game statistics.

Lesson Outline

Create the Game Manager;

Manage the Stages;

Game Statistics;

Create a…

Lesson 9: The Stage Manager

In the previous lesson we finished the environment by placing all assets in the scene.

In this lesson we are going to start working on the game logic.

Our project has three different stages. At the beginning only the first one will be active. When all targets on the first stage are destroyed the second one will be activated and so forth. After completing all stages the game is finished and we…

Lesson 8: Finishing the Environment

In this lesson we will finish the environment by importing all the necessary models to create the village and placing all targets on the scene.

Lesson Outline

Creating the Village;

Creating a Target Controller;

Placing the Targets;

Shooting Stuff;

Adding Sound Effects;

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Creating the Village

Import all the necessary models to create the village. If you choose to follow exactly the Project…

Lesson 7: Introducing Unity 3d Coroutines

This post is part of the Unity 3d Fundamental Series Lesson 1: Working with the Unity Terrain Lesson 2: Create the First Person Weapon Lesson 3: Assets and Unity 3d Physics Lesson 4: Shooting with Unity 3d raycasting Lesson 5: Particle Systems and Audio Lesson 6: Creating the Targets Lesson 7: Introducing Unity 3d Coroutines

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In the previous lesson we made our targets being able to move…

Video Add-ons: Fixing the Player Weapon

In this Video Add-On we will learn how to make the unity 3d player weapon stop intersecting the other objects on the scene.

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Names to keep

Camera;

Camera.cullingMask;

Camera.clearFlags;

Camera.nearClipPlane;

Layers;

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Lesson 6: Creating the Targets

This post is part of the Unity 3d Fundamental Series Lesson 1: Working with the Unity Terrain Lesson 2: Create the First Person Weapon Lesson 3: Assets and Unity 3d Physics Lesson 4: Shooting with Unity 3d raycasting Lesson 5: Particle Systems and Audio Lesson 6: Creating the Targets

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In this lesson we are going to learn how to create the moving targets for our game.

Create the Target…

Lesson 5: Particle Systems and Audio

This post is part of the Unity 3d Fundamental Series Lesson 1: Working with the Unity Terrain Lesson 2: Create the First Person Weapon Lesson 3: Assets and Unity 3d Physics Lesson 4: Shooting with Unity 3d raycasting

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In this lesson we are going to learn how to create a Particle System for our AK-47 muzzle flash and also add sound effects.

Create the Muzzle Flash;

Enable the particles;

A…

This post is part of the Unity 3d Fundamental Series Lesson 1: Working with the Unity Terrain Lesson 2: Create the First Person Weapon Lesson 3: Assets and Unity 3d Physics Lesson 4: Shooting with Unity 3d raycasting

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In this lesson we are going to learn how to shoot with our first person weapon.

Lesson Outline

Detect the Player Input;

Detect the Bullet Collisions;

Create the Bullet…

This post is part of the Unity 3d Fundamental Series Lesson 1: Working with the Unity Terrain Lesson 2: Create the First Person Weapon Lesson 3: Assets and Unity 3d Physics

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In this lesson we will import the assets to create the initial area and add some physics in our scene using the Unity 3d Physics System.

Lesson Outline

Import the assets from the Asset Store;

Build the initial…

This post is part of the Unity 3d Fundamental Series Lesson 1: Working with the Unity Terrain Lesson 2: Create the First Person Weapon

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In this lesson we will create the First Person Weapon Setup. The goal at the end of the lesson is to have the 3d model in place and being able to equip the weapon at runtime using a Trigger.

[alert-announce]This is the second lesson of the Unity 3d…

Lesson 1: Working with the Unity Terrain

In this first lesson of the Unity 3d Fundamentals Series we will start by creating the Terrain for our main scene using the Unity Terrain Engine.

This lesson is divided in four sections:

Create the Terrain;

Model the Terrain;

Decorate the Terrain

Add a Skybox.

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Create the Unity Terrain

Just like every other entity in our scene, a Terrain is just a GameObject with a Terrain Component…

How to create and use code snippets

In this post we will see how to use the default code snippets and then how to create your own. Don’t know what are code snippets or why to use them? READ OUR TIP about that.

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Stage 1 Goal: Use Monodevelop Default Code Snippets [divider] Step 1. Press the Right-Mouse Button to access the context menu and choose Insert Template.

Press the Right-Mouse Button to access the context menu and…

Work Smarter using Code Snippets

< Work Smarter using Code Snippets >

  Although programming is a lots of fun (or not), doing it for hours, days and especially nights, it can become a quite maddening task.

When I started programming I was always told to find better ways to facilitate my work. To whenever possible put the machine doing the work for me so I could concentrate on the parts that the machine is not able to do it by…