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We're currently working on 849 articles about Unity and its surrounding subjects.

Script Archive

Character Controller Scripts

• ShipControls - Place this script on a RigidBody for 2D spaceship controls like OverWhelmed Arena.
• Force2D - Place this script on a GameObject and have it constrained to two dimensions.
• VariableSpeedFPSwalker - An FPS walker script having different speeds for walking forward, strafing, and backpedaling

General Concepts

• AManagerClass - example on how to add easy access to a singleton class in a scene.
• ToggleGravity - example how to toggle a property, in this case the global gravity setting, by the left mouse button.

General Purpose Effect Scripts

• StopEmittingAfterDelay - After a configurable delay, particles will fade naturally, then finally the object will get destroyed with autodestruct.
• CameraFacingBillboard - Use this script on a billboard or similar object to make it align itself with the camera.
• LookAtCameraYonly - Use this script on a billboard or other object to have it face the camera but only rotate on the Y axis.
• Mathfx - This script contains a growing number of small and useful math functions. (Short for Mathf eXtended)

Graphical User Interface Scripts

• Button - Use this script on a guiTexture object for regular push buttons that send a message when clicked.
• ToggleButton - Extends the Button class to create a toggle button.
• GuiRatioFixer - Use on a GUIText /GUITexture object to automatically adjust aspect ratio

Heads Up Display Scripts

• MessageDisplayer - Use this script on a GUIText object to have a self-disappearing list of status messages.

Camera Controls

• Headbobber - This script makes an object bob up and down smoothly when you're pressing one or both of the horizontal/vertical axes.

Shader Archive

• Built In Shaders - Here you can get all the shaders that are built into Unity... to work or learn from (Note: must log-in to the forum to see and download the file).
• BumpSpecModulate - Bump mapped shader that modulates between original texture color and "alpha color" based on alpha of main texture.
• TexturedFont - Use this shader in place of the built in Text Shader for multicolored fonts instead of solid colored ones.
• VegetationTwoPass - Great vegetation shader, renders opaque and then renders semitransparent.
• VegetationVertexLit - Vertex-lit shader with no culling that is ideal for vegetation and other two sided polygon models.
• UnlitAlpha - A non-backface culled, unilluminated, alpha tested shader which is suitable for sprites.

Tips Archive

3D Application Tips

• 3dApps - Which 3D applications are compatible with Unity.
• Blender - Some critical tips for using Blender with Unity.

2D Application Tips

Audio Application Tips

Unity Tips

• Font Creation - An Adobe Illustrator template file to help create font textures.
• Window Layout - Shows how to achieve three tall columns and a horizontally split view.

General Tips

• Playing Your Game From A Text Editor - An AppleScript which starts your Unity game from within your text editor.
• Moving and Copying Unity Assets - Don't use the Finder!

Wizard Archive

These scripts go in the Assets/Editor folder of your project and require at least version 1.2 of Unity.

GameObject Manipulation

• PlaceSelectionOnSurface - Takes the current selection and raycasts downward from each object and moves them to where they hit.