Unity 4.3

[Draco18s]

Is amazing:

    •    Native 2D tools featuring a dedicated 2D physics engine (Box 2D), a keyframe-based dopesheet setting in the animation window for easy sprite animation, plus automatic atlas generation.
 
     •    Deeper Mecanim integration including the ability to animate sprites, blend shapes, component and script properties, plus events for animator-driven characters.
 
     •    MonoDevelop 4.01 with a redesigned interface and a new completion and refactoring engine.
 
     •    JavaScript and Boo for Windows Store Apps
 
     •    Support for Plastic SCM version control

So much love. <3

[Aklyon]

If I didn't know who you were already I'd think this was a spamthing

Unity with 2d tools sounds interesting though.

[Draco18s]

Being at work and going "Oh!  Share!" and not adding much thought to the post is par for the course.

The new features are very tempting, almost making me want to upgrade my personal license (3.x), but...it would cost me almost $4000!  No 50% discount for me ;_;

[Shrugging Khan]

Does this affect us free plebs, too, or is it just for the Unity3D PRO ubermenschen? 

[Draco18s]

Does this affect us free plebs, too, or is it just for the Unity3D PRO ubermenschen? 

There's stuff for free peeps, too, I just don't know what.  The problem is that I have a pro license for 3, including iOS and Android.  Got it for free during a promotional period.

[keith.lamothe]

Kind of amusing that none of the stuff you listed is even on our radar usage-wise

[nas1m]

Does this affect us free plebs, too, or is it just for the Unity3D PRO ubermenschen? 

From what I have seen most of the new 2D tools are available in the free version .

[Draco18s]

Kind of amusing that none of the stuff you listed is even on our radar usage-wise

Monodevelop being updated is at the top of my list.   Because OMG MonoDevelop 2.x is so buggy on Windows and nothing else has the code hinting.
Windows 8 app possibilities are at the top of my company's list.

The rest of it is just nice icing on the cake.

[keith.lamothe]

Kind of amusing that none of the stuff you listed is even on our radar usage-wise

Monodevelop being updated is at the top of my list.   Because OMG MonoDevelop 2.x is so buggy on Windows and nothing else has the code hinting.

I just use VC# express.  VS proper would work too, of course.

For C#, naturally.

[Draco18s]

I just use VC# express.  VS proper would work too, of course.

For C#, naturally.

I use Javascript.  I know, I know, horrible idea.  Thing is, I'm so comfortable in JS because I've come over to Unity from Flash(AS3) and HTML(JS).

[keith.lamothe]

Javascript itself isn't so bad as long as it's used with great discipline.  In practice, people do nasty things with it.

[Draco18s]

Javascript itself isn't so bad as long as it's used with great discipline.  In practice, people do nasty things with it.

I <3 eval()

(Not really)

For a project at work one time we were exporting a...basically an interactive powerpoint presentation...for HTML 5.  I swear to god I saw something like this in the result:

setTimeout("eval('[some code]; eval('[some more code]');'",5000);

[keith.lamothe]

setTimeout("eval('[some code]; eval('[some more code]');'",5000);

I trust the velociraptors were well fed that day.

[Draco18s]

setTimeout("eval('[some code]; eval('[some more code]');'",5000);

I trust the velociraptors were well fed that day.

That program was never released.  That was the same day that I accomplished two impossible tasks:
1) Controlled javascript with audio using a single-implementation that worked in IE6 and Mobile Safari
2) Created a drag-and-drop anagram puzzle with the same requirements.

It looked like ass, but it worked.  Client decided that the loss of visual fidelity wasn't worth supporting the iPad.