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Unity Game Optimization

Unity Game Optimization

By : Dr. Davide Aversa , Dickinson
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Unity Game Optimization

Unity Game Optimization

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By: Dr. Davide Aversa , Dickinson
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Overview of this book

Unity engine comes with a great set of features to help you build high-performance games. This Unity book is your guide to optimizing various aspects of your game development, from game characters and scripts, right through to animations. You’ll explore techniques for writing better game scripts and learn how to optimize a game using Unity technologies such as ECS and the Burst compiler. The book will also help you manage third-party tooling used with the Unity ecosystem. You’ll also focus on the problems in the performance of large games and virtual reality (VR) projects in Unity, gaining insights into detecting performance issues and performing root cause analysis. As you progress, you’ll discover best practices for your Unity C# script code and get to grips with usage patterns. Later, you’ll be able to optimize audio resources and texture files, along with effectively storing and using resource files. You’ll then delve into the Rendering Pipeline and learn how to identify performance problems in the pipeline. In addition to this, you’ll learn how to optimize the memory and processing unit of Unity. Finally, you’ll cover tips and tricks used by Unity professionals to improve the project workflow. By the end of this book, you’ll have developed the skills you need to build interactive games using Unity and its components.
Table of Contents (15 chapters)
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Preface
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Preface
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Who this book is for
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What this book covers
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Section 1: Base Scripting Optimization
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Section 1: Base Scripting Optimization
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Evaluating Performance Problems
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Evaluating Performance Problems
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Gathering profiling data using the Unity Profiler
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Best approaches to performance analysis
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Final thoughts on profiling and analysis
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Summary
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Scripting Strategies
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Scripting Strategies
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Obtaining components using the fastest method
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Removing empty callback definitions
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Caching component references
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Sharing calculation output
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Update, coroutines, and InvokeRepeating
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Faster GameObject null reference checks
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Avoid retrieving string properties from GameObjects
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Using appropriate data structures
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Avoiding re-parenting transforms at runtime
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Considering caching transform changes
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Avoiding Find() and SendMessage() at runtime
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Disabling unused scripts and objects
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Using distance-squared over distance
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Minimizing deserialization behavior
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Loading scenes additively and asynchronously
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Creating a custom Update() layer
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Summary
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Section 2: Graphical Optimizations
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Section 2: Graphical Optimizations
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The Benefits of Batching
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The Benefits of Batching
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Draw calls
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Materials and shaders
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The Frame Debugger
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Dynamic batching
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Static batching
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Summary
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Optimizing Your Art Assets
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Optimizing Your Art Assets
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Audio
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Texture files
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Mesh and animation files
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Asset bundles and resources
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Summary
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Faster Physics
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Faster Physics
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Understanding the physics engine
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Physics performance optimizations
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Summary
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Dynamic Graphics
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Dynamic Graphics
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Exploring the Rendering Pipeline
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Detecting performance issues
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Rendering performance enhancements
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Summary
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Section 3: Advance Optimizations
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Section 3: Advance Optimizations
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Optimizations for Virtual and Augmented Reality
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Optimizations for Virtual and Augmented Reality
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Overview of XR technology
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Developing XR products
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Performance enhancements in XR
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Summary
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Masterful Memory Management
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Masterful Memory Management
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The Mono platform
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Code compilation
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Profiling memory
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Memory management performance enhancements
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Summary
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The Data-Oriented Technology Stack
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The Data-Oriented Technology Stack
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The problem of multithreading
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The Unity Job System
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The new ECS
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The burst compiler
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Summary
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Tactical Tips and Tricks
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Tactical Tips and Tricks
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Editor hotkey tips
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Editor UI tips
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Scripting tips
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Custom Editor scripts and menu tips
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External tips
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Other tips
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Summary
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