Intro to Tool Dev in Unity - An Improvised Live Course [part 1/4]

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0:00:00 - Thor
0:00:18 - What is a Tool Developer?
0:04:05 - Field Attributes
0:09:02 - Gizmos
0:11:44 - Managers & ExecuteAlways
0:21:26 - Handles & Editor Preprocessors
0:27:36 - Drawing Bezier Curves
0:32:37 - Material & Mesh Modification Pitfalls
0:44:41 - MaterialPropertyBlocks
1:08:41 - Coloring Gizmos & Handles
1:10:42 - ScriptableObjects
1:21:46 - ScriptableObjects vs Prefabs
1:24:36 - Making a Custom Inspector
1:31:59 - Serialization of Fields & Types
1:43:56 - Editor GUI, Layout & Styling
2:07:15 - Shader Forge
2:06:06 - Recorder Tool
2:26:56 - Inspector Fields (manual version)
2:37:57 - Inspector Fields (SerializedProperty version)
2:47:19 - Change Detection & Updating Objects
2:51:34 - MenuItem Object Snapping Script
3:09:16 - EditorWindow Snapping Tool
3:24:07 - Assignment! Advanced Snapping Tool

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Timestamps for all you mobile users out there 💖

0:00:00 - Thor
0:00:18 - What is a Tool Developer?
0:04:05 - Field Attributes
0:09:02 - Gizmos
0:11:44 - Managers & ExecuteAlways
0:21:26 - Handles & Editor Preprocessors
0:27:36 - Drawing Bezier Curves
0:32:37 - Material & Mesh Modification Pitfalls
0:44:41 - MaterialPropertyBlocks
1:08:41 - Coloring Gizmos & Handles
1:10:42 - ScriptableObjects
1:21:46 - ScriptableObjects vs Prefabs
1:24:36 - Making a Custom Inspector
1:31:59 - Serialization of Fields & Types
1:43:56 - Editor GUI, Layout & Styling
2:07:15 - Shader Forge
2:06:06 - Recorder Tool
2:26:56 - Inspector Fields (manual version)
2:37:57 - Inspector Fields (SerializedProperty version)
2:47:19 - Change Detection & Updating Objects
2:51:34 - MenuItem Object Snapping Script
3:09:16 - EditorWindow Snapping Tool
3:24:07 - Assignment! Advanced Snapping Tool

[benjoe]

THIS IS WHAT THE WORLD NEEDS! This is what I need :D

[bluntfist]

If you're trying to follow along using URP or HDRP and can't get the colors to work, try changing "_Color" to "_BaseColor". Btw this tutorial rules.

[peyton-a-lee]

Just found this series and your channel, and it's incredible so far! Definitely recommending this to my friends who use Unity.

[asrielmandrak]

Oh man. You don't know for how long i was searching for this video. I finally solved literally ALL of my doubts in just one video. Thank you, really.
(Btw: your editors are gorgeous. I would like to see a detailed course on editor designs like yours)

[JarlThorson]

I would love a post mortem on Shader Forge!

[clownhunter]

1:40:54 Just a heads up to anyone watching this video now, Unity added the [SerializeReference] attribute in 2019.3 that can handle serializing list of base classes, polymorphic classes, interfaces, etc so this is no longer an issue.

[fernandacoelho]

I haven't properly started yet, but I just want to thank you so much for this. I'm trying to improve my tech art skillset and this is such an incredible resource, and I know from experience that making tutorials is a lot of work; and you went the extra EXTRA mile of making them longer and timestamped, this is amazing

[draconinteractive]

That pattern at the beginning for multi-object management, I hadnt seen anyone else use that!

One thing I do, if I'm not using a manager for the object collection, you can create the list in the script itself. So in ExplosiveBarrel, you can just have public static List<ExplosiveBarrel> all = new List<ExplosiveBarrel>();

Then, to get the collection, scripts can just do ExplosiveBarrel.all[x]

Both have adv/disadv, just an addition :)

[KurtCobain_simp]

No because I was about to fall asleep and then this video started playing in the way. I jumped up so fast it generally scared me

[TheRabidCabbage]

I'm enjoying the hidden minigame of trying to work out all the hotkeys you're using.

Keys I learned so far:
Ctrl+D = Dupe line
Ctrl+Shift+L = Delete Line (I changed it to Ctrl+Shift+D as like the opposite of Dupe Line)
Alt+Shift+Double-click = Select Multiple Words
Ctrl+Shift+U = Toggle Case (Not an ideal combo, but I doubt I will use it much)
Alt+Shift+. = Add Next Occurrence to Selection (This needs to be more accessible)

I realised I was shifting lines & statements up & down a lot, so I promoted them to Shift+Wheel and Ctrl+Shift+Wheel. Hope that isn't going to be a problem later.

[evanlane]

Holy SHIT this is amazing. I had work to do today Freya! Now I'm four hours behind, and it was absolutely worth it. :D

[jjkanes]

Bloody love this series! So good to to find little quality of life editor tool stuff I never knew existed ahhh

[iridelombardi]

Just a heads up, if you are using URP, you should set the color property _BaseColor, not _Color

[nthnnnnnnnnn]

00:41:59
I might be wrong but afaik creating new material doesn't create a new "Asset". It creates a material in memory which would be destroyed on "Domain Reload" (recompile).
Also I don't think (again I might be wrong) that you can save a material in a SceneAsset. Which is different from the type Scene. Scene is just a runtime struct that holds loaded SceneAsset information.

[cetiah]

This is awesome. I've been so interested in learning about tools development lately (and shaders!) but wasn't sure how to get started. Thank you so much!

[ddouston]

20m in, you've expanded my Unity knowledge in some ways as well as confirmed my understanding of the Editor in others. Bravo! Great course!

[hellzbellz]

For anyone in the future that's looking to learn to code and stumbles upon this video, or is actually into this video topic, pick a project/dev app that uses your coding language of choice, and go to the feature request area and pick a project. Popular projects are maybe better also a discord for that project might also be helpful

[riddheshzaveri]

I am sure you will receive so many blessings for what you are doing for game dev community. The knowledge you share is worth million dollars. I will try my best to teach the same to others also for free, just like you.

[Nastomeya]

Just want to say you will never stop learning Unity from Freya.