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Discussion in 'General Discussion' started by Aurore, Nov 1, 2012.

  1. Aurore

    Aurore

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    Hey,

    I know I'm committing the ultimate forum sin by posting about this twice, but man no one reads announcements do they.

    We have a public beta of 4.0 available to everyone!! If you have pre-ordered you can get the latest Pro Beta and if you haven't you can get the free version.

    Download it here: http://unity3d.com/unity/beta/download

    GO GO GO!
     
  2. KRGraphics

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    I am almost afraid to right now... lol... does strumpy work on this? And will it mess up my install of Pro 3.5?
     
  3. antenna-tree

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    Rename your Unity 3.5 folder before installing 4.0.
     
  4. KRGraphics

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    Sweet... and would that be in the install directory?
     
  5. antenna-tree

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    If on Mac it's the Unity folder in the Applications folder. On PC it's the Unity folder in the Programs folder. Just rename it to "Unity_3-5" or similar.
     
  6. jessica1986

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    does it have the new gui feature ?
     
  7. Ferazel

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    No, that is a feature that is coming later in the 4.x pipeline. However, with NGUI's chief architect there working on it, I have hope it will be good when it is finally released.
     
  8. keithsoulasa

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    Ok, installing now...
     
  9. keithsoulasa

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    I can't express how awesome you guys are !

    Linux support!
     
  10. eskovas

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    Awesome!

    I'll try it soon :)
     
  11. keithsoulasa

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    Ok , tried it and everything in my game stuck disabled( liked faded in the inspector) . Of course I made a backup , but it looks like i'm stuck on 3.5 for now
     
  12. UnLogick

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    Submit a bug report? :)
     
  13. Gigiwoo

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    ... waiting for this. It's too much $$$ for too little #!$*.
    Gigi
     
  14. CrazySi

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    Does this mean it will be as "simple" as N-goo-eye?
     
  15. SevenBits

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    I'll probably stick with 3.5 for now...
     
  16. Meltdown

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    What announcements? :D

    Ehh... does this mean 3.5 and 4 beta can't run side by side? :(
     
  17. UnknownProfile

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    They most likely can, but if you don't rename the folder, 4 will overwrite 3.
     
  18. Meltdown

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    Yeah... thought so, but just wondering how safe is it to rename it? Can you continue safely working on a 3.x project?
     
  19. JamesLeeNZ

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    easy test meltdown...

    1. rename folder
    2. start 3.5

    fails: no
    success: yes

    ;P
     
  20. Meltdown

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    Yes, yes.. very easy.. unfortunately right now I got some critical projects I'm working on and don't want to risk shaking any pots :)
     
  21. brilliantgames

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    Terrain normal maps put a smile on my face. :D
     
  22. Eric5h5

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    It's just a folder name...Unity would have to be really badly programmed if changing the name broke it. (Hint: Unity is not really badly programmed. ;) )

    --Eric
     
  23. UnknownProfile

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    Well, Unity 4 doesn't boot into any old projects. It currently boots into Angry Bots. 3.5, however, boots into the previous project I had open. You could also make backups of your project folders just in case. Jost don't try to work on something in 4 and then decide to go back to 3 with the same project.
     
  24. Starsman Games

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    To be fair: LOTS of Windows apps break if you rename their folders. Just the nature of Windows. Unity having it's origin on a Mac likely has less reliance on externally stored components. Biggest issue (I think) that come with renaming the folder is file associations break, but they should point to the Unity 4.0 once that gets installed.

    That brings an important point: Unity update projects once you open them in the latest version, so be careful opening them up in Unity 4. Keeping the old Unity 3.5 wont be any good if you update all your projects to 4.0
     
  25. KRGraphics

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    I am more interested in the documentation :)
     
  26. brilliantgames

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    Theres a tessellation example. So cool!
     
  27. Eric5h5

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    Of course, everybody has current back-ups of their projects, so even if they upgraded a project they can always just restore the backup if necessary. Right? Right.

    That's included with the download as always.

    Not quite...Unity 4, like Unity 3, has the option to always start with the project wizard (which I would recommend), and otherwise opens the last project you were using, but Unity 4 and 3 have separate preferences so the "last project" can be different for each one. Also, if you enable the project wizard, the list is separate for each one as well.

    --Eric
     
  28. Sir-Tiddlesworth

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    Unity 4, here I come!
     
  29. keithsoulasa

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    What info do you need in a bug report , if you PM me an email address I'll go ahead and screenshot it and sent it to you
     
  30. Eric5h5

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    That's not what you do...you use the bug report app.

    --Eric
     
  31. keithsoulasa

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    "GameObject is active but a parent is inactive. Active state is now inherited. Change the parenting to get back the old behaviour!
    UnityEditor.DockArea:OnGUI()
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    Can I disable this , its really anouying for my project ....

    I didn't have a bug, its just this ....
     
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  32. cynel

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    whoa my heart stopped for a moment after hearing the news
     
  33. KRGraphics

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    KICK ASS!!! I'm about to play around a bit in Unity 4... And tessellation would be awesome for my game :)
     
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  34. Aurore

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    Exactly why I did what I had to do! XD
     
  35. cynel

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    where do you rename the 3.x folder on your computers ?
     
  36. HyeMyNameIs

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    Beta is not worth screwing your projects up. I started downloading then read this thread and stopped. I'll wait.
     
  37. brilliantgames

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    Thought I would share my first few minutes of messing around. Here is a tessellation and bumped terrain example. The first screen shot shows the simple sphere with normal mapping and bump mapping. Nextscreen shot is the same sphere but with tessellation. No more modelling rocks. :D




     
  38. KRGraphics

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    Is that with a shader?
     
  39. brilliantgames

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    Yep, theres a built in ready to go tessellation shader. Just import the direct x 11 tessellation asset.
     
  40. antenna-tree

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    @Meltdown - Just rename the folder. This isn't rocket science to have two versions of Unity on the same computer... I have about 6 of them ;-)
     
  41. KRGraphics

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    I think once strumpy works in Unity4, it will be very useful for my characters :)
     
  42. UnknownProfile

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    Oh, I meant on first startup, not in general. I completely forgot about booting into the project wizard. It's been a while since I've changed projects.

    I'm sure it will be supported by the time Unity 4 is out of beta. UT did hire the creator, if I'm not mistaken.
     
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  43. KRGraphics

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    Well tessellation didn't work for me :(
     
  44. goat

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    I'm a bit surprised. Unity 4.0 by Christmas?
     
  45. henry96

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    Nice! Look like I'm going to have 2 unity version in my PC.^^
     
  46. Eric5h5

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    Ha! I have 7 (if you count Unity iPhone)! ;)

    --Eric
     
  47. brilliantgames

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    Is your machine compatible with Dx11..? If so did you activate dx11 in the player setings then close unity and open it again..? These are required..
     
  48. dogzerx2

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    Yaaaaaay!!!!
     
  49. KRGraphics

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    ooh S*** let me redo it
     
  50. AqusSeven

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    "Invalid license" error at launch on 'blank' Win 7 PC brought earlier today with no other software installed except the built in internet explorer etc. No earlier version of Unity was installed either. Do we need to register somewhere?