2D Alpha Release 4

Wow, scriptable paintbrushes for 2&3d prefabs look awesome & will be a massive timesaver

 

oh was just watching that exact video as well before i hopped on here
time to grab the build.

 

Just a question. I've noticed that all tilemaps have a "Sorting Layer" property and "order in layer" and works great with an orthographic camera. Can I use different tilemapas with a perspective camera and assign different Z values to each one? If so, I could mix 3D elements with 2D tilemaps at different distances giving a sensation of depth and/or parallax scrolling, right? The "sorting layer" and "order in layer" don't affect the Z value I guess?
In that case that would be awesome. Imagine creating several layers of tilemaps with some elements in perspective 3D and jumping from one tilemap to another "in the background" (Something like rayman legends but using tilemaps and not only smart sprites)

 

Thanks for the video, it's really interesting and fun

About the smart sprite, can you input the coordinates of a point/angle or snap them to the grid with Ctrl, like when you drag something in the scene?

 

I'm wondering if it is possible to turn border sprites of SmartSprites into masks? So the sprite will hide edges of the actual fill texture. It would be much more helpful for my project, than current borders.

 

no time to watch it all so I don't know if you mention it, but do you plan to make a 2d navmesh system?

 

Requires pro version....i just uninstalled the normal unity5 for nothing lol.

 

Hope we get some tutorials on using 2D tools to make games, including programming brushes, programatically using brushes at runtime (procedural generation and loading of levels stored in text files), and practical 2D tilemap level design.

 

Is there a way I can bake the tilemap data to use with other 5.2+ versions of unity?

 

@ChuanXin Seems like nothing is selectable when you start a new tilemap unless you paint with something, then the tiles appear in the palette.

A more user friendly way could be to let us browse through the tilemaps it's automagically picked up regardless of if you are in paint mode. At first I though it was broken, because this is the expected functionality of Tiled, 2d toolkit etc.

 

@ChuanXin Also this might seem like a dim question but, the R4 of this on bitbucket doesn't have any examples... how do we make custom brushes?

 

Brilliant thank you. Will be handy when brushes are part of the system.

Keeps getting better

BTW looks like a restart is needed after making new brushes for them to show up

 

you know what is damn funny? last night I finished a very simple tile map system for hobby, today i come online, and search and what do i see? UNITY ROCKS

 

hey, @ChuanXin

just wondering when the new beta is coming ?
to be able to move smartsprite point when the Z is not 0

cheers

 

bump

 

I'm also interested - I've heard from one of the videos, that tilemap and smartsprites support will come in unity 5.3, but in the roadmap unity 5.6 is mentioned. What is correct? I'm realy relying on this tech.

 

Most likely it got delayed, but official word would be nice. I've been on break from my project in part because I wanted to see how effective this will be for procedural purposes before rolling my own likely messy solution.

As it gets delayed more and more, it might be wise to look into other options. I have effective prototyping options, but nothing I would consider releasable.

I think in general relying on future technology for a serious project isn't a great idea. Schedules and plans can change.

 

We've got our own tilemap solution, but it isn't particularly good, so I'm hoping I wouldn't need to reinvent the whole wheel and they would actually deliver their tech in 5.3 or in the early 2016.

 

hey @ChuanXin

any news? great unity update but the 2D smartsprite is to cool to let it go

 

http://unity3d.com/unity/roadmap

5.5 JUN 7, 2016
2D: Atlas Manager
2D: Masking
2D: SmartSprite
2D: Tilemap

 

So TileMap is for 5.5, any chance for tilemap of 5.5 supports iso tilemap (even in Alpha) ?
these features will pass open beta before 5.5 ?
Thx

 

those aren't "2D Alpha" i'm talking about 2D Alpha Release 5 base on unity 5.3

 

The fact that it has been pushed back from 5.3 in september to 5.4 in october to 5.5 now should give you an indication that there's little to be expected in the near future.

 

Thinking of giving this a whirl for ludum dare is it stable and usable enough to use in game jams?

 

Forgive me if this was asked/answered elsewhere.

Are there plans to update the Unity engine to 5.3 (or 5.4 when applicable), or will this always be a 5.2 version until it's closer to being released? I'd love to use these, evenin

 

http://unity3d.com/unity/roadmap

Mars 2016

 

any chance there will be a more public Beta for Personal Edition users?
something Im working on right now would greatly benefit from the Sprite Shape/ Auto Spline tools.
Im moving forward on the other things in the game, but man, it would be great to see those tools. It'd be a shame to wait until summer to finish the build.

There are a lot of cool tools in there, which are getting pushed back.

 

hi @ChuanXin

any news ?

 

hi @ChuanXin

any news ?

 

According to roadmap It seems new 2D features removed from 5.5 release. They are in Development sceme. This is sad, this is really sad for me.

Development
In-progress, timelines long or uncertain

2D: 9-Slice Sprites
2D: Atlas Manager
2D: Masking
2D: SmartSprite
2D: Tilemap
2D: Sprite Editor Update

 

Yep, explanation is here: http://forum.unity3d.com/threads/why-you-pushed-all-the-2d-stuff-to-development-again.385093/

 

That's sad. It was a bad idea to make the presentation of new 2D features too early.

 

Is there any ETA on when the alpha builds will resume?

 

Just one quick question, is this compatible with Unity 5.3.3 or shall I install the editor that´s posted on the page?

 

Sad to see 9-slice sprite pushed back with the rest.

9-slice has been a finished feature for a while. Looks so useful too.

 

What happened to all the 2D features? They seem pushed to "uncertain" release date. Any word why? I don't expect an in-depth explanation but just some feedback. After all some of these features where announced for 5.3, 5.4...

 

This is to force personnal edition users to buy a Pro edition

 

I hope not, but the fact that there's a video with a really advance version of the 2D features and now it's pushed to "uncertain" is suspicious.

 

This is called magic marketing.

 

Are there any purchasable equivalents to these features on the Asset store? I want to get to prototyping and the current 2d builds are atrociously out of date.

 

Just watched the video at the top and its a real shame they've been pushed back. Some really useful things in there that I'd love to get my hands on.

 

Indeed, Its a shame, got a couple of 2D projects waiting for this :C

 

forum.unity3d.com/threads/why-you-pushed-all-the-2d-stuff-to-development-again.385093/

 

will this 2D alpha become available for all (instead of pro only), since beta's are open now..?

 

Can someone recommend an asset that could provide similar tilemap feature?