Ever feel like the default settings in Unity aren't quite right? At Unite Copenhagen, this session showed how to use Presets to override defaults for a given Manager, Importer, or Component. This can have a big impact on the efficiency of your workflows, and you'll see examples in textures, FBX files, MonoBehaviour components, lights, cameras, Transform components, and more. Speaker: Marc Tanenbaum – Unity

2. Presets
presets
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Improve your workflows with presets

3. What is a Preset?
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● An asset…
● ...that sets properties...
● ...and allows you to override defaults
● Works on anything that extends Unity.Object
○ Components
○ Importers
○ Managers

4. And what does it look like?
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5. Preset vs Prefab
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Preset Prefab
Is an asset x x
Useful for organization/enforcement x x
Maintains link with target x
Works at the component level x
Works with importers and manager x

6. Let's go to Unity
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7. Use presets to...
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...enhance workflow

8. Use presets to...
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...validate decisions

9. Use presets to...
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...align your team and prevent errors

10. Use presets to...
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...enhance pipeline tooling

11. Use presets to...
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...report and enforce standards

12. Use presets to...
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...assist in project templating

13. How does this affect me?
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Indie studio Small studio Large studio
Workflow enhancement
Decision validation
Alignment
Pipeline tooling
Standards enforcement / exception logging
Project templates

14. TextureImporter RigidBody Graphics Settings FBXImporter Light Editor Settings
BoxCollider MeshRenderer MeshFilter LightProbeGroup MeshCollider AudioSource
VisualEffect EventSystem Camera PhysicsRaycaster 3dsMax CapsuleCollider
RectTransform Text Canvas StandaloneInputModule DecalProjector Material
LensFlare SkinnedMeshRenderer AimConstraint NavMeshAgent TextMesh
NavMeshObstacle CircleCollider2D ConfigurableJoint TrackedPoseDriver VideoPlayer
VFXPropertyBinder Button Dropdown Shadow Tilemap Tilemap2D PlayableDirector
AreaEffector2D BoxCollider2D Grid RotationConstraint SpriteShapeRenderer
WorldAnchor AudioListener LineRenderer InputManager PhysicsSettings
Physics2DSettings PlayerSettings OGG PresetManager QualitySettings InputField
TagsAndLayersSettings SurfaceEffector2D FixedJoint2D ConstantForce2D Animation
TimeSettings AssetImporter RigidBody2D ParticleSystemForceField WindZone
WheelJoint2D TilemapRenderer RawImage Slider Mask Toggle GraphicRaycaster
Sprite VirtualCamera FixedJoint HingeJoint PointEffector2D Selectable Image
ParticleSystem Projector OffMeshLink NavMeshObstacle AudioReverbZone
CanvasScaler JPEG WAV HorizontalLayoutGroup Terrain LookAtConstraint TIFF
Sketchup MP3 TTF Shader ScriptableRenderPipeline Timeline JSON
PRESET ALL
THE THINGS!
(obligatory meme)
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15. Thank you!
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