Anja Haumann

Unity: Better Inspector

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Improving the inspector in Unity can have significant benefits for game development efficiency and workflow.   An organized and easy-to-read inspector layout can provide quick access to game objects, components, and properties, making it simpler to identify and modify different elements of the game without having to navigate a cluttered and confusing interface.   In … Read more

What’s Antialiasing and Why is it Blurry?

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Before we talk about antialiasing, we must discuss the problem it tries to solve. It’s called aliasing and is generated by improper sampling.   Aliasing The term originates in the field of signal processing. In computer graphics, it describes a variety of ugly artefacts and image flaws created by improper sampling. Staircase-like artefacts that appear … Read more

Book Recommendation: Algorithm Design

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I really like reading in general but especially reading technical books. In contrast to digital content, a book must pass a technical review before publication. This ensures to a certain degree that the content is good or at least not entirely wrong.   When searching for information online you must always ensure that you are … Read more

Medical VR – Search Training

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Search Training is a medical VR application that trains hemianopsia patients to compensate for their vision loss with eye movement and collects training data.   Genre: Medical App Platform: Google Daydream Artstil: 2D Engine: Unity 3D Year: 2018   Configurable stimuli pairs are displayed on a sphere surrounding the user. Head movement can’t be used … Read more

Unity: Animator State Lost?

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Sometimes there is an animated gameObject which mustn’t stop animating or its state breaks. If it should continue off-screen you can set the Culling Mode of the animator to Always Animate.   But sometimes that’s not enough. When you disable an animator in the mid of an animation, it’s most likely stuck the next time … Read more

Unity: Events vs Interfaces

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“Events are evil!” is a common opinion among Unity developers. What are the reasons behind this statement and are interfaces an alternative to events? Example implementation at the bottom.     Problems A common source for event bugs are timing issues. For an event to work correctly you have to subscribe before it’s triggered and … Read more

Unity: Null Check Not Working?

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Ever checked an object for null and it didn’t work? Computers do precisely what you tell them to do -> it must be a programming error that bypasses the null check.   This is one of the moments where I doubt my sanity as a programmer.   What Happened? The C# target object isn’t null … Read more

Unity: Create Assets with Dynamic Name/Properties

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Problem The CreateAssetMenu attribute is handy if you want a quick way to instantiate scriptable objects.  But it falls short when a dynamic name or the initialization of different properties is needed, for example, the generation of a custom ID.   Solution The solution is to create the asset yourself. The CreateAssetMenu attribute is only … Read more

The aMAZEing Labyrinth

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A mobile adaption of the classic ‘Das verrückte Labyrinth’ by Ravensburger.   Genre: Puzzle Platform: Mobile (android, ios) Artstil: 3D Engine: Unity 3D   Year: 2021 Duration: 7 month   My Part: Artificial intelligence Pawn movement General gameplay features   All of the rules – like shifting the labyrinth and collecting treasures and secrets – … Read more

Unity: Preserve Articulation Body State

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One constraint of articulation bodies is that they lose their physics state if their hierarchy changes. This behaviour manifests as snapping back to their initial configuration/position. You can find a short overview of the constraints and advantages of articulation bodies here.   Problem Changing the active state of the root articulation body is also a … Read more