Any reason to upgrade to UNITY 2.6?

Target Platforms Mobile
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I see UNITY 2.6 is now out.

I only code for UNITY iPHONE 1.5.

  • Are there any UNITY iPHONE reasons to upgrade to UNITY 2.6?

  • Is the general vote to wait and see if UNITY 2.6 breaks features in UNITY iPHONE 1.5 before upgrading?

I will probably wait and see myself.

Thanks.

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Unity and Unity iPhone are two separate applications, so Unity 2.6 has no effect on Unity iPhone 1.5.

–Eric

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but you DO need to have unity or unity pro installed for unity iphone to work

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really ? IMHO you have to have only license…

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Interesting.

I had believed that UNITY iPHONE was a plug in for UNITY.

If what you are saying is true, that means UNITY iPHONE 1.5 is a free standing application that will not be effected by UNITY 2.6.

I would like that. This would allow me to have UNITY 2.6 in the background to tinker with.

Thanks.

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Correct. Note, however, that the plan is for Unity and Unity iPhone to be merged into one application in the future. The only reason they are two distinct apps at the moment is because it was easier and faster to fork Unity in order to get the iPhone functionality out there and working well as soon as possible (Unity iPhone is basically Unity 2.1 with added iPhone stuff). From a licensing standpoint, on the other hand, Unity iPhone can be considered as a plug-in. So yes there is a bit of a disconnect between the licensing and the reality right now, but that won’t last.

–Eric

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Yep the upgrade path seems to be: we all need to own Unity Pro licenses. But for now Unity iPhone 1.5 seems to work fine “standalone” for owners of Unity 2.x Indie.
Awesome my Unity 2.6 download just finished :slight_smile:

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What? No…I’m not sure where you got that idea.

–Eric

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from the missleading description below the upgrade I would guess

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I am probably wrong about that- I just noticed in the Store that iPhone Basic is still listed as a top-level item for $399.

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With Unity now free:

Unity iPhone Basic: $399

Unity Pro: $1499
Unity iPhone Pro: $1499 (requires Unity Pro license)

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This is incorrect. I have Unity iPhone installed on my laptop (Basic), but not Unity.

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Can anyone else confirm they have UNITY iPHONE loaded without UNITY?

This would be a practical money savings if possible.

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I’m not sure where you’d be saving any money…Unity is free now.

–Eric

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To clarify:

As of today, you can buy Unity iPhone Basic without any additional cost.

You can buy Unity iPhone Advanced, if you also own or purchase together with, Unity Pro.

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Even more clarification:

Unity + Unity iPhone Basic = $400
Unity Pro + Unity iPhone Basic = $1900
Unity Pro + Unity iPhone Advanced = $3000

–Eric

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And if you already own a paid-for Unity Indy, you can get Unity iPhone for $150 instead of $400 for a limited time.

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I’m very new to this whole programing thing and I’m kind of glad to hear that UNITY3D is now free- (they must be making tons of money on iphone alone)- but… how hard is it to port a game from UNITY3D to UNITY iphone?

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Probably very difficult, because Unity3D is an engine that powers World War II Online and is not available to the public as far as I know. :wink: But porting a Unity game to Unity iPhone ranges from very easy to fairly hard, depending on what language you use, what features you’re using, the scope of the game, the kind of assets you’re using, etc. If you start with the plan of having a game work both in Unity and Unity iPhone and understand the limitations of the latter, then it’s pretty simple, otherwise maybe not so much.

–Eric

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Thanks eric