Beginning Unity

[anon_22741625]

Good Morning Everyone.

I am relatively new to Unity and had a couple of questions about getting started. I have been programming for over 25 years so the concepts and such are not an issue, however some help in these areas would be great:

1. Do all objects in a game have to have a script, or can they be more or less dumb objects with no script associated with them. Either way does not matter but wanted to understand a little more of the structure.

2. Are there any very basic tutorials like something as simple as putting a plane on the screen and walking around on it, or rolling a marble on it, etc. Friction would also be important here as I am trying to look into different textures, one of them being ice.

3. If I were to put 2 planes side by side and wanted to slide back and forth between them are there any issues where the two meet at the seam when crossing that boundary?

I guess in essence I am looking for very basic tutorials that gradually get more and more complex showing the different capabilities.

Any answers to the above questions or where to look for things would be a great help.

Thanks everyone.

Chris

[bigkahuna]

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1. Do all objects in a game have to have a script, or can they be more or less dumb objects with no script associated with them. Either way does not matter but wanted to understand a little more of the structure.

You can have objects with or without scripts, your option. Just drag any object from the project panel on to the 3D area and bingo, you’re done!

2. Are there any very basic tutorials like something as simple as putting a plane on the screen and walking around on it, or rolling a marble on it, etc. Friction would also be important here as I am trying to look into different textures, one of them being ice.

There are some video tutorials on the main Unity site. Those are probably the best to start with.
http://unity3d.com/support/documentation/video/

3. If I were to put 2 planes side by side and wanted to slide back and forth between them are there any issues where the two meet at the seam when crossing that boundary?

I seem to remember someone running into this before but can’t remember the details so I’ll leave it to someone else to answer…

I guess in essence I am looking for very basic tutorials that gradually get more and more complex showing the different capabilities.

I would start with the video tutorials, then read through the documentation and start playing around.
http://unity3d.com/support/documentation/

There are also a few full tutorials on the main Unity site also.
http://unity3d.com/support/resources/tutorials/

Welcome aboard and -good afternoon-!

[anon_69217346]

Hey Chris, Welcome.

Have a look here for some really good, broad BASIC introduction Unity video tutorials:

http://www.willgoldstone.com/tutorialdemo/menu.html

Also check out the Unify community on the wiki:

unifycommunity.com

For 24 hr support (of sorts) you can join the IRC Chat room at unity3d - check out the CHAT links here on the left side of the following page:

Empower Your Content through Our Community Platforms | Unity

There are usually around 10-25 people on line all the time - it’s a true 24 hour global community and always ready to try to help a fellow Unity user.

All the best!