Mapbox with Unity

Questions & Answers
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Hi all,

I am very new here and whilst I have been completing tutorials and any video lessons I can on Unity I am stuck with where to start for an idea I have and would really appreciate some help.

I want to start experimenting with a location based game idea and I am interested in using MapBox. Can someone tell me where to start adding my map I created in mapbox studio to unity. I can find practically no information for a newbie online and want to know if its quite an advanced topic or not.

Are there any resources I can scroll through for this? I imagined it maybe as simple as creating my map design and importing the design onto a plane but guessing I’m wrong.

Thanks for any help

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Documentation is lacking but found at: https://mapbox.github.io/mapbox-sdk-unity/api/index.html

  1. Click on the MapController in your scene
  2. In inspector double click FlatMapVisualization
  3. Change size to 2, it should now list TerrainFactory and MapImageFactory
  4. Double click MapImageFactory
  5. Add your style URL to Map Id override any existing value

Note the MapController can be created from scratch or copy one from Mapbox/Examples I used MeshGenerationBasics as a template.
Note this will change the example too.

If you want a flat map follow these steps:

  1. Click on the MapController in your scene
  2. In inspector double click FlatMapVisualization
  3. Double click TerrainFactory
  4. Uncheck the Create Real Terrain

Final note: This took several days and people to figure out, I would advice that you use something else

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This Mapbox blog post shows their SDK being used with Motive.io which adds more game features. Since you mentioned you’re making a game, it might be useful to you.