Big Awesome Changes!
We have given it a lot of thought and have decided to officially merge UniStorm Desktop and UniStorm Mobile systems. Best of all, our price will stay as promised at $60. Both versions have been submitted, containing both UniStorm Desktop 2.0 and UniStorm Mobile 2.0, and are awaiting approval. This is $120 worth of system for the same great price UniStorm has always been.
This affects both UniStorm Desktop and UniStorm Mobile packages on the Asset Store. We will include both systems for both versions of UniStorm. As of right now, this will only affect UniStorm for Unity 5. We are currently updating UniStorm for Unity 4 users that will also include the 2.0 update. After we have done this we will also merge the two systems.
For your convenience, we have made the two systems in two separate folders; UniStorm Desktop and UniStorm Mobile. We have renamed the UniStorm Mobile scripts with _Mobile so users know the difference between the two. Both systems work in with in the same project.
UniStorm Mobile is now updated to version 2.0 and has been rewritten and tweaked to be as efficient as possible for mobile devices. During our mobile tests we retained a solid 60 fps on a nearly 3 generation old phone.
This will make it much easier for updates in the future as every system will be in 1 package. Our goal is to eventually have UniStorm Desktop and UniStorm Mobile by just one system. This is also our way of giving back to the UniStorm community. We appreciate all the continued support and interest in our system over the last 3 1/2 years. We will continue to work on UniStorm and provide new updates with out charging our customers for updates, true to our word when we first started UniStorm.
We hope everyone likes the announcement. We have a lot of new and exciting features coming to both systems so keep an eye out for our updates. Feel free to comment if you have any questions or suggestions.
UniStorm Mobile 1.8.1 has been accepted and now live on the Asset Stoee. UniStorm Mobile is the first system to have efficient dynamic clouds on mobile devices!
UniStorm Mobile Dynamic Weather System
The well-known weather system “UniStorm” now has a mobile version that has all the same great features as the desktop version, minus the image effects.
UniStorm Mobile is an incredibly powerful dynamic day and night weather system that creates incredible storms and weather for mobile devices, all at a blazing fast frame rate.
UniStorm Mobile works great and has been tested for both Android and Apple devices. Window’s Mobile devices and Blackberry devices are currently being tested. We’re expecting these platforms to be supported.
UniStorm Mobile now features dynamic clouds. UniStorm Mobile has also been rewritten and updated. It is now much more efficient and has over 200 customizable components.
Buy UniStorm Mobile
UniStorm Mobile is available on the Asset Store here:
An Alternative to Skyboxes
While UniStorm is a dynamic day and night weather system, it can also be used for static weather. UniStorm allows you to set the weather and make it static so it never changes, this also goes for the time of day. This means you can have different scenes each with different weather like, partly cloudy, cloudy, clear, sunny, rainy, stormy, or foggy, with any time of day like, morning, day, evening, or night! It’s basically an adjustable Skybox with working weather and animated cloud cover. Never buy a Skybox again, this is an all in one system.
UniStorm Mobile’s Performance
UniStorm Mobile does all this at a blazing fast frame rate and uses just 4 draw calls! The videos below show the efficiency of this system. UniStorm lets you control every setting and component imaginable. Things like Max Rain Intensity and Max Snow Intensity so you can cap the max particles spawned for that weather type to find a setting that’s right for your device. We have done many tests and found a default setting that performs excellent for all devices.
UniStorm Mobile Pricing
UniStorm Mobile is a separate system for purchase from UniStorm for Desktop. A lot of work went into UniStorm Mobile and to develop a dynamic day and night weather system to run on a mobile device this smoothly. We can assure you that it will be well worth it and will be a much better alternative to skyboes. UniStorm is very versatile and can pretty much find a place in any game or project.
UniStorm Mobile Testing and Devices
The device used for testing was a low to mid range android 2.2 tablet. I achieved the max frame rate 60 fps (as much as the fps calculator goes) through the entire tests. The only slight dips are just from the transition from not stormy to stormy and are unnoticeable, after the transition the fps stays at 60 fps while it’s storming. The other test shows that the system keeps a consistent 60 fps on a clear day, both day and night. This goes for other weather types too.
An iPhone 4 and iPad 3rd gen were also used in testing UniStorm achieving similar smooth and fast frame rate to the android devices.
If you have any questions please ask.
UniStorm Screenshots (version 1.2)
UniStorm Mobile (v1.0) Video Demonstrations
iPad 3rd Gen Test Video:
UniStorm Mobile - Day/Cylce:
UniStorm Mobile - Rain Storm:
