OpenGL 4.5 and ES 3+ on Windows with 5.1.1f1

Target Platforms Desktop
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The release notes for 5.1 read:

Without any command line arguments, like -force-glcore, I have these OpenGL Graphics APIs for Windows available: OpenGL2, OpenGLCore, OpenGLES2, OpenGLES3 (although selecting OpenGLES3 crashes my editor).

My questions are:

  • Does -force-glcore or -force-opengl do anything in Unity Editor 5.1.1f1 64-bit for Windows that can’t be done via the Edit>Project Settings>Player>Graphics APIs for Windows?
  • Is OpenGLCore the “experimental support for OpenGL 4.5”?
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The command line arguments just switch editor to use that specific API (no matter what’s set in the project settings).

“GLCore” is indeed “OpenGL 3.x/4.x” support. It’s still not “shipping quality” on desktop, but I think in 5.2 the state should be better than what you had in 5.1.

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