** World Streamer 2 forum thread **
World Streamer is a memory, assets streaming system. By using it you are able to stream whole your game from a disc in any axis and space. You are able to create endless space games, 2D platformers, 3rd person, or any kind of game you want without loading screens during player movement. You could also create endless looped world. In few clicks your game is ready to be loaded from your disc! Now your scenes are as big as you want, without any limits. You could work on local area and update world by 2 buttons. You could also separate your world into layers like: lighting, ai, geometry or even separate them into local areas. It’s perfect soluton for teams that work on the same area. World streamer is also useful for architectural presentation or in any application that you need to use as low memory as possible. With streaming you will reduce objects count in your scene. Thats will save your cpu,gpu power and you will only load them if they are necessary. Collider streaming give you ability to stream rooms and floors, only when player will hit room/floor area collider. You could build whole towns with interiors without performance hit. Ring streaming will replace your unity terrains by low poly meshes in far distance. Now you are able to stream your open world from disc in few clicks.
Asset Store Link: World Streamer
About World Streamer:
Small planet streamed from disc example (demo contains curved world pack):
Heavy Terrain Streaming
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R2rtpkC86uM
Features:
- Floating point error fix system
- Looped world system
- Multi scene editing support
- Unity 5.3+ support but it also work on older unity versions
- Multiple layers streaming
- Support for multiple devs working at one area
- Removes world size restrictions and slow down in unity editor at huge or extremely detailed scenes
- Ring streaming (replacement of the objects according to the distance)
- Collider hit streaming
- Support for extremely big worlds
- Easy automatic processes will save your development time
- Few and clicks you can stream endless world
- Work in any axis and space: 2d, 3d, vertical, horizontal
- Reduce RAM,CPU,GPU,VRAM usage of your game
- Reduce number of objects in your scene
- Compatible with unity5 speedtree or any tree system
- Load your world in background (async loading)
- Compatible with amplify, graphine and any other texture stream system
- Loading screen system
- LOD system for split terrains
- Webplayer support
- Occlusion Culling support (Unity 5.5+)
- Innovative local area updater
- Terrain culling system distance based on camera view (Unity 5.3+)
- Compatible with terrain stitcher and multiple terrain brush
- Unity navmesh support with floating point fix - Unity 5.6+
- Fully commented opensource code that will help you to work with World Streamer!
- Compatible with: World Creator, Gaia, Terrain Composer, RTP, uConstruct, Gena, Curved World, Real World Terrain, Granite, Amplify Texture, Terrain Stitcher Multiple Terrain Brush, Terrain to Mesh, Most Asset Store Assets.
TUTORIALS:
1. Stream your whole world step by step.
2. Refreshing world data in 2 different ways.
5. Ring streaming and how to replace HQ unity terrains by cheap low poly mesh in far distance.
UPCOMING TUTORIALS:
6. World looping and small planet construction.
7. Floating point fix system.
8. Collider streaming solution.
9. Local area updater introduction: tool for big worlds and teams.
10. Workflow with other unity assets like World Creator, GAIA, Gena, Terrain Composer, World Composer, Weather Systems, Horizon Systems.
MANUAL LINK: NEW MANUAL FOR WORLD STREAMER 1.7+ VERSIONS
Changelogs:
Update “1.3”
- Improve scenes creating speed
- Multiple sorting process for few layers at once
- Multiple steamers - automatic scene creating for multiple layers and streamers
- Cancel creating scene process
- Warning if you forgot about: streamer tag or deloading range is shorter than loading, thx for feedback!
- Save options for sorting process
- Streaming layers manager in scene splitter
- Documentation update
- Index out of range fix, it could show in very specific situations
- Manual update with more tips and details, thx for feedback!
update “1.4”
- looped world system
- different stream range in selected axis
- gizmos with information about future sectors
- scrollbar in scene splitter window
- webplayer support
- generate scenes for separated layer - “G” button
- compatibility with terrain stitcher and multiple terrain brush
update “1.4.5”
- fixed looped world system
- support for unity 5.3+ and older unity versions
- multiscene editing support
update “1.5”
- this world streamer version still support older unity versions!
- scene creating process is 20 times faster, improvment requires unity 5.3+
- added new loading/deloading improvment requires unity 5.3+
- innovative local area updater tool [beta], it requires unity 5.3 +
- additional support for huge teams that work on one world, , it requires unity 5.3+
- additional support for huge world, it requires unity 5.3+
- if you change world streamer to 1.5 from older version you have to rebuild your scenes (it’s only few seconds now). We added plenty of informations to our scripts so they must be filled by system.
Update “1.7”
- Bug fixes with looped world which start from “-” positions.
- Bug fixes with looped non-square world
- Bug fixes with local area updater (non default scene directory)
- Bug fixes with scene splitter (non default scene directory)
- New gizmos for sectors. You will be able to visualize how far you stream every layer, compare them etc.
- System speed up
- Changes in UI to more intuitive, we removed some windows and we make system more automatic
-Collider streaming. You will be able to stream sectors that only show up when player hit collider. Useful for building interiors! Collider could be looped, it will be also compatible with floating point fix system. With this system you could avoid loading big group of invisible models.
-Ring streaming. You are able to load objects in specific range and then replace them when you are close or far enought. It could be usefull as LODs for far view terrains. At close distances you will have terrain at far you could load low quality mesh. You also could use it to replacing objects/models in different distances. - New tutorials and manual doc. It will be more based on typical asked questions.
- Streamer objects will get prefabs that are easy to setup
- Tooltips
Update “1.7.2”
- Faster gc solution, it works 10x faster now
- Hide few debug values
- Own terrain culling system based on camera view. With it you probably will save 90-10% of terrain cpu/gpu usage.
- Minor manual changes
- More info about real time generated data and world streamer workflow.
- Minor bug fixing, they do not affect system workflow
Update “1.7.2”
- World Streamer Tutorial 1 - Stream your whole world step by step
Update “1.7.3”
- World Streamer Tutorial 2
- World Streamer Tutorial 3
- World Streamer Tutorial 4
- Local area updater boundary gizmo fix
- Additional function to turn on/off streaming layer
- Terrain neighbour script fix and terrain streaming improment by 500%
- Terrain culling system quick fix (last version could generate editor crash)
Update “1.7.4”
- Debug fix at terrain culling system
- Object culling system
- World Streamer Tutorial 5
- Fix for real player position value with looping system. (this will help in client server communication)
Update “1.7.5”
- Fix in “z” axis looped streaming
- Fix for unsplit button in local area updater.
Update “1.8”
- World Streamer Tutorial 5.
- Fix for player position gizmo if you are not using world mover.
- Save/load setup for Local Area Updater.
- Additional support for spawned players.
Update “1.9”
- System that holds or moves player to safe place during loading time. (done)
- System which manage physics when player is far from objects (done)
- Terrain culling camera setup changes (done)
- Manual update (done)
- Small fixes (done)
- Exception script for terrain at neighbour LOD system (done)
- Removes warnings for 5.3+ (done)
- Streamer should works with catalogs in hierarchy.(done)
BTW we had issue in 1.9 with scene generation. If you have error during this proces simply replace this file. Hot fix will be uploaded right now but it will wait for acceptation.
Update “1.9.0.5”
- fix for 1.9v with scene generation proces
Update 1.9.1
- Light and GI additional manager (done)
- Manual update (done)
- Blocked moves/operations that could bring wrong results. (done)
1.9.2
- Spliter fix for linux devices
- Culling manager fix (some devs said that terrain is invisible in few situations)
1.9.4 (Online)
- Local area updater fix
- Direct unity 2017 support.
Update 2.0 We start working on world streamer 2.0 please put info what you would like to see in new version:)
So list of features for 2.0 from our side:
- 1 object to manage whole streaming and layers
- direct asset bundle option
- some fixes with looping and floating point fix
- better light setup manager per layer
- occlusion culling per layer (not sure yet)
- light baking button for whole game
- layer sorting by: object name, child, tag etc
- garbage collector manager
List with features from users side:
- comming soon:)
Contact with us by mail to get fresh fixed scripts before release…
Test scene (very old):
Windows download - Demo
Mac download - Demo
Mobile android download - Demo
Helpful additional tools:
- Terrain Stitcher ( stitch edges between unity terrains)**
**- Multiple Terrain Brush ( brush for multiple terrains)
- Free Terrain Spliter
Example game working on world streamer and our few other assets like R.A.M (links below):
Another example - MMO Game:
Cloud Point viewer example:
Visit us:
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Our website - naturemanufacture.com
Discord - support
You could also look at our other packs:
Unity Tools:
River Auto Material 2019 - create fabalous river in few seconds, (ground textures included)
River Auto Material - create fabalous river in few seconds, (ground textures included)
Lava & Volcano Envrionment 2019- create fabalous lava enviro, volcano, river, cave.
Lava & Volcano Envrionment - create fabalous lava enviro, volcano, river, cave.
World Streamer - optimise your game, stream data and remove memory, cpu, gpu usage, create endless looped world. Reduce loading times.
Terrain Stitcher Tools - connect multiple terrains, remove holes in 1 button click. Options will help you to handle any shape connections. Easy and fast border stitching.
Multiple Terrain Brush - work at multiple terrains as they become one, without any borders and holes
Terrain Shading:
CTS terrain shader 2019- AAA terrain render and textures made with Adam Goodrich, 1 pass (less drawcalls then unity terrain), snow,water auto cover. Totaly easy in use.
CTS terrain shader - AAA terrain render and textures made with Adam Goodrich, 1 pass (less drawcalls then unity terrain), snow,water auto cover. Totaly easy in use.
Environment:
Forest Environment - Dynamic Nature - huge library of trees, rocks, grass, branches, slopes, best artistic content winner at unity awards 2019.
Meadow Environment - Dynamic Nature - huge library of trees, rocks, grass, flowers
Mountain Tree Pack - Dynamic Nature - HQ optimised tree pack. Cheap in render and gives fabalous render result.
Ice World - ice shaders for water and models with huge ice textures library
PBR Graveyard Pack - really huge library of PBR cemetery sculpted and scanned models with foliage. You will find monastery, interiors, graveyards, nature, walls
Advanced Rock Pack - auto-covered rocks which you could easly blend with unity terrain. Big library of HQ ground textures included.
Advanced Foliage Pack - huge library of foliage (grass, roots, trunks) with ground textures. Vegetation studio supported.
Photo Scanned Park Assets - photoscanned and optimised park models like fountains, statues, bench, laterns, stairs and fences. Best LOD’s in the planet 
Dynamic Nature Starter - library of rocks, trees ground textures and shaders which could be autcovered by snow at runtime.
Winter Mountains and Stamps - group of background mountains and stamps for gaia and new unity terrain 2018.3+
Realistic Grass Pack - pretty old grass (billboard) texture library
Realistic Tree Pack - pretty old big library of trees, optimised and cheap in render
Mountain Tree Pack - pretty old group of mountain trees, optimised and cheap in render.
Ground Textures:
Winter Ground Pack - library of winter ground textures like rocks, snow, paths , grass etc
Landscape Ground Pack - big library of ground/forest textures
Landscape Ground Pack 2- big library of ground textures
VR & FP Models:
VR Hands FP Arms - pack of hands and arms models with fabalous skin shader. Mobile and standalone versions.