Unity 1.6.1 - A Better Online Gaming Experience

[David-Helgason]

Unity 1.6.1 has just been released as a free update to the 3D web-and-standalone game development tool. This update allows developers to greatly improve the gaming experience in the browser.

Unity games can now stream compressed audio from the web, and lock the mouse, allowing for a better interactive web game experience. Unity supports full integration and interaction with Internet Explorer, Safari, Firefox, Mozilla, Netscape and Camino on Windows and Mac OS X (on both Intel and PPC-based Macs).

Remember: Unity provides the only cross-platform browser plugin which is able to do modern 3D graphics. Now this content can load faster and be more engaging !

Download it here: http://unity3d.com/unity/unity.dmg
Release notes here: http://unity3d.com/whatsnew-1.6.html

Tell your friends.

d.

[MatthewW]

Congrats on the release guys! One question:

The Unity Web Player running in Firefox on Windows computers sometimes runs slower than it does in Internet Explorer. This is a bug in the Firefox “TalkBack” feature (FireFox’s automatic bug reporting system). It specifically causes the context switches in OpenGL to take a needlessly long amount of time. You can make the Unity Web Player run fast again by simply turning off TalkBack in Firefox (Tools → Add-ons menu). The performance issue is not very noticable with simple players, but if you use Render Textures or Image effects (for example reflective surfaces, blur, glow) the performance decrease can be quite drastic. The same issue also applies to other browser plugins (as for example Adobe Shockwave).

Does this mean that the Firefox bug has been identified (and we’ll see a fix in a future FF version)?

[Aras]

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Does this mean that the Firefox bug has been identified (and we’ll see a fix in a future FF version)?

Yes, after lots of stepping through assembly I found the cause (link). In some future version Mozilla is planning to use a different bug reporting component though. In the meantime we’re still looking for alternative workarounds.

[bigkahuna]

On some computers, the Unity editor does not launch. Unity will bounce one time in the dock, then quit. This is a bug in OS X 10.4.8 that triggers on some Intel-based Macs. The bug has been fixed in upcoming Mac OS X 10.4.9 update. Until it’s released the problem can be solved by reinstalling the system or booting from another hard drive. The Player and Web Player are not affected by this.

Which Intel based macs are effected? Might be a good idea to post a list so we don’t update Unity until the OS has been fixed…

[Joachim_Ante_1]

If it happens, then it happens on every version of Unity, so there is no harm in upgrading. It’s really rare like 0.1% of all intel macs having this defect.

[anon_87667939]

Yeah, I have it

Do you guy by chance know when 10.4.9 is coming out? Within a few days or a few weeks?

[MatthewW]

@Aras Pranckevicius

Yes, after lots of stepping through assembly I found the cause (link). In some future version Mozilla is planning to use a different bug reporting component though. In the meantime we’re still looking for alternative workarounds.

Awesome. I’m glad to see you guys are on top of it!

[StarManta]

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Yeah, I have it

Do you guy by chance know when 10.4.9 is coming out? Within a few days or a few weeks?

Based only on the frequency of seeds and a gut feeling, I would guess throws dart at calendar a week or two.

[anon_3567765]

Hey! I didn’t get an announce by email…

Cheers,

Luis.

[David-Helgason]

We’re generally a couple of days late with that. You’ll see it in our inbox soon, but in your case I guess you won’t be waiting for the mail

Enjoy Unity 1.6.1 y’all.

d.

[anon_3567765]

Still no email… Anyone got a hankie?..

Cheers,

Luis.