# Unity3d 4.0 is here!!!!
**URL:** https://discussions.unity.com/t/unity3d-4-0-is-here/490278
**Category:** News & General Discussion
**Created:** [November 14, 2012, 2:13pm UTC](https://discussions.unity.com/t/unity3d-4-0-is-here/490278 "2012-11-14T14:13:56Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@kenshin1](https://discussions.unity.com/u/kenshin1)
#### Post date: [November 14, 2012, 2:13pm UTC](https://discussions.unity.com/t/unity3d-4-0-is-here/490278/1 "2012-11-14T14:13:56Z")
Great news guys… Unity3d 4.0 is available for download! 🙂
[http://unity3d.com/unity/download/](http://unity3d.com/unity/download/)
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### Author:  [@Dan\_Fury](https://discussions.unity.com/u/Dan_Fury)
#### Post date: [November 14, 2012, 2:34pm UTC](https://discussions.unity.com/t/unity3d-4-0-is-here/490278/2 "2012-11-14T14:34:49Z")
Thanks for posting the link, the download button on the page strangely redirected me to the store.
I thought with the Unity 4 launch there would be a new learning section, I hope it’s also coming today.
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### Author:  [@TwiiK](https://discussions.unity.com/u/TwiiK)
#### Post date: [November 14, 2012, 2:41pm UTC](https://discussions.unity.com/t/unity3d-4-0-is-here/490278/3 "2012-11-14T14:41:07Z")
Shuriken World Collision, even though it sounds trivial, is the only feature I care about at the moment. 😛
Perhaps now it’s actually possible to use Shuriken for every effect made with the old system.
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### Author:  [@AuroreUnity](https://discussions.unity.com/u/AuroreUnity)
#### Post date: [November 14, 2012, 2:45pm UTC](https://discussions.unity.com/t/unity3d-4-0-is-here/490278/4 "2012-11-14T14:45:04Z")
Thanks for posting that link up! The learn site isn’t coming just yet, it’s still in production but looking great!
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### Author:  [@BrUnO-XaVIeR](https://discussions.unity.com/u/BrUnO-XaVIeR)
#### Post date: [November 14, 2012, 2:47pm UTC](https://discussions.unity.com/t/unity3d-4-0-is-here/490278/5 "2012-11-14T14:47:48Z")
4.0.0… I am using 4.0.0f7, now I am confused… Am I supposed to download the one from that open link?
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### Author:  [@Landern](https://discussions.unity.com/u/Landern)
#### Post date: [November 14, 2012, 2:50pm UTC](https://discussions.unity.com/t/unity3d-4-0-is-here/490278/6 "2012-11-14T14:50:29Z")
> [@kenshin1](#):
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> Great news guys… Unity3d 4.0 is available for download! 🙂
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> [http://unity3d.com/unity/download/](http://unity3d.com/unity/download/)
This is real, not gossip!!! 😉
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### Author:  [@antenna-tree](https://discussions.unity.com/u/antenna-tree)
#### Post date: [November 14, 2012, 2:50pm UTC](https://discussions.unity.com/t/unity3d-4-0-is-here/490278/7 "2012-11-14T14:50:35Z")
4.0.0f7 is the final release candidate so there is no need to download again.
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### Author:  [@Landern](https://discussions.unity.com/u/Landern)
#### Post date: [November 14, 2012, 2:51pm UTC](https://discussions.unity.com/t/unity3d-4-0-is-here/490278/8 "2012-11-14T14:51:08Z")
> [@BrUnO XaVIeR](#):
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> 4.0.0… I am using 4.0.0f7, now I am confused… Am I supposed to download the one from that open link?
The installer installs 4.0.0f7 for the record.
Edit: Damn you antenna tree, you fast.
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### Author:  [@BrUnO-XaVIeR](https://discussions.unity.com/u/BrUnO-XaVIeR)
#### Post date: [November 14, 2012, 2:52pm UTC](https://discussions.unity.com/t/unity3d-4-0-is-here/490278/9 "2012-11-14T14:52:32Z")
Thanks 😉
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### Author:  [@Amon](https://discussions.unity.com/u/Amon)
#### Post date: [November 14, 2012, 3:09pm UTC](https://discussions.unity.com/t/unity3d-4-0-is-here/490278/10 "2012-11-14T15:09:56Z")
Just bought my Upgrade from 3.5 Pro to 4 Pro with Android. 🙂 It’s time to have fun.
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### Author:  [@I\_am\_da\_bawss](https://discussions.unity.com/u/I_am_da_bawss)
#### Post date: [November 14, 2012, 3:18pm UTC](https://discussions.unity.com/t/unity3d-4-0-is-here/490278/11 "2012-11-14T15:18:30Z")
I was just reading the license comparison page again to check out the new features and noticed several things -
1. Is Beast Lightmapping included in Unity Free now? Cos currently it’s ticked in the Unity box.
2. Improved Cubemap Import - is repeated twice in the editor section. I suppose this must be the most exciting feature UT is excited about that needs to be repeated twice! 😄
3. Profiler and GPU Profiler - I thought this might come under 1 feature - or at least come close together as they are related.
Lastly, I think “Dark Skin” shouldn’t be listed as a Pro feature 😉 … makes UT looks petty that needs to throw in a non-feature as paid ‘feature’.
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### Author:  [@Amon](https://discussions.unity.com/u/Amon)
#### Post date: [November 14, 2012, 3:23pm UTC](https://discussions.unity.com/t/unity3d-4-0-is-here/490278/12 "2012-11-14T15:23:58Z")
I love the new ‘Manage License’ option. Now that is how it is supposed to be. Deactivation and Activation couldn’t be more simple. Top marks for that one and because of it I’m betting it will save manpower compared to the old way of managing activations etc! That means you have more time now for the MakeWOWKilla() function.
🙂
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### Author:  [@Games-Foundry](https://discussions.unity.com/u/Games-Foundry)
#### Post date: [November 14, 2012, 3:32pm UTC](https://discussions.unity.com/t/unity3d-4-0-is-here/490278/13 "2012-11-14T15:32:44Z")
Dear Santa, I’ve been a good boy all year. For Christmas, what I’d really like is a shiny new garbage collector.
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### Author:  [@Tanel](https://discussions.unity.com/u/Tanel)
#### Post date: [November 14, 2012, 4:04pm UTC](https://discussions.unity.com/t/unity3d-4-0-is-here/490278/14 "2012-11-14T16:04:12Z")
> [@I am da bawss](#):
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> I was just reading the license comparison page again to check out the new features and noticed several things -
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> 1. Is Beast Lightmapping included in Unity Free now? Cos currently it’s ticked in the Unity box.
That’s always been in free too (at least since 3.x, don’t know about before). But it seems global illumination is also in free now, or it could be a mistake.
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### Author:  [@KRGraphics](https://discussions.unity.com/u/KRGraphics)
#### Post date: [November 14, 2012, 4:14pm UTC](https://discussions.unity.com/t/unity3d-4-0-is-here/490278/15 "2012-11-14T16:14:31Z")
Well, if GI is in Unity 4 Free (I am still on 3.5 Pro) then I may as well, install Unity 4.0 for now and continue to use 3.5 until I upgrade my pro license :)… but I do want to verify that GI is in Beast
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### Author:  [@imaginaryhuman](https://discussions.unity.com/u/imaginaryhuman)
#### Post date: [November 14, 2012, 4:17pm UTC](https://discussions.unity.com/t/unity3d-4-0-is-here/490278/16 "2012-11-14T16:17:45Z")
Splendid!
Some additional new features for Unity Free!
“Low-Level Rendering Access - Need to use custom rendering techniques, bypassing Unity’s rendering pipeline? The Graphics and GL classes give you access to the bare metal.”
“Dynamic Fonts with markup - dynamic fonts for mobile games. Render asian characters at any resolution, and use HTML-like markup to control font sizes, weights and typeface selection”
“Lightmapping with Global Illumination and area lights - Add that last 10% of realism to your scenes by unlocking the true power of Beast with Global Illumination”
Also of course Mecanim and some other bits. Had my fingers crossed for render textures, oh well 😉
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### Author:  [@I\_am\_da\_bawss](https://discussions.unity.com/u/I_am_da_bawss)
#### Post date: [November 14, 2012, 4:20pm UTC](https://discussions.unity.com/t/unity3d-4-0-is-here/490278/17 "2012-11-14T16:20:34Z")
> [@Tanel](#):
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> That’s always been in free too (at least since 3.x, don’t know about before). But it seems global illumination is also in free now, or it could be a mistake.
Lightmapping is always included in Free (you are free to use external lightmappers). But I did specifically said “ **BEAST LIGHTMAPPING** ” which is a **PRO** only feature…at least in 3.x. The feature comparison box for Beast/GI is ticked in the Unity Free version now which is why I was asking.
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### Author:  [@AuroreUnity](https://discussions.unity.com/u/AuroreUnity)
#### Post date: [November 14, 2012, 4:31pm UTC](https://discussions.unity.com/t/unity3d-4-0-is-here/490278/18 "2012-11-14T16:31:13Z")
There is a button added to the store that will now take you to the download page without having to select free/knowing the page link.
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### Author:  [@Kinos141](https://discussions.unity.com/u/Kinos141)
#### Post date: [November 14, 2012, 4:32pm UTC](https://discussions.unity.com/t/unity3d-4-0-is-here/490278/19 "2012-11-14T16:32:43Z")
At least animation retargeting is a feature for animation. That’s something that Maya’ s and MotionBuilders’ human IK use. Very useful.
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### Author:  [@antenna-tree](https://discussions.unity.com/u/antenna-tree)
#### Post date: [November 14, 2012, 4:39pm UTC](https://discussions.unity.com/t/unity3d-4-0-is-here/490278/20 "2012-11-14T16:39:38Z")
> [@I am da bawss](#):
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> Lightmapping is always included in Free (you are free to use external lightmappers). But I did specifically said “ **BEAST LIGHTMAPPING** ” which is a **PRO** only feature…at least in 3.x. The feature comparison box for Beast/GI is ticked in the Unity Free version now which is why I was asking.
Beast has always been available in Free… it just doesn’t include GI.
Edit - if GI is checked for free then I think that’s a mistake.
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