UnityEssentials

Collection of essential scripts and tools suitable for any type of Unity Project.

Features

Editor

• In-editor texture creation - Create blank PNG/PSD files, gradients and checkerboard textures directly in the editor
• Extended transform inspector - Shows additional information about transform objects in the inspector
• New menu items - Toggle asset refresh, apply transforms to children, run builds, and more
• Script templates - New script templates with automatic (optional) namespace generation
• (Optional) Reorganized asset menu - Gone are the days of having a cluttered Create Asset menu
• New scene view tools
  • Prefab placement tool
  • Distance measurement tool
  • Randmize transform tool
  • Convex mesh builder
  • Reflection probe bounds tool
• Extension methods - Extensions for many common types, including editor GUI related ones
• Property drawer utility - Helper class for working with SerializedProperties

Runtime

• Property Attributes - A plethora of new attributes for fields in the inspector, including, but not limited to:
  • Show if / Enabled if (conditionally show / enable fields)
  • Read only
  • Progress bar
  • Buttons to call a specific method
  • Popups for Layers, Tags or even integers
  • AnimationCurve parameters (set limits and color)
  • Monospace text fields
• Collections - Includes lists that support polymorphism and serializable dictionaries
• New Data Types - Various new data types that are commonly used:
  • Float range (min / max value)
  • Material property name
  • Nullables for many common value types
• Mesh Generators - Scripts to simplify procedural mesh generation
  • Convex mesh generator (using MIConvexHull)
  • Mesh builder (for triangle, line and voxel meshes)
  • Topology converter (convert triangle meshes into lines and/or point clouds)
• Extension Methods - Tons of new extension methods, available for:
  • Basic math
  • Colors
  • Vectors (includes math and shader-like swizzling methods)
  • Matrix4x4
  • Transforms
  • Textures
  • Terrains
  • Exceptions (add a custom message to an already thrown exception)
• Repeating Timer - A simple object useful for timing events at a specific interval or frame rate
• Update Loop - New event injection points on top of unity's own update loop and ability to run static methods in any update loop using attributes or event subscriptions
  • PreUpdate
  • PreLateUpdate
  • PostLateUpdate
  • PostFixedUpdate
• Coroutine Tools - Helper class for managing coroutines and delayed invocation of functions, including support for static coroutines
• Extra Gizmos - Various new gizmo shapes (circles, cylinders, arrows, texts and more)
• Pooling System - Reuse the same game objects instead of spawning and destroying them
• Random Utilities - Miscellaneous new random functions, including weighted distribution functions
• Debug Utilities - Helper functions to aid in debugging, including temporary gizmos

Installation

Warning

It is highly recommended to target a specific release when installing to avoid breaking changes when unity reinstalls the package. This can be done by appending '#(tag-name)' at the end of the repo URL, such as '#1.0.0'. A list of currently available tags can be found here.

Option 1: Unity Package Manager

Open the Package Manager window, click on "Add Package from Git URL ...", then enter the following:

https://github.com/d3tonat0r/unitypackage-essentials.git

Option 2: Manually Editing packages.json

Add the following line to your project's Packages/manifest.json:

"com.github.d3tonat0r.essentials": "https://github.com/d3tonat0r/unitypackage-essentials.git"