Introduction to Unity for 3D Video Games
Course 5 - Lighting: Tricks to improve performance
By Álvaro Arranz
About the video: Tricks to improve performance
Overview
“In this lesson, oblivious to our project, I am going to show you one of the most used tricks when creating lighting and shading for mobile games or devices with low power. You will learn to create a “Bake” or false lighting embodied in the texture of the objects in the scene. ”
In this video lesson Álvaro Arranz addresses the topic: Tricks to improve performance, which is part of the Domestika online course: Course 5 - Lighting. Add light and shadow to your video game while maintaining optimal performance.
Partial transcription of the video
“In this lesson we will see a very effective trick which improves the performance of the games, especially the lighting. We will create a false lighting reflected in the texture of the objects. Let's see how it is done. To create a Bake or lighting plastered in texture I will explain it with a new scene. I created a new scene from the File menu and I'm going to start putting a few objects, that are going to be all cubes, simply to create a scenario with the odd recess so that we can appreciate the different levels of light and how the shadows adjust depending on where we set the sun. But abo...”
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Álvaro Arranz
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