In addition to checking out the unity forums and antares unity forums for information, (and the antares skype channel), I’m watching a lot of video tutorials.. It might be helpful for me to list what I’ve watched to save time for anyone following my footsteps. here’s a list so far (I’ll try remember to update it)
introduction: http://unity3d.com/support/documentation/video/
general knowledge: http://vimeo.com/unity3d/videos
physics: http://vimeo.com/7886895
Ok, I just overcame a bit of a sticking point- how to work with variables in Unity. In Quest (without the OO system) you simply create a node for value, vector, or matrix- and it exists like that in the system as a node. Link it to another channelgroup and the channel can be used there too, becoming public. In unity, variables are defined instead as part of the script (not as a node)- Antares Universe uses a system called the ‘Local Variables Manager’
In this manager you can define all sorts of parameters as variables, and they’re present in the script *even when the node graph is empty*. To access them, use the ‘Get Value’ node. The ‘Get Value From’ node can be used to get a variable from another script located elsewhere.
Check out my first masterpiece! A rotating cube! woo
ok, it’s kind of boring *but* it doesn’t just rotate at a regular rate, it rotates as per a graph I’ve made, so I can control it’s rotation in different ways, over a time period I choose.
here’s the explanation in Antares editor view:
onwards and upwards eh š
Ok.. I’ve run into a bit of a problem with the first simple Antares tutorial. the video shows 2 types of ‘rotate’ nodes, but the current version sports no less than 9.. and I can’t find any which seem to match the one used in the video. How I make my box rotate??
left side of the screen is me desperately opening ALL THE ROTATES, in search of theĀ elusiveĀ ‘RotatePerSecond’ input..
EDIT: ok, looks like ‘RotatePerSecond’ may have originally been on the ‘transform do’ node, but made into its own ‘smart node’. So possibly the video is out of date? not quite sure
hokay! I’ve decided to try my hand at learning Unity, I have some big doubts about my future with Quest3d, despite how much I love it. They just don’t seem to see me as their desired customer type, and the features coming to Quest 5 really don’t interest me.
I’m taking a look at the Unity plugin Antares Universe- it looks very interesting, and seems probably the closest to Quest’s workflow of the Unity visual editors. It seems a lot more fundamentally Object Oriented than vanilla Quest, but I welcome that as I was interested in learning OO for quest, but hate the system they implemented for it. I’ve found some kind Quest ex-pats who use Antares, and they are willing to help me re-adjust- so fingers crossed it goes well!
I’ll try to document my progress with updates here, I’m sure it will make interesting reading for current Quest users, and maybe anyone new to Unity/Antares.
cheers! -Rich