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Their worst problem (compared to Epic) is that they don't finish projects. They'll want a new feature, for example new scriptable graphics pipelines which will

Their worst problem (compared to Epic) is that they don't finish projects. They'll want a new feature, for example new scriptable graphics pipelines which will allow them to modify the core rendering a lot easier. Ok that's fine, but then instead of implementing one they try to implement two, while at the same time completely ignoring the existing pipeline which everyone is currently using. The time to get the new pipelines working properly and onboard everyone is counted in years in this case. Those features they actually "finished", but there are so many experimental packages that just sit there forever, or work in a half-baked manner.

DonHopkins 3y ago
They hired the TextMesh Pro dude Zoltran, what must have been six or so years ago, with the promise that he'd integrate TextMeshPro into the "new" UI system, which I was looking forward to. I was just recently reading Unity's web page about what's new in the UI system, which announced that TextMesh Pro is finally built in! That took a while. https://unity.com/features/ui-toolkit https://unity.com/features/ui-toolkit I really love TextMesh Pro and Zoltran's mesmerizing tutorials, I learned a lot about Unity reading his code, and he was totally into what he was doing and hyper productive when he was a highly regarded indie developer, but I got the impression (just guessing, no inside knowledge) that he was wasn't 1/100th as productive working inside Unity as he was on his own, or maybe they put him on something else than he originally went there to do. It's been my experience that user interface toolkits are often turf war shit shows. I hope he's doing ok there! https://www.youtube.com/@Zolran/videos https://www.youtube.com/@Zolran/videos i.e. the classic 9-year-old Unite 14 demo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q3ROZmdu65o https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q3ROZmdu65o
- animal531 3y ago
  Oof, yeah the new UI Toolkit is another example of something that's dragging along. Even in their official docs they still recommend that you use the older system.

DonHopkins 3y ago

They hired the TextMesh Pro dude Zoltran, what must have been six or so years ago, with the promise that he'd integrate TextMeshPro into the "new" UI system, which I was looking forward to. I was just recently reading Unity's web page about what's new in the UI system, which announced that TextMesh Pro is finally built in! That took a while. https://unity.com/features/ui-toolkit https://unity.com/features/ui-toolkit I really love TextMesh Pro and Zoltran's mesmerizing tutorials, I learned a lot about Unity reading his code, and he was totally into what he was doing and hyper productive when he was a highly regarded indie developer, but I got the impression (just guessing, no inside knowledge) that he was wasn't 1/100th as productive working inside Unity as he was on his own, or maybe they put him on something else than he originally went there to do. It's been my experience that user interface toolkits are often turf war shit shows. I hope he's doing ok there! https://www.youtube.com/@Zolran/videos https://www.youtube.com/@Zolran/videos i.e. the classic 9-year-old Unite 14 demo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q3ROZmdu65o https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q3ROZmdu65o

animal531 3y ago
Oof, yeah the new UI Toolkit is another example of something that's dragging along. Even in their official docs they still recommend that you use the older system.