Prefabs - Reading Assignment

Unity Blockchain Game Development 101
#41

1. What is a prefab?
A prefab is a template that can be used to create game objects.
2. Why should we use a prefab instead of copying the GameObjects?
using a prefab will help us save a lot of time ad makes game objects easier to manage.
3. Give some examples of situations in which a prefab might be necessary.
Environmental assets, Projectiles, main character, NPC’s

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#42

1 A prefab is a copie of an already created item.
2 It will save you a lot of time and you can sync them all together.
3 NPC and Scenery

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#43
  1. What is a prefab?
    Unity’s Prefab system allows you to create, configure, and store a GameObject
    complete with all its components, property values, and child GameObjects as a reusable Asset. The Prefab Asset acts as a template from which you can create new Prefab instances in the Scene
    .
  2. Why should we use a prefab instead of copying the GameObjects?
    Any edits that you make to a Prefab Asset are automatically reflected in the instances of that Prefab, allowing you to easily make broad changes across your whole Project without having to repeatedly make the same edit to every copy of the Asset.
  3. Give some examples of situations in which a prefab might be necessary.
  • Environmental Assets - for example a certain type of tree used multiple times around a level (as seen in the screenshot above).
  • Non-player characters (NPCs) - for example a certain type of robot may appear in your game multiple times, across multiple levels. They may differ (using overrides ) in the speed they move, or the sound they make.
  • Projectiles - for example a pirate’s cannon might instantiate a cannonball Prefab each time it is fired.
  • The player’s main character - the player prefab might be placed at the starting point on each level (separate Scenes) of your game.
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#44

  1. It is an object that can be saved to be reutilised several times in the game.

  2. Because prefabs are editable and if we medify the prefab all the objects based on it will get the changes.

  3. Trees, NPC, projectiles.

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#45
  1. A prefab is a reusable template for a GameObject.
  2. Prefabs allow you to quickly make changes to all of the objects created from them with out needing to change them individually.
  • Instantiating GameObjects at runtime
  • Creating environmental assets that will be repeated many times
  • Projectiles
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#46

1. What are prefab?
A prefab is a system that allows one to create configure and store a GameOjects complete with all its component, property values and child GameObjects as a reusable Asset.

2. Why should we use prefabs instead of copying the GameObjects?
We should use prefabs over copying the GameObjects because the {refab system allow you to automatically keep all the copies in sync. Any edits that one makes to a Prefab Asset are automatically reflectied in the instances of that Prefab. This makes it ease to make broad changes across your whole without making changes to each copy.

3. Give some examples of situations in which a prefab might be necessary.
A Prefab would be useful when a game developer would require to instantiate GameObjects at runtime that did not exist in a Scene at the start. This could be used for projectiles, powerups, npcs to appear or do something at designated moment in the scene

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#47
  1. A reusable asset that is a gameobject with all of it’s components, property values, and child objects.
  2. So you can dynamically create them at runtime.
  3. An NPC might fire a gun and the bullets would spawn as game objects.
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#48

:one: What is a prefab?

A prefab is a bundle used in Unity to store game objects and configurations as one game asset - such that it can be used and edited/reconfigured all from one place, and the changes will propagate throughout the entire game.

:two: Why should we use a prefab instead of copying the GameObjects?

If the game maker wishes to make design or configuration changes to something that occurs many times (can be thousands), it is better to not have to make these changes individually every time it appears in the game.

With a prefab, the developer is able to make consistent and reliable changes quickly throughout the game.

:three: Give some examples of situations in which a prefab might be necessary.

If the developer chose to change the sound an enemy makes when it gets it, this can be done quickly and propagated throughout the game. Or if the they want to change the look of a tree in the game, or speed at which another game object will move, there is no need to manually do it for every single instance of these game objects.

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#49

1. What is a prefab?

  • Prefab allows me to create, configure and store a Game Object complete with all its components, property values, and child Game Objects as a reusable asset.

2. Why should we use a prefab instead of copying the GameObjects?
-The prefab system allows me to automatically keep all the copies in sync. Any edits I make it will automatically reflect in the instances of my prefab, allowing you to easily make broad changes across your whole Project without having to repeatedly make the same edit to every copy of the Asset.

3. Give some examples of situations in which a prefab might be necessary.

  • Environment objects, NPC, Projectiles, Player Character or any other things which are used regularly.
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#50
  1. the system to allow you to create, configure and store a game object complete with all its components, property values, and child game objects as reusable asset
  2. if we copy the game objects, we can only copy them without any configuration, where prefab contains our configuration
  3. trees, bricks, NPC, projectiles, main character
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#51

1. What is a prefab?

  • Unity’s Prefab system allows you to create, configure, and store a GameObject complete with all its components, property values, and child GameObjects as a reusable asset. It acts as a template from which you can create new Prefab instances in the Scene.

2. Why should we use a prefab instead of copying the GameObjects?

  • Because the prefab system allows you to automatically keep all the copies in sync.
  • Any edits you make to a prefab asset are automatically reflected in the instances of that prefab, this allows you to easily make broad changes accross your whole project without having
    to repeatedly make the same edit to every copy of the asset.
  • You can also nest prefabs inside other prefabs to create complex hierarchies of objects that are easy to edit at multiple levels.

3. Give some examples of situations in which a prefab might be necessary.

  • environment or scenery assets like trees, bushes, roads, clouds, mountains, etc…
  • NPCs (non player characters), that just walks around or minds their own business to create a more dynamic or realistic scenery
  • projectiles, like fireballs or flying objects that attack.
  • also if you need to start characters at starting points for different boards or levels.
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#52
  1. Prefab system allows you to create, configure, and store a GameObject
    complete with all its components, property values, and child GameObjects as a reusable Asset.
  2. When we want to reuse a GameObject configured in a particular way – like a non-player character (NPC), prop or piece of scenery – in multiple places in your Scene, or across multiple Scenes in our Project, we should convert it to a Prefab. This is better than simply copying and pasting the GameObject because the Prefab system allows us to automatically keep all the copies in sync.
  3. The game objects we have used multiple times. eg. coins
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#53

1. What is a prefab? Prefabs in Unity are pre-configured reusable GameObjects that you create in the scene and store in the project.

2. Why should we use a prefab instead of copying the GameObjects? prop or piece of scenery – in multiple places in your Scene, or across multiple Scenes in your Project, you should convert it to a Prefab. This is better than simply copying and pasting the GameObject, because the Prefab system allows you to automatically keep all the copies in sync.

3. Give some examples of situations in which a prefab might be necessary? Environmental Assets, Non-player characters (NPCs), Projectiles, The players main Character

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#54
  1. A prefab is a set of in-game objects that can be used a lot of times during game development without copying and pasting the same game object all over the place
  2. Because if they have animations or special traits they can be kept in sync ( glowing, effects, etc)
  3. NPCs, natural assets, terrains, buildings and more
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#55

  1. What is a prefab?
    A prefab is a GameObject complete with all of its components, property values and child GameObjects as reusable assets.

  2. Why should we use a prefab instead of copying the GameObjects?
    It’s better to use a prefab because the prefab allows you to automatically keep all the copies in sync.

  3. Give some examples of situations in which a prefab might be necessary.
    Environmental assets: a tree used multiple times,
    Non-player characters (NPC): a certain type of robot could appear in the game multiple times,
    Projectiles: a a cannonball being fired from a cannon.

#56

1. What is a prefab?
A prefab is an Object in the game which, together with all its dependencies and compontents, is reusable.

2. Why should we use a prefab instead of copying the GameObjects?
A prefab keeps all prefab copies in sync.

3. Give some examples of situations in which a prefab might be necessary.
Environment assets like trees or NPCs

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