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Unity Game Engine updated for Linux, now built on Unity 5.3.1

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Eyes up developers! The Unity Game Engine has been updated for Linux, and it's now built upon the newer Unity 5.3.1.

Release notes:
- Update to Unity 5.3.1
- Force harder to OpenGL legacy mode for now
- Improve web view integration (focus, docking, resizing)
- Improve cursor position reporting in game view
- Fix cursor position offset when game view is letterboxed
- Fix keypresses (e.g. arrows) in game view changing keyboard focus
- Fix "Add Resolution" popup for game view

See the release announcement here.

It still only officially supports Ubuntu, but they also have an installer for other distributions.

To the people using it on Linux: What's it like? Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
Tags: Toolkit, Unity
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8 comments

elbuglione Jan 8, 2016
great work.
hurra for Unity!!!
Beamboom Jan 8, 2016
I sense my sceptical attitude towards Unity weaken for each of these reports.
Keep up the good work, Unity, and thanks for the support!
leillo1975 Jan 8, 2016
Let's try it!

I want to test connection with android device and Unity Remote
pete910 Jan 8, 2016
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Intrigued as to why it requires root to be extracted :O
M@GOid Jan 8, 2016
When they will fix their crap controller support? Other engines recognizes whatever controller you plug, but Unity works via a whitelist method, and even in this way there are issues, like the classic "turn your thumbsticks in circles to calibrate" before starting a game.


Last edited by M@GOid on 8 January 2016 at 3:05 pm UTC
pete910 Jan 8, 2016
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Just hangs on start-up with me, maxis 1 core out. Left it a while to see if it was building shaders or whatever but no, just hung I guess.
leillo1975 Jan 8, 2016
Quoting: pete910Just hangs on start-up with me, maxis 1 core out. Left it a while to see if it was building shaders or whatever but no, just hung I guess.


Same problem
Donkey Jan 8, 2016
Quoting: pete910Just hangs on start-up with me, maxis 1 core out. Left it a while to see if it was building shaders or whatever but no, just hung I guess.
Just updated to the latest version and for me there are no problems starting the editor and creating a new sample project. The only thing I noticed was the installer had an error due to a missing package "libpq5". Otherwise I encountered no problems.
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