August 25 2009Unity iPhone 1.5 Released!
Today is very exciting for us because we’ve just released a much anticipated update to our iPhone development platform — Unity iPhone 1.5.
Some of the highlights from this major point release include:
Significant Performance Boosts
- Up to 3x faster than 1.0.3.
- Performance critical paths rewritten to take advantage of VFP coprocessor, animation skinning is up to 4x faster.
- Automatic batching of meshes to reduce draw calls.
Built-in Anti-piracy Protection
- Identify if Apple DRM was removed from the application bundle and modify application behaviour accordingly.
More Power
- Full support for native Objective C and C++ code opens full access to the iPhone 3.x APIs and custom plugins.
- Access to video-playback, on screen keyboard support, and GPS/location services.
- Support for 8-texture shading on iPhone 3GS with automatic fallbacks for iPhone 3G.
Better Docs
- Detailed instructions on iphone-specific optimizations.
- New 150 page tutorial to get you up to speed with iPhone game making.
Further information about this release, a download link for the update, and a link to the Penelope Tutorial can all be found here: http://unity3d.com/unity/whats-new/iphone-1.5
DrFromTheLab said on August 25th, 2009 at 9:20 am:
I’m so excited! I just can’t hide it!!!
thanks to you guys!!
1.5 !? said on August 25th, 2009 at 10:16 am:
1.5!? I was thinking it was 1.1, which would make sense since I can’t really see so many differences that justify a 0.5 increase… I’m really hoping that Unity won’t make me pay for an update, to get the 2.5 feature set into the iPhone version. At this rate the next version will be 7.0.
reallyjoel said on August 25th, 2009 at 1:20 pm:
By next week, you’ll have over four dozen husbands.
C4RL05 said on August 25th, 2009 at 2:35 pm:
Thanks for such great update. You guys rock!
diamondTearz said on August 25th, 2009 at 2:42 pm:
Oh my Gawd!!! I can’t wait to get home tonight to lock myself away!
tau said on August 25th, 2009 at 2:47 pm:
My hands are shaking unwrapping the gift….
Unity iPhone 1.5 is out! Boooyah! said on August 25th, 2009 at 3:23 pm:
[...] shrugged it off. By this morning the message had gotten louder and was clear- Unity iPhone 1.5 is out and it's got goodies [...]
simonre said on August 26th, 2009 at 11:37 pm:
Downloading now (my very slow link means I just have to wait)…
In the meantime, what does your new subhead mean? All Your Phones are Belong to Us?
Shouldn’t this be something like: “All your iPhones come to life with us” or “Bring your iPhone to life” or depending if you’re trying to make a point that Unity is great: “Without us, your iPhone would be dead” (but it doesn’t seem in your usual all-embracing spirit).
Tom Higgins said on August 27th, 2009 at 12:03 am:
@simonre: That tag line we’re using is a pun based off of the age old phrase “all your base are belong to us”. The phrase originated in an old school Sega game from 1991, have a read and catch up on a funny/important/interesting (?) bit of game development humor:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_your_base_are_belong_to_us
Enjoy!
simonre said on August 27th, 2009 at 1:31 am:
Whoosh! Straight over my head…
OK, the wikipedia history I like… particularly that the phrase could be “a borderline terrorist threat depending on what someone interprets it to mean”.
Should we read anything into the phrase that followed: “You are on the way to destruction.” Captain, What you say!!!
I feel suitably humbled
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Minevr said on August 29th, 2009 at 2:16 pm:
iPhone shake….