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
9:20 am
I’m so excited! I just can’t hide it!!!
thanks to you guys!!
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.
1:20 pm
By next week, you’ll have over four dozen husbands.
2:35 pm
Thanks for such great update. You guys rock!
2:42 pm
Oh my Gawd!!! I can’t wait to get home tonight to lock myself away!
2:47 pm
My hands are shaking unwrapping the gift….
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 [...]
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).
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!
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
6:03 am
[...] Wow! See the full feature update and the blog announcement. [...]
2:16 pm
iPhone shake….
11:34 am
iPhone5 Guy…
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