Reference Manual

Refer to the information on these pages for details on working in-depth with various aspects of Unity.

• Components
  • Animation Components
    • Animation
    • Animation Clip
  • Asset Components
    • Audio Clip
    • Cubemap Texture
    • Flare
    • Font
    • Material
    • Meshes
    • Movie Texture
    • Render Texture
    • Text Asset
    • Texture 2D
  • Audio Components
    • Audio Listener
    • Audio Source
  • Physics Components
    • Box Collider
    • Capsule Collider
    • Character Controller
    • Character Joint
    • Configurable Joint
    • Constant Force
    • Fixed Joint
    • Hinge Joint
    • Mesh Collider
    • Physic Material
    • Rigidbody
    • Sphere Collider
    • Spring Joint
    • Wheel Collider
  • The GameObject
    • GameObject
  • Image Effect Scripts
    • Blur image effect
    • Color Correction image effect
    • Contrast Stretch image effect
    • Edge Detection image effect
    • Glow image effect
    • Grayscale image effect
    • Motion Blur image effect
    • Noise image effect
    • Sepia Tone image effect
    • Screen Space Ambient Occlusion (SSAO) image effect
    • Twirl image effect
    • Vortex image effect
  • Settings Managers
    • Audio Manager
    • Input Manager
    • Network Manager
    • Physics Manager
    • Player Settings
    • Quality Settings
    • Render Settings
    • Tag Manager
    • Time Manager
  • Mesh Components
    • Mesh Filter
    • Mesh Renderer
    • Skinned Mesh Renderer
    • Text Mesh
  • Network Group
    • Network View
  • Particle Components
    • Ellipsoid Particle Emitter
    • Line Renderer
    • Mesh Particle Emitter
    • Particle Animator
    • Particle Renderer
    • Trail Renderer
    • Particle Collider
  • Rendering Components
    • Camera
    • Flare Layer
    • GUI Layer
    • GUI Text
    • GUI Texture
    • Halo
    • Halo Layer
    • Lens Flare
    • Light
    • Projector
    • Skybox
  • Transform Component
    • Transform
  • UnityGUI Group
    • GUI Skin
    • GUI Style
  • Wizards
    • Ragdoll Wizard
• Terrain Engine Guide
  • Using Terrains
  • Height
  • Textures
  • Trees
  • Grass
  • Detail Meshes
  • Lightmaps
  • Other Settings
• Animation View Guide
  • Using the Animation View
  • Editing Animation Curves
  • Objects with Multiple Moving Parts
  • Using Animation Events
• GUI Scripting Guide
  • GUI Basics
  • Controls
  • Customization
  • Layout Modes
  • Extending UnityGUI
  • Extending the Editor
• Network Reference Guide
  • High Level Networking Concepts
  • Networking Elements in Unity
  • Network Views
  • RPC Details
  • State Synchronization Details
  • Network Instantiate
  • Network Level Loading
  • Master Server
    • Building the Master Server/Facilitator on your own
  • Minimizing Network Bandwidth
• Asset Server Guide
  • Setting up the Asset Server
  • Daily use of the Asset Server
• Built-in Shader Guide
  • Normal Shader Family
    • Vertex-Lit
    • Diffuse
    • Specular
    • Bumped Diffuse
    • Bumped Specular
    • Parallax Diffuse
    • Parallax Bumped Specular
    • Decal
    • Diffuse Fast
    • Diffuse Detail
  • Transparent Shader Family
    • Transparent Vertex-Lit
    • Transparent Diffuse
    • Transparent Specular
    • Transparent Bumped Diffuse
    • Transparent Bumped Specular
    • Transparent Parallax Diffuse
    • Transparent Parallax Specular
  • Transparent Cutout Shader Family
    • Transparent Cutout Vertex-Lit
    • Transparent Cutout Diffuse
    • Transparent Cutout Specular
    • Transparent Cutout Bumped Diffuse
    • Transparent Cutout Bumped Specular
  • Self-Illuminated Shader Family
    • Self-Illuminated Vertex-Lit
    • Self-Illuminated Diffuse
    • Self-Illuminated Specular
    • Self-Illuminated Bumped Diffuse
    • Self-Illuminated Bumped Specular
    • Self-Illuminated Parallax Diffuse
    • Self-Illuminated Parallax Specular
  • Reflective Shader Family
    • Reflective Vertex-Lit
    • Reflective Diffuse
    • Reflective Specular
    • Reflective Bumped Diffuse
    • Reflective Bumped Specular
    • Reflective Parallax Diffuse
    • Reflective Parallax Specular
    • Reflective Bumped Unlit
    • Reflective Bumped Vertex-lit
  • Lightmapped Shader Family
    • Lightmapped Vertex-Lit
    • Lightmap Diffuse
    • Lightmapped Specular
    • Lightmapped Bumped Diffuse
    • Lightmapped Bumped Specular
  • Performance of Unity shaders
• ShaderLab Reference
  • ShaderLab syntax: Shader
    • ShaderLab syntax: Properties
    • ShaderLab syntax: SubShader
      • ShaderLab syntax: Pass
        • ShaderLab syntax: Color, Material, Lighting
        • ShaderLab syntax: Culling & Depth Testing
        • ShaderLab syntax: Texturing
        • ShaderLab syntax: Fog
        • ShaderLab syntax: Alpha testing
        • ShaderLab syntax: Blending
        • ShaderLab syntax: Pass Tags
        • ShaderLab syntax: Name
        • ShaderLab syntax: BindChannels
      • ShaderLab syntax: UsePass
      • ShaderLab syntax: GrabPass
      • ShaderLab syntax: SubShader Tags
    • ShaderLab syntax: Fallback
    • ShaderLab syntax: other commands
  • Writing shader programs
    • Accessing shader properties in Cg
    • Providing vertex data to vertex programs
    • Built-in state variables in shader programs
    • GLSL Shader Programs
  • Advanced ShaderLab topics
    • Unity's Rendering Pipeline
      • Attenuation and shadows for pixel lights
    • Rendering with Replaced Shaders
    • Using Depth Textures
    • Camera's Depth Texture
    • Shader Level of Detail
  • ShaderLab builtin values
  • Unity 2.x Shader Conversion Guide
• Scripting Concepts
  • Layers
  • What is a Tag?
  • Rigidbody Sleeping