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Getting Started
What's Inside?
Terminology
Project Workflow
Hardware Requirements
Principles of Operation
Virtual World Structure
World Management
Rendering
Rendering Sequence
Scattering
Alpha Blending
Shading
HDR Rendering
Temporal Anti-Aliasing
Postprocessing
Panoramic Rendering with AppPanorama Plugin
Projections with AppProjection Plugin
Current Viewport Grabbing with AppGrabber Plugin
Hiding Shading Artifacts with AppBorder Plugin
DirectX 11 Software Rendering with AppLevel Plugin
Physics
Shapes
Collision Detection
Joints
Simulation of Physics
Bit Masking
File System
Tools
SDK Browser
Projects
Licenses
UnigineEditor
Overview
Controls
Managing Worlds
Scene Navigation
Setting Up Cameras
Importing Nodes
Selecting and Positioning Nodes
Organizing Nodes
Rendering Settings
Camera Effects
Setting Up Materials
Setting Up Properties
Setting Up Physics
Terrain Editor
Terrain Grabber
System Menu
Video Grabber
Mask Editor
Plugins for 3D Editors
Plugins for 3ds Max
Plugins for Maya
Performance Profiling Tools
Performance Profiler
Microprofile
ResourceEditor
MeshViewer
NormalCombiner
NormalMapper
AmbientMapper
AlphaMapper
ImageDDS
ImageTTF
Launcher
Launcher Structure
Launcher Customization
Browser Functions
JS Functions
Log Functions
USC Interpreter
Archiver
Resource
Terrain
MeshImport
Upgrade Script
Built-in Objects
Nodes
Node
Node Reference
Dummy Node
Layer
Pivot
Trigger
Objects
Dummy Object
Static Mesh
Skinned Mesh
Dynamic Mesh
Mesh Cluster
Mesh Clutter
Text Object
Sky
Effects
Particle System
Decals
Projected Decal
Orthographic Decal
Mesh Decal
Light Sources
Light Sources Parameters
Omni Light
Projected Light
World Light
Environment Probe
Geodetics
Geodetic Pivot
World Objects
World Layer
Sector
Portal
World Trigger
World Cluster
World Clutter
Switcher
World Expression
Sound Objects
Sound Source
Sound Reverb
Pathfinding Objects
Players
Player Actor
Player Dummy
Player Persecutor
Player Spectator
Programming
Fundamentials
Programming Overview
Engine Architecture
Typical Architecture of a Unigine-Based Application
Memory Management
Setting Up Development Environment
Windows Development Environment
Linux Development Environment
Mac OS X Development Environment
UnigineScript
Creating UnigineScript Application
Adding Scripts to the Project
Script Debugging
High-Level Systems
Basic Utilities
Unigine::Schemer
Unigine::Skinner
Input System
Character System
KeyLine System
Dialogs Script
Cache Files
C++
Creating C++ Application
Creating C++ Plugin
C#
Creating C# Application
C# API Reference
UUSL (Unified UNIGINE Shader Language)
UUSL Data Types and Common Intrinsic Functions
UUSL Parameters
UUSL Textures
UUSL Semantics
UUSL Tessellation
Creating of Custom Shader for Deferred Rendering Pass
Creating of Custom Shader for Forward Rendering Pass
Creating of Custom Shader for Post-Processing
File Formats
Mesh File Formats
Material File Format
Startup Command-Line Options
Console
Rebuilding the Engine and Tools
Rebuild in Windows via Visual Studio
Rebuild in Mac OS X via Xcode
Semi-automatic Compilation with Build Script
Manual Compilation with SCons
Preprocessor Macros for Rebuilding the Engine
Protecting Your Data with a Password
GUI
RC Files
Skin Layout
Usage Example
Double Precision Coordinates
Usage
Performance Analyzer
API
Core Library
Containers
Tree::ConstIterator Class (C++)
Tree::Iterator Class (C++)
Tree< Key, Data > Class Template (C++)
Map Class (C++)
ArrayMap Class (C++)
ArrayMap::Iterator Class (C++)
Vector::ConstIterator Class (C++)
Vector::Iterator Class (C++)
Vector< > Class Template (C++)
ArrayVector Class (C++)
Engine Classes
Engine Class (UnigineScript)
Engine Class (C++)
App Class
Config Class
Console Class
Editor Class
Filesystem Class
Game Class
Materials Class
Memory Class (UnigineScript)
Memory Class (C++)
Physics Class
Profiler Class
Properties Class
Sound Class
Splash Class
Visualizer Class
World Class
Unigine Namespace Functions (C++)
Node-Related Classes
Node Class
NodeDummy Class
NodeExtern Class
NodeExternBase Class
NodeLayer Class
NodePivot Class
NodeReference Class
NodeTrigger Class
Rendering-Related Classes
Render Class
Renderer Class
RenderState Class
Material Class
Shader Class
Texture Class
TextureRender Class
Mesh Class
Camera Class
Viewport Class
FFP Class
Physics-Related Classes
PhysicsIntersection Class
PhysicsIntersectionNormal Class
Bounds-Related Classes
BoundBox Class (UnigineScript)
BoundBox Class (C++)
BoundFrustum Class (UnigineScript)
BoundFrustum Class (C++)
BoundSphere Class (UnigineScript)
BoundSphere Class (C++)
GUI-Related Classes
Gui Class
UserInterface Class
Widget Class
WidgetButton Class
WidgetCanvas Class
WidgetCheckBox Class
WidgetComboBox Class
WidgetDialog Class
WidgetDialogColor Class
WidgetDialogFile Class
WidgetDialogImage Class
WidgetDialogMessage Class
WidgetEditLine Class
WidgetEditText Class
WidgetExternBase Class
WidgetExtern Class
WidgetGridBox Class
WidgetGroupBox Class
WidgetHBox Class
WidgetHPaned Class
WidgetIcon Class
WidgetLabel Class
WidgetListBox Class
WidgetManipulator Class
WidgetManipulatorRotator Class
WidgetManipulatorScaler Class
WidgetManipulatorTranslator Class
WidgetMenuBar Class
WidgetMenuBox Class
WidgetScroll Class
WidgetScrollBox Class
WidgetSlider Class
WidgetSpacer Class
WidgetSpinBox Class
WidgetSprite Class
WidgetSpriteNode Class
WidgetSpriteShader Class
WidgetSpriteVideo Class
WidgetSpriteViewport Class
WidgetTabBox Class
WidgetTreeBox Class
WidgetVBox Class
WidgetVPaned Class
WidgetWindow Class
Controls-Related Classes
Controls Class
ControlsApp Class
ControlsDummy Class
ControlsJoystick Class
ControlsSixAxis
ControlsXPad360 Class
Pathfinding-Related Classes
Navigation Class
NavigationMesh Class
NavigationSector Class
Obstacle Class
ObstacleBox Class
ObstacleCapsule Class
ObstacleSphere Class
PathRoute Class
PathRouteIntersection Class
Utility Classes
TypeInfo Class (C++)
Thread Class (C++)
Stream Class (C++)
StreamBase Class (C++)
Timer Class (C++)
Resource Class (C++)
Ptr< Type > Class Template (C++)
FunctionBase Class (C++)
CallbackBase Class (C++)
Checksum Class (C++)
Compress Class (C++)
ExternClass< Class > Class Template (C++)
Variable Class (C++)
ConsoleVariableFloat Class (C++)
ConsoleVariableInt Class (C++)
ConsoleVariableString Class (C++)
Package Class (C++)
GameIntersection Class
Path Class
Property Class
Content Creation
Content Pipeline
3D Models Requirements
Art Assets Conversion
Content Optimization
Materials
Hierarchy and Inheritance
Custom Materials
Tutorials
Adding Morph Targets
Setting Up Object LODs
Adding Sun, Sky and Clouds
Adding Impostors to Clutters
Unigine Demos
Migrating from UNIGINE 2.1.1 to UNIGINE 2.2
API Migration
Startup CLIs Migration
Console Migration
Content Migration
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Hardware Requirements

In This Article:

Operating Systems

  • Windows (Vista/7/8/10)
  • Linux (kernel 2.6+)
  • OS X (10.9+)

Both 32- and 64-bit systems are supported (only 64-bit OS X supported). The engine fully and efficiently utilizes the multi-core CPU architecture.

Notice
Both types of endianness are handled by design.

SIMD optimizations (SSE, SSE2, AVX, AltiVec) are provided out of the box.

GPU

  • Windows: all graphic cards with support for DirectX 11 and OpenGL 4.4+
    Notice
    If your graphic card has support for DirectX 11 only (OpenGL 4.4 is not supported), for example, Intel HD4000+, you can still run the engine with DirectX 11.
  • Linux: all graphic cards with support for OpenGL 4.4+
  • OS X: all graphic cards with support for OpenGL 4.1

NVIDIA SLI and ATI CrossFireX / QuadFireX technologies are supported.

Notice
Even if UNIGINE cannot recognize a graphics card by its type identifier, it still can detect the card's capabilities and use available features.

Input Devices

  • PC keyboard
  • PC mouse
  • PC joystick
  • PC wheel controller
  • Xbox 360 controller
  • Multi-touch screen
Notice
C++ API can be used for adding custom devices.

Output Devices

  • Flat LCD
  • Multi-monitor systems (Matrox TripleHead2Go, monitor walls, CAVEs, AMD Eyefinity, etc.)

Stereo Output

  • 3D Vision and 3D Vision Surround-ready monitors
  • Anaglyph glasses (red-cyan)
  • Any dual-screen stereo system with independent input for each eye
  • Side-by-side and interlaced stereo
  • Oculus Rift (DK1, DK2) virtual reality display

Memory Usage

Actual RAM and disk space requirements of a Unigine-based application depend on the application itself. However, the required disk space should not be less than 20 MB, as this is the size of Unigine libraries and core data.

Sound Cards

Since Unigine uses OpenAL and XAudio2 for sound output, it is possible to use any sound card that supports any of these libraries.

Last update: 2017-07-03
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