08. Adding Environments

If you've used the Unity editor before, environments will be the easiest thing to configure. They are literally just a CharacterToggleId with a prefab.

Editing an existing prefab

• This is easier to do in a clean scene; go to Scenes/Sandbox
• Drag in an existing environment to use as a base. I chose Prefabs/CharacterCreatorRooms/Outside

• Right click the prefab in the hierarchy and do Prefab->Unpack

Now, we can edit this to our hearts content.

I personally added a little skybox thing using a tool called Spacescape

Lighting

OK, there is actually one weird thing here: the lighting solution is something custom I've added. It bakes vertex lights into the mesh, but you won't see them in the editor by default.

• In the Hierarchy, find the VertexBakingRoot. Click it

• In the inspector, expand the Settings

• Check Show Even in Editor

• Hit Bake

• You should now see some shading on the objects in the scene

• You can adjust the Sky Color and Shadow Color

• You can also adjust the Light objects and their values.

  • Tip: Turn Gizmos on to actually see these in the scene

Finalizing into a Toggle

Once we're happy with our scene:

• Select the VertexColorBakingRoot
• Uncheck Show Even in Editor
• Click Clear
• Hit Bake

• This ensures the meshes actually save properly. These colored meshes are generated, so they can't actually be serialized.

• Drag and drop the root of your environment into your mod folder

• Go back to the Scenes/CharacterCreator scene

• Make a copy of a room toggle into your mod folder. i.e. ScriptableObjects\CharacterCompositor\CharacterToggleId\zRoom\zRoom-Outdoors

1. Give it an appropriate Display Name
2. Set the Order->Index appropriately
3. Change the Room Prefab to the one we just saved

And that's it! We've got a new environment.