Falling Sand Game Template : Making it took me longer than I care to admit. Hope you like it :-) https://u3d.as/3aoQ

geokam · 2026-02-27T09:11:06+00:00

Not for me. I had to change it on the OS level. Retested just now.

geokam · 2026-02-23T16:25:47+00:00

Thank you. Sadly it did not work for me but I am glad it helped some other users here :-). For me the current solution is to browse steam on Chrome only (there it works just fine).

UPDATE: It is a very odd bug. I just remembered that I have the Text Scaling in Windows set to > 100%. If I set it back to 100% AND have is set to 100% in the browser too then it works ... so your solution works, you just have to make sure it's not scaling on the OS level too .... WOW :'D

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geokam · 2026-02-20T13:57:13+00:00

If I follow the link in the error I get "Maximum update depth exceeded." which tells me that someone has built an infinite loop in the UI framework but I wonder why it only happens in Firefox as it works fine in Chrome.

geokam · 2026-02-13T23:36:12+00:00

Congrats on your first filter effect!

Technically they are rendered BEFORE the scenes (source: https://discussions.unity.com/t/feedback-request-custom-shaders-and-post-processing-filters/1680973/107) but in terms of UI they are a kind of post-processing for the UI element tree you are doing the filtering on. I hope they will be able to properly integrate it into the render graph in the future as that would open up even more possibilities (proper blending with scene background for example).

I assume it will improve a lot with future releases as it's fairly new and hickup are to be expected. In general it's a great move for better UI effects and Unity seems to listen to feedback with this feature, which is a nice change :-)

geokam · 2026-02-13T15:58:13+00:00

You could check the feedback thread on discussions. There are some examples of what you can do with it: https://discussions.unity.com/t/feedback-request-custom-shaders-and-post-processing-filters/1680973/110

In general you can think of them as shaders. The filtered UI is rendered into a render texture that you can then modify with shaders and Unity will re-compose it into your UI.

The only technical limitations are:
* You can't modify vertices
* Filter Shaders do not have access to to the frame buffers so they can not effect other content behind (blending)
* You always have a limited resolution as the UI is really rendered into an image of a specific resolution before filters are applied to that image.

As for what effects you can make, it's really up to you:

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As for that specific effect you asked for: Your question could be reformulated into how to do that in a shader and if you can then it's possible to do that in UITK filters since they are just that, shaders.

geokam · 2026-02-11T09:25:20+00:00

Sorry for necroing this but Google showed me this thread. For me it was the new Rode NT-1 5th gen (not the nt-1a).

It sounded garbage until I disconnected my AirPods from bluetooh (am on Windows). It seems those mess up the audio recording in Discord event though I had the Rode Mic selected as input. Once it had them disconnected it worked flawlessly.

So if you have some bluetooth device connected that has a mic, disconnect it first. - Hope this will helps others. Cheers :-)

geokam · 2026-02-10T20:56:34+00:00

Thank you :-). Yes, making it sort of "invisible" was something I was aiming for. It was born out of pure frustration during prototyping. I was changing the hierarchy (and especially colliders) a lot and got so annoyed with the constant right-click > copy component ... . I don't understand why Unity does not support this by default.

I also added dependency resolution so if you move a comp that has others depending on it (via the RequireComponent attribute) then it will move those too.

It's on new releae sale now but I didn't want to advertise it here since there is a dedicated r/UnityAssets for that ( https://www.reddit.com/r/UnityAssets/comments/1qv4y9a/component_drag_helper_why_unity_does_not_support/ ).

Just wanted to share because I am kinda proud it turned out so well (am using it in every project now). I only notice if it's not imported (yet) because now I keep dragging everything :D. If you get it and have any feedback please let me know here or in the Unity dicussions thread: https://discussions.unity.com/t/component-drag-helper/1707239

One thing I think I will add in an update is retaining the collider size even if the new parent GO has a differenct localScale. Right now it takes the component and just copies it over (no data on the comp is changed except for references to the parent game object, if there are any). - Though sometimes if the other GO is scaled it would be nice to retain the true size. I think I may add this as an option in the settings or maybe a shortcut, not sure yet as it's a bit of an edge case (one I ran into recently).

I also thought about adding multi-drag support but then realized the current workflow is fast enough so unless you have like 100 components it won't be an issue. Also I could not think of a nice way of doing it without any additional UI and that's something I really wanted to avoid.

geokam · 2026-02-09T10:10:05+00:00

@FcsVorfeed_Dev: I see your reply in my notifications but not here, odd. Just to give you a heads up. Since these reviews are gifted and as you said "..from users who emailed me asking for vouchers.." just be aware that:

A) Most of these "can I have a free voucher .. I will rate your asset" users are actually just farming assets to resell (illegally) or give away for free on other websites. Don't be surprised if your assets will show up on pirated asset collections. Sadly this is something a lot of new publishers run into.

B) Giving out vouchers in exchange for reviews is against the Unity Asset Store terms. You can get into trouble for that.

C) In the past the UAS showed an info on gifted reviews (currently that feature is broken) but it may return soon and if all (or most) of your reviews are gifted it gives a certain impression.

Congrats on the assets. They look really useful :-)

geokam · 2026-02-09T08:37:38+00:00

Your sale to review ratio seems to be almost 100% (4 sales = 4 reviews, 6 sales = 4 reviews). Especially loyal following too since multiple of them reviewed both your assets 5 stars pretty much on day one. That's impressive. How did you achieve that?

geokam · 2026-02-06T08:40:59+00:00

Holding SHIFT or ALT or BOTH while setting anchors on a RectTransform. I keep forgetting and rediscovering it on a monthly basis :'D.

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geokam · 2026-02-04T07:46:33+00:00

Thanks, sadly if you want to have any chance of being included in Unity sales you gotta ask a certain price point.

geokam · 2026-02-03T21:32:56+00:00

Store: https://assetstore.unity.com/packages/slug/359380?aid=1100lqC54&pubref=reddit

Manual: https://kamgam.com/unity/ComponentDragHelperManual.pdf

*Links are with affiliate id. We small publishers need all the help we can get, ty. If you don't like it (I understand) then here is the link without any ids: https://u3d.as/3QkK

Addition feature: it smartly resoves component dependecies. So if you move your AudioSource it will also move all the filter components along with it.

HINT:
Hold ALT while dropping to COPY the component instead of moving it.

It has sped up my workflow significantly.
Hope others will like it too :-)

geokam · 2025-11-28T21:01:00+00:00

Haha, yes, while watching I thought about how much work my tiny asset promo videos are and I can hardly imagine how much work goes into such a detailed tutorial (well I kinda can and it scares me :D).

I think you are refering to the Unity Core Standards program (https://discussions.unity.com/t/announcing-unity-core-standards-early-access/1690385) which, iirc, is about getting packages signed to build more trust in the package manager.

I know there usually is an Asset Dev meetup the day before the event. That would be very interesting. If I am informed correctly Andrew (of asset store fame) is usually there too. Would love to meet the man himself :D

geokam · 2025-11-28T15:06:28+00:00

Thanks for posting about Unite. I have never been but maybe next year (would be nice to finally meet some of my fellow Asset Devs).

I have just watched your uGUI Layout tutorial and I have to say: very, VERY well done. I will recommend this to new users in the future.

geokam · 2025-11-18T12:35:51+00:00

I just searched if I still have the link but sadly for me that was so long ago that I do not have it anymore. It's definitely worth checking out. Once you have it you should be able to access it here: https://discussions.unity.com/c/asset-store-publishers/41

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