Rendering upgrade details
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Rendering upgrade details

Unity 3 brings a lot of graphics related changes, and some things might need to be tweaked when you upgrade existing Unity 2.x projects. For changes related to shaders, see Shader Upgrade Guide.

Forward Rendering Path changes

Unity 2.x had one rendering path, which is called Forward in Unity 3. Major changes in it compared to Unity 2.x:

Shader changes

See Shader Upgrade Guide for more details. Largest change is: if you want to write shaders that interact with lighting, you should use Surface Shaders.

Obscure Graphics Changes That No One Will Probably Notice TM

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