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iPhone Unity, whats it capable of?

Discussion in 'General Discussion' started by Raptor5399, Mar 27, 2009.

  1. Raptor5399

    Raptor5399

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    I'm considering creating games and such for the iphone and was wondering what the capabilities are. Such as:

    General:
    How many polys can the iphone comfortably render?

    Can I use all the same features of regular unity with iphone unity if I wanted to? like real time shadows and instancing, pixel lights, colliders, etc? Is there anything specifically that I can not use or do?

    How much RAM can be used for a game on the iphone? Its my understanding that it uses software rendering so no VRAM and it has 512 meg of RAM total but I don't know how much of that is free.

    Texturing:
    Can the iphone show Normal maps, Bump maps, Specular maps, Luminous maps, etc?

    Thanks!
     
  2. Eric5h5

    Eric5h5

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    Look in the iPhone forum, particularly the FAQ, as all these questions have been answered many times.

    --Eric
     
  3. Raptor5399

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    Thanks, multitasking makes me forget the obvious sometimes.
     
  4. AmazingRuss

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    Unity iPhone cures bronchitis, makes you more attractive to the opposite sex, and softens your hand while you do the dishes!

    But wait! There's MORE....
     
  5. mehware

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    I just LOL.