Seriously I need help.

Pro people out there...


I am a newbie to this site. I want to create games that are FPS and TPS. And I would like to learn scripting languages so that the game I created can be my own. Could you please tell me which all languages are necessary for scripting in Unity and some resources for learning those languages.

Thanks in advance for your help.

 

Well you can either learn Javascript, c# or Boo, Personally I like javascript.

but These Sites have tons of tutorials on both of them:

http://wiki.unity3d.com/index.php/Main_Page

http://www.unity3dstudent.com/

 

If you have never used JavaScript(UnityScript), then best to jump straight for C# as it is a far better language.

 

i agree with Elite. JavaScript is probably easier to learn but C# is a language that would get you further. i'd highly advise learning C#

 

I knew both Javascript and C, still I chose for javascript. I don't really see why C# is better.

 

C# is a type-safe language, it allows for safer code.

 

That's convenient, but that doesn't make it better?
It's not faster, and I don't think it 'allows more'.

 

It also gets you further into programming because C# is used in alot of things and javascript only for webbased things

 

Things like delegates saved my life many times.

C# is better in my opinion.

 

I'm not going to be a javascript fanboy here (unityscript actually : without the decent OO support it would be rubish for these kind of tasks), but I think people underestimate it.

It can be perfectly possible, that I decide to use C# for some scripts. (But didn't have to do that yet)
Whatever floats my boat!

 

actually, C# is faster and it does allow more. there are threads on this board with side by side tests to prove both. I'm too lazy to do the search for you, but the info is out there.

I also dont see how unityscript is easier to learn. I asked this before in other threads, and nobody can give an answer. I guess being ambiguous and doing things in a haphazard manner is easier...but i dont see how chaos is easier than structure.

So, OP, jump into C#. There is a lot of info for C#. Books, websites, other game engines, etc. unityscript isn't even a documented language. unityscript is a large waste of time, avoid it, and take this time to learn the fundamentals of programming with C# as your first language.

 

Type safety is a crutch. If you don't even know what data structures you're passing around then type checking isn't going to save you.

In any case, write in whatever, OP. It's more important that you pick a language that suits you than to pick a language on its own merits. They're all using the same libraries and they all compile down to the same byte code (well, within reason).

 

Unity doesn't use Javascript, it uses Unityscript. It's type-safe, it's about as fast as C#, and it has things like delegates, generics, etc. Both languages have some features that the other lacks. The C# vs. Unityscript argument has been done to death, so please let's not repeat the same thing for the nth time.

--Eric

 

Yeah, C# is faster. Almost entirely due to the type system. It's usually not an issue though... if you're that hard up for cycles you probably want to write that code in C anyway.

I'm happy to trade speed for dynamic typing any day.

 

i would love it if C was supported by unity.

 

Only if you deliberately use dynamic typing, which isn't supported on all platforms, and is discouraged anyway (since 3.5 where #pragma strict was added to the default script template). There were a couple of cases in the past where C# was faster because of issues with the Unityscript compiler (such as multidimensional arrays), however those have been long since fixed.

--Eric

 

You can access native code in the Pro version just fine.

 

no you cant. i am a pro user. I can make a dll with C++, and have unity use it, but thats not really the same thing as having C or C++ being a supported language in unity.

 

He did state You can access native code. Read before commenting.

 

cute.

i did read what he said. when he said "access native code", I read that as he meant that i can see/modify the soruce of unity.

 

how did this go from giving a quick advice of which how to get started with game design/coding to which is better. i'm sure we have enough information above for OP to decide what he would like to learn.