Windows Surface Pro 3

Is it possible to create a private game and have it run on Windows Surface Pro 3 and still use the Gyro system inside the tablet?

Im creating a personal project that I do not want published on the Windows Store, but still want to use it on a Surface Tablet.

Any feedback is appreciated.

Thanks!

 

"Create an Install Package"? Do you mean part of the "Build" options in unity? Basically I would create a "Build" from unity selecting the Standalone PC option and just copy the output to the Surface Tablet? Or are you saying I need to install VS on the tablet?

 

Thanks Tomas!

Also, What about Unity Remote 4? If I need to test my scene inside the Surface Tablet since it uses Gyros. Will it work if I install Unity Remote 4 some how? Curious if I need to create a build every time I'm ready to test and transfer it to the Surface, or if I can have some sort of direct connection?

 

To clarify what I'm doing, we're converting our 3D architectural animation scene into a Unity Scene where the client can navigate through the walk-space by holding a iPad or Surface tablet and rotating the tablet to physical look around the space on the screen. It's working well on our iPad, but we want to use a Surface tablet for a number of reasons. Any advice on helping with this transition is appreciated!

 

Why not just set the configuration as release and just deploy it to the surface from visual studio?

 

I have visual studio installed on my surface pro 3 itself and I build and test right on the device.

 

Dustin,

Just to clarify, I need to only install Visual Studio on to my Surface Pro, create my Unity Scene on my desktop PC, but then export (build) as "Windows Store" and copy those files to the Surface Pro to run it? Or am I missing something?

 

That's exactly right. After you build from Unity, just copy the Windows Store or Universal whatever you create over to your Surface Pro. Then open that solution in Visual Studio and run it.

 

Aurimas,

I'm installing Visual Studios on my Surface. A few issues:

First, the only experience with Visual Studio I have is writing C# for Unity and letting Unity debug, I'm not sure how I'm going to debug with Visual Studio on my Surface Tablet. I'm assuming its related to the steps Thomas mentioned above where he states - "Create App Packages, create it for local testing, few files will be produced, copy those files to Surface, run provided powershell script, and you're done." Is that the same thing?

Second, our office is running Windows 7 , and Unity just informed me I can not create a "Windows Store" build unless I'm on Windows 8. Is there a workaround for this or do I need to upgrade my PC to Windows 8? Not sure if I can do that now, unless you know of a solution? Possibly installing Unity on my Surface and copying the developed Unity files from Win7 machine to the Surface?

 

Also! Another important question:

Do I want VS Express 2013 for Windows or for Windows Desktop to install on my Surface Pro. I currently have Windows Destktop installed on my Windows7 PC machine. Not sure if that makes a huge difference.

 

Aurimas,

Thank you very much. Im interested in the second option. Install Visual Studio remote debugging tools on surface. Is there any documentation on this? Since I've never done it this way before I'm not exactly sure where to begin. Not even sure if I need VS Express 2013 for Windows or for Windows Desktop on my Surface (would that make a difference or it doesn't matter?)

I'm also looking into upgrading my office machine to Windows 8. Sounds like that will solve a lot of my issues. By the way, how are you connecting to your Surface from PC? Wifi? Or A-Male to A-Male USB cable?

Thanks again!

 

Use VS 2013 community edition
Aurimas - are you sure Unity is required to be installed? I thought as long as the assemblies are there that go with the build you're fine in running the Visual Studio Solution
And I just do it over the network Teriander.

 

I use WiFi to a shared folder on my dev machine but I'm only dealing with small test projects so it's pretty easy to cpy.

 

Ok, my new Surface Pro 3 came in yesterday and I also upgraded to Windows 8.1 Pro on my workstation. I tried to run Unity with the "Windows Store" build, and nothing happens. After reading the manual a bit, it does stay on the manual:
"Before you can proceed you need to acquire Windows 8 developer license, this can be done in two following ways.."

Is this accurate? Do I need to pay for a Windows 8 developer license to export the project to work on my Surface? If so, Im assuming this cost. This will completely defeat the purpose of me switching from iPad to avoid Apple's store. Please tell me I'm just missing something.

My Build settings are:

 

I think I figured out what the problem is. I have Visual Studio 2013 for Windows Desktop installed on my workstation instead of the "Community" version. Im installing the community version now and I hope this will solve my issue!

 

I don't think you have to pay for that developer license. Visual Studio just needs to install it. I think you'll only need to pay if you want a publisher license but I can't be positive as that comes free with my MSDN so I'm not sure if that changed.

 

Dustin,

Yep! I've got it installed and working now. Was able to export from Unity. So now I'm installing VS Community on my Surface Pro and all I have to do is run the copied solution generated from Unity that's on my desktop to Surface and all should work right? Or am I missing something?

 

Ok, so in my folder created by Unity I have four items:
(folder)ExteriorTest
(folder)Players
ExteriorTest.sln
UnityCommon.props

When running ExteriorTest.sln it opens Visual Studio. Click the (Play Button)"Local Machine" I get the following error message:

Then nothing happens.
What am I doing wrong?

I forgot to mention, this only happens when running the solution on my Surface Tablet, on my desktop PC it launches the app just fine.

Running in Master x86 mode.

 

It appears Aurimas Cernius may have been correct. After installing Unity as well on the Surface Tablet, the error message went away and the app ran correctly on the Surface. I think the next step for me is to create a PowerShell or some sort so that I can run the App on my tablet without the need to run through Visual Studio or uploading to Windows Store.

 

Yeah, I forgot about that dependency. Unity does have to be installed on your surface. Can't you hook your Surface up via USB and use it as the debug target from Visual Studio on your PC?

 

Dustin,

It's funny you mentioned the USB. I bought a USB to USB cable and it's connecting fine (it uses an internal program called "GO! Bridge" that seems to allow me to share files, I hope this will suffice).

Though I've never used Visual Studio in Remote Machine mode. Researching now on how to achieve this connection. I'm also not 100% sure this will be the ideal solution.

Basically my boss wants to take the scene I create in Unity which shows a building in 3d space and the camera is controlled by the gyroscopes built in the tablet. He wants to be able to walk up to clients and display this without having to go through Visual Studio. He could be in another part of the country so the Remote option doesn't seem ideal. What do you think would be the best solution?

 

I'm not really sure... to be honest I've got Unity installed on my surface as well and I just run there. I've never actually deployed from my desktop directly so I wasn't sure if it was possible. I use the USB debugging option when testing on my Windows Phone.

 

Tautvydas Zilys,

Yes! This is exactly what I'm looking for! Unfortunately I couldn't complete the install because of an error message that says the package already exist or something. I had just posted a new topic about this because I didn't read your reply until just now. Here is link to the error and the topic:
http://forum.unity3d.com/threads/registration-of-the-app-failed.286437/