Setup a Project for Collaboration

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Add your Project on the Dashboard

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Documentation: Dashboard

Step 1 : Create your Project

  1. Ensure you are in the correct Organization
  2. Click on the Projects menu in the left sidebar then click on the Project/Scenes to open the Projects page
  3. Create a new Project
  4. Fill in all the required details and click the "Create Project" to create the project
  5. If your project files are in sub-folder, Edit your Project and add the folder name in the Project Directory field then Save the Project

Step 2 : Add your Scene

  1. Create a scene under the Project you have just created
  2. Fill in all the required details and click the "Create Scene" button to create the scene

NOTE: The file name is relative to your project root folder.

Client Hub Setup

Step 3 : Add your local path to the Project

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Documentation: Client Hub
  1. Launch Client Hub
  2. Open Projects by clicking on the Projects menu on the left navigation bar
  3. The Project that you have just created on the Dashboard should be listed
  4. Setup the local storage for your Project by clicking on the Setting icon
  5. Click on the Folder icon under Path to locate your Project folder
    (Please select your Project's root folder and not a sub-folder)
  6. Click on "Save" to save the path to your Project settings
  7. You should now see a absolute path to your Project under "PATH"

Unity Setup

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Documentation: Install Unity Plugin

Step 4 : Add the Area28 Unity Package to your Project

  1. Open your project through the Unity Hub
  2. Go to “Windows” then open the “Package Manager”
  3. Click on the “+” and select Install from tarball
  4. Browser and select the tarball file
    (The latest version of the plugin can be obtained from your account manager)
  5. The "Area28 Unity Package" will be added to the Package Manager when you have successfully added our Area28 Unity Plugin.
  6. Wait a few minutes (1-2 minutes) then save your Project and close Unity

Minor Tweaking

macOS

  1. Use “Finder” to go to your project folder -> Packages
  2. Open the “manifest.json” in your text editor and update this line to look similar to this
  3. "io.area28.unity": "file:/io.area28.unity-3.0.2.tgz",
  4. Save and close the file

Windows

  1. Use “Windows Explorer” to go to your project folder -> Packages
  2. Open the “manifest.json” in your text editor and update this line to look similar to this
  3. "io.area28.unity": "file:/io.area28.unity-3.0.2.tgz",
  4. Save and close the file

Push to GIT

  1. Commit and push your changes to your repository