Unity 4.3

The long-awaited Unity 4.3 release took place , which added new tools for working with 2D, implemented deeper Mecanim integration, and included many improvements in the Unity IDE.

Innovations

Another Dimension
New 2D Features:

• Auto sprite connection
• 2D animation window
• Easy combination of 2D and 3D
• Automatically generate animations from sprites
• Fully integrated physical 2D system with rigidbodies, joints and customizable colliders

Mecanim
Mecanim got its own powerful animation tool.
Optimization was also made in the work of Mecanim.

Improved scripting
The latest version of MonoDevelop (4.0.1) has been added.



New Features for Windows Applications

In this release, Unity has made developers happy with Windows Phone 8 and the Windows Store.
Added support for trial API, which allows you to make applications based on try-before-you-purchase (try-before-buy).

Version Control System

VCS Perforce has been integrated into Unity 4.2. Now added Plastic SCM. Like Perforce, Plastic SCM works well with large binary files.

And much more ...
For all the improvements, see what's newand release notes .

Introduction to 2D Game Development

In the wake of the news about the release , an overview video was added about the new features of 2D tools.

References

Release News
What's New
Release Notes
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