My Tools

Install and Usage

To install the package, open Package Manager in Unity and add using git link, and paste https://github.com/lfeq/My-Tools.git.

After installation in the upper menu there should be a new context menu called Tools, click it and there are the set-up processes I use the most when starting a new project.

Included Behaviours

Create project structure

This Custom Package lets me set up my new projects the way I like:

├── Assets
│   ├── _Project
│   │   ├── _Scripts
│   │   ├── Art
│   │   ├── Materials
│   │   ├── Scriptable Objects
│   │   ├── Prefabs
│   │   ├── Scenes
│   │   └── Settings
│   ├── External
│   └── Plugins

Better Component Use

There is also a button to import the open source assets I use the most Scene Ref Attribute, this allows me to use ValidatedMonoBehaviour, this helps to prevent using GetComponent() in start for every component, as it can get expensive in large projects.

// BEFORE

[SerializeField] private Player _player; 
[SerializeField] private Collider _collider;
[SerializeField] private Renderer _renderer;
[SerializeField] private Rigidbody _rigidbody;
[SerializeField] private ParticleSystem[] _particles;
[SerializeField] private Button _button;

private void Awake()
{
    this._player = Object.FindObjectByType<Player>();
    this._collider = this.GetComponent<Collider>();
    this._renderer = this.GetComponentInChildren<Renderer>();
    this._rigidbody = this.GetComponentInParent<Rigidbody>();
    this._particles = this.GetComponentsInChildren<ParticleSystem>();
}

// AFTER
[SerializeField, Scene] private Player _player; 
[SerializeField, Self] private Collider _collider;
[SerializeField, Child] private Renderer _renderer;
[SerializeField, Parent] private Rigidbody _rigidbody;
[SerializeField, Child] private ParticleSystem[] _particles;
[SerializeField, Anywhere] private Button _button;

Better Singletons

The other open source package I like is Unity Singleton. This one just saves me time when declaring singletons, instead of creating my own singletons all the time, I just use this package

public class ExampleSingletonMonobehaviour : PersistentMonoSingleton<ExampleSingletonMonobehaviour> {
    void Start(){}
    void Update() {}

Scene Reference

This open source package is called SceneReference, and it allows you to reference scenes directly without using strings.

Create Repository

You can create a GitHub repository with just one click, as this button creates the .gitignore and runs git init command. I just have to add it to a new repo.

Change Semantic Versioning with One Click

I added a submenu to the Tools menu that lets me change the semantic versioning of the project with just one click. This is useful when I want to change the version of the project and I don't want to go to the project settings and change it manually.

Useful Extension Methods

Extension methods from Adam Myhre Unity Utils, as there are some really useful ones. For example:

var myComponent = gameObject.GetOrAdd<MyComponent>();