Paul MarshAnimator Controller as a Finite State Machine in UnityCreating a Finite State Machine (FSM) for a game (or application) can start off with a simple diagram drawn on some scrap paper and…2 min read·Apr 4, 2022----
Paul MarshPixel 6/Android 12, a couple of months inA couple of months ago I’d finally lost my patience with my Nokia 9 Pureview. It was a good phone, kept up with Android releases, but the…4 min read·Nov 27, 2021----
Paul MarshTip: Gracefully handle exceptions by introducing the same exceptionWhen you write a reasonably large application then you will get exceptions. One source of information about these problems are diagnostic…1 min read·Nov 1, 2021----
Paul MarshYou’re missing the point — QA, Testing and AgileTerminology, and more specifically labels, are a real problem. The problem is that what they actually mean often becomes distorted over…5 min read·Jul 9, 2021----
Paul MarshMLAPI Network Variables and object lifetimeThe core design decision when using MLAPI is who has the responsibility for updating the data, is it the Server or the Client? For example…3 min read·Jun 25, 2021----
Paul MarshMRTK — No Controllers in the Tutorial?Today I was following the basic setup tutorial for the Mixed Reality Tool Kit (MRTK). However, I hit a problem, I didn’t see any…2 min read·Jun 21, 2021----
Paul MarshMLAPI Nested Objects or Network Behaviours?My Xevious Boss is an object with five child, or nested, objects. To convert this into an MLAPI object I added a NetworkObject to each…2 min read·Jun 16, 2021----
Paul MarshKeeping clothing separate to your model mesh with Character CreatorA typical way of creating a character for your game is to take a 3D model of a person and craft the clothing onto it. That works well…2 min read·Jun 15, 2021----
Paul MarshMLAPI and inactive objectsToday I was slapped in the face by MLAPI.2 min read·Jun 7, 2021----
Paul MarshSync bombs and state with MLAPIIn my previous article I wrote about synchronising the bullets. Xevious has a secondary fire, a bomb that is dropped onto a bomb target…2 min read·Jun 1, 2021----