BlackBox - Improved Prefab Workflow

[kindred plover]

🤦🏻‍♂️ I realised that I only posted about my notes extensions here (#1244670854567301201 message) but not about my "main" one, BlackBox. So here we go!

BlackBox is a framework to enable a workflow that is often referred to as "turning a Prefab into a black box", or "encapsulating", "collapsing" or "locking" it. A locked Prefab will appear to the user as if it was a single GameObject, with no additional components. This prevents unwanted overrides and simplifies workflows in a team.

However, BlackBox offers more tools than just locking. You can reveal important properties that you need to override, and even prevent the user from Applying those overrides.

I'll attach a few images to show what I mean... just take a look! The rest you'll find it on the Asset Store. Hope you find it useful!

Asset Store link: https://assetstore.unity.com/packages/tools/utilities/blackbox-improved-prefab-workflow-274430

Oh and here's the documentation, so you can see what I mean when I say "does a lot more" 🙂

📄 https://tools.continis.io/v/black-box

[kindred plover]

BlackBox - Improved Prefab Workflow

[dawn quail]

Does it automatically discard overrides that are occurring from things like UGUI or Cinemachine?

[kindred plover]

No, it doesn't. I understand the pain, but if I did, I would create even more confusion because your scene would be dirtied even more.
After all, UGUI usually changes the position of things only in relation to layouting events. If I discarded those overrides, UGUI would create them again at the first possible occasion...

[dawn quail]

Makes sense; I was hoping you'd found a nice way, like avoiding serializing those changes somehow but allowing those values in the instance. All the more reason to move to UITK wherever possible 😄