#Unity lays off staff and axes Behavior team
sharp nimbus
halcyon condor
Behaviour feature effected
simple phoenix
what is unity's behavior? tbh, this is the 1st time I ever heard of it
oak viper
what is unity's behavior? tbh, this is the 1st time I ever heard of it
maybe that's why they were fired, not many people were using it or aware of it?
halcyon condor
I think it was definitely an "establishing area"
not a "production proven technology"
it was still interesting imho, but not totally devastating to lose really.
sharp edge
what is unity's behavior? tbh, this is the 1st time I ever heard of it
I was the newest official AI behavior package for Unity. It was a behaviour tree, but with extra features
Plus a resignation
https://mastodon.social/@xoofx/113997304444307991
This is honestly kinda shocking, given that it seemed that the company was course correcting.
But with this, i'm doubtful about what's going on again
https://www.gamedeveloper.com/business/report-unity-continues-layoffs-with-abrupt-communications-and-5am-emails
timber solar
what is unity's behavior? tbh, this is the 1st time I ever heard of it
equivalent of UE Blackboard
seems promising for designers and newbs
simple phoenix
equivalent of UE Blackboard
What is UE blackboard? 😅
timber solar
What is UE blackboard? 😅
visual scripting for designing AI
its pretty popular among UE Dev, check it out
oak viper
apparently the coreCLR lead resigned? is this bad news for the coreCLR transition
unborn gyro
apparently the coreCLR lead resigned? is this bad news for the coreCLR transitio...
No
oak viper
i hope coreCLR wont be worse off because of this
sharp edge
i hope coreCLR wont be worse off because of this
I really hope so, too, because that's one of my most anticipated improvements to Unity.
vernal cloud
Please don't drop Behaviour, just keep it going
sharp edge
Please don't drop Behaviour, just keep it going
Tell that to the execs who fired the team
tiny oak
There's plenty of LinkedIn posts about the layoffs, majority of them reference unity behaviour explicitly.
This post specifically is a bit chilling if it's the case, and mentions some of the most talented individuals let go.
They also sacked the co-founder of pro-builder, who also worked on improving the Editor & Scene UI.
oak viper
They also sacked the co-founder of pro-builder, who also worked on improving the...
which one? gabriel?
unborn gyro
There's plenty of LinkedIn posts about the layoffs, majority of them reference u...
You can just go to the thread about it on Discussions too
https://discussions.unity.com/t/an-update-on-behavior/1598451
sharp edge
They also sacked the co-founder of pro-builder, who also worked on improving the...
Given the poor support of pro-builder, i'd be surprised if they don't drop that package too these days
Things like these are why people rely more on third party assets than the official ones from Unity, with some exceptions like Cinemachine.
Again, i'm not sure what's happening inside Unity these days.
Forgot to mention, i wish the best for the people who got laid off.
tiny oak
Again, i'm not sure what's happening inside Unity these days.
This may answer your question.
strange bluff
So real talk now that the team behind Behaviour has been laid off (RIP seriously), is there a solid alternative on the Asset Store that is preferrably free of charge?
sharp nimbus
So real talk now that the team behind Behaviour has been laid off (RIP seriously...
You can keep using the Behaviour package
strange bluff
You can keep using the Behaviour package
Thanks!
sharp edge
So real talk now that the team behind Behaviour has been laid off (RIP seriously...
You can still use the behavior package, just keep in mind that there won't be any support (unless other team takes the package, though it's unlikely)
sharp edge
So real talk now that the team behind Behaviour has been laid off (RIP seriously...
As for alternatives, I could only find a couple on GitHub
https://github.com/ashblue/fluid-behavior-tree
https://github.com/thekiwicoder0/UnityBehaviourTreeEditor
sharp edge
So real talk now that the team behind Behaviour has been laid off (RIP seriously...
Huh, that's a surprise, the package just got recently updated
https://docs.unity3d.com/Packages/com.unity.behavior@1.0/changelog/CHANGELOG.html
Turns out the behaviour package will still be updated, though clearly with a different team
https://discussions.unity.com/t/an-update-on-behavior/1598451/156
Either this was the plan all along or they realised the big mistake they made and course corrected
Either way, it seems that the behavior package is still viable for production, no need to worry about being deprecated (for now, Unity is still a wild card regarding packages)
lethal creek
Still mourning for the new terrain team
vernal cloud
Still mourning for the new terrain team
same
Also I hope the new terrain tools get also released eventually
sharp edge
Still mourning for the new terrain team
Yeah, that still pisses me off to this day.
They had the chance to create something that at best could rival Gaia..... And they throw it to the trash before it could even have a chance
agile dock
Also I hope the new terrain tools get also released eventually
Seems like we wont see it :/ was extremely hyped
sharp edge
Seems like we wont see it :/ was extremely hyped
No, we won't sadly 😕
vernal cloud
World building should definitely get more attention form unity, terrains are not even supporting GPU resident drawer
lethal creek
They had the chance to create something that at best could rival Gaia..... And t...
Never liked gaia, hoped for smth more like microverse
tiny oak
World building should definitely get more attention form unity, terrains are not...
Christ almighty really?
vernal cloud
Christ almighty really?
"the reason why it doesn't work on terrain objects is because the terrain ingests them into "prototypes" this is a different format to " game objects" and they then lack the requirements (Mesh Renderer)"
got this from reddit
https://www.reddit.com/r/Unity3D/comments/1e17zjm/does_gpu_resident_drawer_work_for_terrain/
