#Unity version for vchat sdk upgrade#

When we performed our 5.3 to 5.6 upgrade, our community was significantly smaller and asking users to re-upload all of their content was not as scary of an ask. Technically speaking, Unity upgrades often change the way that the shader and rendering pipeline work, which break shaders on content. If you’re interested in checking out some of the more detailed additions, we’ve whipped up this document for you.

#Unity version for vchat sdk upgrade#

Much easier version upgrade workflow when the next Unity LTS releases.Support for Unity Store Assets that require 2017.4.Fixes for Audio/Video sync on Unity Video components (and therefore VRC_SyncVideoPlayer).There’s a lot to see! Here’s some of the more interesting bits: Finally, Unity’s LTS branches ensure that we have support and compatibility for quite some time thanks to the extended support cycle.Īs stated above, the upgrade carries with it all of the improvements, fixes, and changes that Unity 2017 included. It also allows us to easily upgrade to further Unity LTS versions once they become available. We chose Unity 2017.4 LTS because it gets us a lot of fixes, tools, and improvements that have come along with the last year of Unity development. Once 2018 has an LTS version released, we can start looking into moving forward with that upgrade. This allows us to ensure that we’ll receive support from Unity in the long-term and that future upgrades go more smoothly. We have a special Open Beta available to all users that can be used to test the new version, as well as upload content.Ī common question we’re expecting is “Why not Unity 2018?” We’re primarily focused on moving to Unity LTS (Long-Term Support) versions rather than every incremental Unity version. We would like to announce that VRChat is planning to upgrade to Unity 2017.4.15f1 LTS for an upcoming release within the next couple of weeks. This has been the case since August of 2017, when we upgraded from Unity 5.3. If you’re a VRChat Creator, you’re probably familiar with the fact that VRChat currently runs on Unity 5.6.3p1.