Build settings configuration in Unity - Mini Project: Build & Apply

Build Settings Configuration

📖 Scenario: You are creating a simple Unity project where you need to configure the build settings to include specific scenes and set the target platform.

🎯 Goal: Learn how to programmatically set up Unity build settings by adding scenes and selecting the build target platform.

📋 What You'll Learn

Create a list of scenes to include in the build

Set the target build platform to Windows

Use UnityEditor.BuildPipeline to apply the build settings

Print the list of scenes included in the build

💡 Why This Matters

🌍 Real World

Setting up build configurations is essential when preparing a Unity project for release on different platforms.

💼 Career

Game developers and Unity engineers often automate build settings to streamline deployment and testing.

1

Create a list of scenes for the build

Create a string[] variable called scenes with these exact values: "Assets/Scenes/Main.unity" and "Assets/Scenes/Level1.unity".

Unity

// Create a string array called scenes with the specified scene paths
// Your code here

Need a hint?

Use a string array with the exact scene paths inside curly braces.

2

Set the build target platform

Create a variable called buildTarget of type BuildTarget and set it to BuildTarget.StandaloneWindows64.

Unity

string[] scenes = {"Assets/Scenes/Main.unity", "Assets/Scenes/Level1.unity"};
// Set the build target to StandaloneWindows64
// Your code here

Need a hint?

Use the BuildTarget enum to specify the Windows 64-bit platform.

3

Apply the build settings with scenes and target

Use BuildPlayerOptions to create a variable called buildPlayerOptions. Set its scenes property to the scenes array and its target property to buildTarget.

Unity

string[] scenes = {"Assets/Scenes/Main.unity", "Assets/Scenes/Level1.unity"};
BuildTarget buildTarget = BuildTarget.StandaloneWindows64;
// Create BuildPlayerOptions and set scenes and target
// Your code here

Need a hint?

Create a new BuildPlayerOptions object and assign the scenes and target properties.

4

Print the scenes included in the build

Use a foreach loop with variable scene to iterate over buildPlayerOptions.scenes and print each scene path using Debug.Log(scene).

Unity

string[] scenes = {"Assets/Scenes/Main.unity", "Assets/Scenes/Level1.unity"};
BuildTarget buildTarget = BuildTarget.StandaloneWindows64;
BuildPlayerOptions buildPlayerOptions = new BuildPlayerOptions();
buildPlayerOptions.scenes = scenes;
buildPlayerOptions.target = buildTarget;
// Print each scene path in buildPlayerOptions.scenes
// Your code here

Need a hint?

Use a foreach loop to print each scene path with Debug.Log.