I got a test build up and running on the PlayStation Vita a few days ago. \u00a0Its early days yet for Unity’s Vita support for both Unity and Sony so I’ll try and not be too harsh.<\/p>\n
For anyone else interested in getting their Unity game up and running on the Vita I suggest you read this article<\/a> before you start… unlike i did..<\/p>\n The basic info:<\/p>\n 1.) Register as a PSM developer.<\/p>\n 2.) Don’t forget to apply for a publishing license as I did.<\/p>\n 3.) Wait to be approved for publishing license. \u00a0The FAQ says it can take up to 10 days. \u00a0It only took 1 for me.<\/p>\n 4.) Install and setup PSM tools.<\/p>\n 5.) Install and setup beta version of Unity.<\/p>\n 6.) Deploy!<\/p>\n I’m not a huge fan of registering and waiting to be approved. \u00a0Compared to getting the game running on android, although minor, it came across as still very much a walled garden. \u00a0I originally thought I only needed to register as a developer before I could build to Vita, unaware that I had to apply for a publishing license and that it could, according to the FAQ, take up to 10 business days to process.<\/p>\n But… It’s early days yet, so I’ll try and not judge to harshly. \u00a0Hopefully it’ll be a bit smoother once its official released this summer.<\/p>\n Speaking of early days… any info you may need to tweak your game to take advantage of the Vita(controls etc.) can take a bit of searching to find. \u00a0This link<\/a>\u00a0was very valuable along with the Unity Vita forums. \u00a0It doesn’t seem there is any official documentation on Unity’s side yet. \u00a0As confusing as the process was at least they didn’t pull a Google and include an “All in one ADT Bundle of everything essential you will ever need to develop for android”. \u00a0Yet, the all in one bundle is missing the Java JDK… you know, the most important thing you need to build to android, with no mention of its requirement, what version, or where to get it. Grrr….<\/p>\n Performance right now is a bit concerning. \u00a0Vita is getting about 15 fps while the android build on my Nexus 5 is getting around 50-60fps. \u00a0There appears to be a few outstanding issues according to the Unity forums so I’m not too concerned for the moment. \u00a0Hopefully once everything gets sorted out I won’t have to do too much specific platform tweaking to get the performance on par with the rest.<\/p>\n Next up. I really have to get the camera sorted on android. \u00a0Still some defaults hanging about that need to be changed. \u00a0Right now its a pain to spend 30 seconds getting the view aligned before I can I pass my phone to someone to try the game out. \u00a0Hopefully once this is sorted I can get some feedback on the mobile controls. \u00a0Currently, ignoring the camera issues I’m very pleased with the mobile controls. \u00a0Will be interesting to see what others think.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I got a test build up and running on the PlayStation Vita a few days ago. \u00a0Its early days yet for Unity’s Vita support for both Unity and Sony so I’ll try and not be too harsh. For anyone else interested in getting their Unity game up and running on the Vita I suggest you
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