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Start Scenes

Start Scenes

Start Scenes Pro

Thank you for using Start Scenes tool. This is a simple tool to make your life easier when you are working with multiple scenes in Unity.

When you're working with Unity, several scenes are created and sometimes you need to work on a scene but start the game from another one. This happens when you are creating a new level, some menu scene or working with a particular test-intensive prefab. For those situations you can use Start Scenes to always start the game from the same scenes, no matter what scene is open.

Package Content

  • Editor Scripts
  • Readme file

Features

  • Play every time from the same scene. When you press play, no matter which scene is open, the game will start with the scenes you set.
  • Don't worry about a not saved scene. If you forget to save the scene before hit play, don't worry, when you stop, all your changes will be there and you will continue from where you were.
  • Every scene in the build is able to be a start scene. You can put any scene listed on Build Settings to be the start scene.
  • Play one scene or several as Additive. You can play one scene or you can add more scenes and they will be loaded as Additive scenes to the first.
  • Use the play button as always. You don't have to press any other button to play your start scene. Use the usual play button you always do. No changes!
  • Simple and intuitive interface. You don't have to learn a complicated screen with several buttons. Start Scenes have one simple and intuitive interface you can learn to use it in less than a minute!
  • Add, remove and reorder scenes easily. Manage the scenes is easy as 123. Add them with a dropdown menu, remove them with a button and reorder them with a drag and drop interface.
  • Access the scenes inside the Start Scenes panel. Double click in a scene to open it. Click on the focus button (the same used in Unity for Scripts) to focus the scene in the project.
  • Create profiles to test several scenarios with one click. Sometimes your game have several start points or for testing purposes, you need to start the game from that specific scene. No problem. With Start Scenes extension you can make profiles and change between them with one click.

How to use

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Standard use

  • Open the Start Scenes window by clicking on Window > Start Scenes > Setup or using the shortcut alt+shift+L (or control+shift+L on Mac).
  • Click on the "+" sign inside the "Scenes" list to show a dropdown of all of your available scenes
    • If your scenes are not being displayed here, add them using the Build Settings dialog (to help you with that, there is a convenient "Build Settings" button at the bottom of the window)
    • Inside the Build Settings window, choose the scenes you ant to be available inside your build
    • Now you can choose any of them inside Start Scenes window

If you scene is made by additive scenes, made sure you add them all in order. First the main scene and then the additive ones. You can order the scenes easily by dragging them.

There is a convenient shortcut to set the plugin enabled/disabled: alt+shift+k (or control+shift+L on Mac). You'll find it very helpful when switching tests of individual scenes and the complete game.

Creating profiles

If you have multiple star scenes, you can add profiles to manage them. By default, Start Scenes creates a "Default" profile for you as seen on the Profiles bar.

To add a new profile:

  • Open the Start Scenes window by clicking on Window > Start Scenes
  • Click on the "+" sign on the Profile bar
  • Give a name to your new profile and hit the check button

You can also remove or edit current profiles but you need to have at least one.