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After more than a year of focused development on the Unity editor and underlying underlying features, Unity 2021 LTS is now available for download and use. The work experience in Unity is now more stable and efficient than ever. LTS releases are released annually, with biennial support and bi-weekly updates to ensure users get the latest patches when they need them.
The LTS release combines features introduced in unity 2021.1 and Unity 2021.2 technology stream releases with six months of high-quality polishing. Users can confidently opt for the Long Term Support (LTS) version, a highly reliable workflow and an extremely stable gaming experience on any target platform.
Workflows for everyone
To enable consumers to experience quickly, Unity aims to provide users with workflows that are easier to manipulate and access. Users can make edits within the editor to improve their work.
Unity 2021 LTS provides integrated visual scripting. This improvement means that non-coders who want more autonomy can be made possible to quickly prototype new features from experienced programmers. Without a doubt, this is the most appealing of this version. This improvement allows most Unity scripting flows to be copied through a visual drag-and-drop interface that allows users to create and prototype without writing any code.
Unity also improves the speed of importing assets into the editor and makes it easier to manage PSD imports of 2D game components. Updating the Terrain tool allows users to complete the world build phase faster and make improvements to VFX graphics, shader graphics, and Cinemachine.
Produce high-quality content faster
Unity wants to give users the ability to iterate faster, so that users can have a higher quality production experience. Today, the editor workflow has been fully upgraded, its usability is even better, and the engine's testing tools have been enhanced.
Feature Sets organizes all the relevant packages for the needs of different types of projects, and can be packaged and downloaded with just one click, which can greatly save time from ideation to hands-on.
The Search function has also been improved, and now it can help users find what they need faster, and all daily search operations will be faster.
Mono upgrades, C# 8 support, incremental build capabilities updated with the project will guarantee the order, performance, and quality of your code. Users can analyze multiple runtime projects simultaneously with the full-featured Memory Profiler.
In Unity 2021 LTS, high-quality output tools have also been updated. Device Simulator for verifying project compatibility on mobile devices, Code Coverage package for exporting code check data and reports in automated testing in combination with Test Runner. In addition, the Code Coverage package provides a Cover Recording feature that will allow users to collect inspection data for specific parts of a project in manual or without automated testing.
Graphics capabilities
The third area of Unity development is to combine all the work on the editor with improving the graphics capabilities of the project. Backed by a comprehensive ecosystem of graphics tools, you can create stunning visuals with a range of powerful rendering solutions.
Unity's Universal Render Pipeline (URP) is optimized for maximum platform range, so players can enjoy excellent graphics fidelity regardless of the hardware device they use. In Unity 2021 LTS, URP's features such as point light shadow, lens flare, and decals have been completely upgraded.
Improvements to the High Definition Rendering Pipeline (HDRP) also include features such as real cloud definitions with volumetric clouds and static shadow casting if users need to achieve the highest performance for a particular platform.
Unity creates stunning visuals with powerful rendering solutions powered by an ecosystem of tools. With upgrades to HDRP performance and features, such as NVIDIA DLSS and URP AMD FSR, high fidelity is pushed to the limit.
How to upgrade
Unity 2021 LTS can be downloaded from Unity Hub.
All updates can be viewed in the Unity manual.
Unity Manual:
https://docs.unity3d.com/2021.3/Documentation/Manual/WhatsNew2021LTS.html
Upgrade Guide:
https://docs.unity3d.com/2021.3/Documentation/Manual/UpgradeGuide2021LTS.html