I decided to try out the new unity dots system, or, the new entities package (as well as the hybrid renderer), but I can't find the package in the package manager with preview packages enabled. After looking it up, I could not find any resources, other than one that told me that they moved some of the preview packages out of the package manager, and somewhere else. Does anyone have any idea where it could be?
This is what it looks like on my screen by the way:
From Entity Component System - DOTS Project Setup
Starting with Unity 2020.1, the DOTS packages are not listed in the package manager, even when preview packages are enabled. There are two alternative options to install those packages:
You can use
"Add package from git URL..."under the + menu at the top left of the package manager to add packages either by name (such ascom.unity.entities), or by git URL (but this option isn't available for DOTS packages). Note that it might take a few moments before the package starts installing.Alternatively, you can add DOTS packages by directly editing the
Packages\manifest.jsonfile in your project. This file requires not only the package name but also a version which can be found by looking at the documentation of each package (such as"com.unity.entities" : "x.x.x-preview.x").
For example currently it would be com.unity.entities" : "0.17.0-preview.41"
And
Follow the link for more information about installing hidden packages.
Maybe also interesting for you:
The recommended set of core packages to be added to a DOTS project is:
- com.unity.entities
- com.unity.rendering.hybrid
- com.unity.dots.editor
