Schedule for removing unity 2d in Quantal

[Ryan Gauger]

On Jul 13, 2012, at 12:33 AM, Patton <p.echols at comcast.net> wrote:

> On 07/12/2012 06:00 PM, Ryan Gauger wrote:
>> On 07/12/2012 04:16 AM, Alexander Skwar wrote:
>>> Guten Tag.
>>> 
>>> On Tue, Jul 10, 2012 at 10:59 PM, Colin Law <clanlaw at googlemail.com> wrote:
>>>> I gather that Unity 2d is to be removed from Quantal, Unity 3d being
>>> Really?
>>> 
>>> That would be bad.
>>> 
>>> On my machine, Unity 2D runs A LOT better than the 3D version,
>>> "thanks" to the crappy graphics card/chip my system has (it's some
>>> HP desktop "tower" with a Intel 82Q33 chipset for gfx).
>>> 
>>> Regards,
>>> Alexander
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>> Actually, my laptop is only four years old (well, it's not new, but it's not ancient either), and Unity graphics are sometimes laggy and choppy. Unity 2d runs a whole lot better, but the desktop looks flat because there is no shadow, as there is in the 3d version of Unity.
>> 
>> 
> sorry to nudge in, where can you see which you are running? Try alternate settings?  My laptop is old and maybe going to 2d would help.
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The appearance will tell you. If you are on the desktop, you should be able to tell. If there is a shadow underneath the top panel, you are running Unity 3d. If there is no shadow, you are most-likely running Unity 2d.