P-172: Unity: Space Environment: Part 30: Web Browser

I have purchased and integrated THIS web browser kit into my project.

As it turns out, it was harder than I thought. When I integrated the asset first it caused conflicts with my existing files, and I eventually had to remove it and restore my scene file from a backup.

I didn’t realise that this could happen with Unity assets, and that the preferred way to import assets to an existing project is to import them into a standalone project first, and then export only the needed files, handling any conflicts manually.

Once I realised this I was able to integrate the web kit fairly quickly. It works great, it is basically the same thing as the webkit that I integrated into T3D some time ago.

I can watch youtube videos, browse the web, etc, it’s a fully functional web browser, which can be placed on an object in the game world.

I had a few minor issues with transitioning the cursor from controlling the character to controlling the screen, and I had to find a way to prevent the player from moving when the user pressed the WASD keys while viewing a web page. I eventually used right click to “activate” the webpage, and froze the player while they had a webpage activated. This may need to be improved in future.