![]() ![]() Now about the download speed, it is simply not true that the Chinese version have better download speed. I'm kinda glad that Unity clarifies in this post that there IS actually a Chinese version, but I hope Unity can at least give the user in China an option to use the global version, instead of arbitrarily assuming that all Chinese developers like to use the "China version". Also, the two versions look almost identical, even the Chinese version displays an English UI, which is very misleading. ![]() There is no option for user in China to choose which version they would like to use. The point is: by detecting the IP address when downloading the Hub, you are literally forcing every user in China to use the Chinese version of the Hub unless they have a non-China IP address. I'm perfectly fine with a Chinese version even though I don't use it. Yes, the Chinese version of Unity Hub might already be announced, but whether there is a Chinese version is not the point. ![]() Using the word "Victim" might seem a bit over-exaggerated, but it's not far from the truth. So as you can see, the Chinese version of Unity Hub is a localized version with rich community contents and local features made specifically for China developers in order to help them to learn Unity better to use Unity better. Of course, if you live outside of China, global version of Unity Hub is recommended. If you are using Chinese version of Unity Hub, when downloading Unity editor installation files, you will get the files from local China CDN and you will get much faster download speed if you are living in China. You can check out the China Unity Editor announcement here: (in Chinese)ģ. But since the China market is evolving very rapidly and China developers want very short iteration time, creating a China Unity Editor (China Unity Editor = Global version + China features) will help to address this tight iteration time problem since it is maintained and go through the same global QA standards by the local China Unity team. Of course, these features may eventually land on the global versions. The reason is these features were originally made for the local China market and they may not be suitable for global market. You may ask why these features not go directly to the global versions of Unity editor. (2) All the other released builds under "Latest official releases" and beta alpha sections are the same as the Global version of Unity Hub. Therefore, you can think of these builds like this:Ģ017.4.32c2 = 2017.4.32f1 + China features These builds are based on the global LTS versions starting from 2017.4.32f.4.8f1 and on top of the global versions, we added and will continue to add features for local Chinese developers. These builds are made by China Unity's enterprise support team who directly supports our customers. On the "Install" tab where you can install Unity editors, China Unity team now provides a section called "Latest official releases (China)". (Screenshot captured at 16th of October 2019: China Unity team update the contents very frequently for our local developer communities)Ģ. You can also check out when your Plus or Pro licenses are going to expire and links are available for extending the expired/soon to be expired subscriptions or upgrading to Plus or Pro from PE license directly through our online store. Chinese version of Unity Hub has a "Community" tab where you can get all the latest technical articles, live sessions announcement and links to watch the recorded live sessions (live sessions are being delivered every two weeks by China Unity evangelism team) as well as Asset Store promotions. However, the localized Chinese version of Unity Hub will not make you "a victim of a secret Chinese version of Unity Hub" since the differences between this localized version and the "Global" version can be summarized as follows:ġ. Of course, developers are free to install the "Global" version of Unity Hub which they can download from website if they are not on a China IP address. You can check out the announcement here: (in Chinese language).Īs pointed out correctly, when you download Unity Hub, China users will download the localized version of Unity Hub and anyone outside of China will download the "Global" version of Unity Hub. In order to address people's concerns about being "a victim of a secret Chinese version of Unity Hub", I want to share the details of this localized Unity Hub for China users although it is not a secret at all for almost all the China developers in China since China Unity has already officially announced it back in May 2019 through China Unity's official Wechat channel as well as other local medias, right after Unite Shanghai 2019. Just read a thread about China's localized Unity Hub here: ![]()
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