Posted on

How to Update Unity License

In Unity hub, you are able to manage your Unity license. This is done by Clicking on the gear icon and then the License Management tab. Here you can activate a new license, manually activation, upgrade to a professional version of Unity, release a license, and check for updates. To activate a new license click the Activate New License button. This will open a new window asking you to specify what kind of license you wish to use. The Unity Personal version is free to use as long as your revenue or funding is below 100 thousand or if you do not use unity in a professional capacity. If you Select Plus or pro then it will ask you to enter the serial number of your paid license. If you do not have a serial number then you can purchase the upgrade by clicking the buy professional edition link at the bottom of this page. This will then take you to where you can purchase a license on the official Unity website.

Manual Activation is for when you do not have an active or open internet connection although it does require using a device that does. To release a license, simply click the return license button and then confirm you want to return the license. This will free up your current license serial number so others on your team may use it. To check for updates click the Check For Updates button. Unity hub will then take a second to check for changes. Unity hub will give you a message down at the bottom, if your license is out of date or not. Finally, if you need more help or information. Click the help or FAQ.

Posted on

How to Update Unity Hub

Learn to Update Unity Hub

What is Unity Hub

Unity hub is a program launcher used for managing all of your unity projects and versions of the Unity editor. 

How to Update

Now there may be a time in the future that Unity hub will need updating. When this happens there will be a message down at the bottom of Unity hub that will read “Hub version number is available. To install the update you need to restart the Hub.” It will then have options to RESTART NOW or REMIND LATER. All you have to do is click the restart now button and when it reopens you will now have the new version.

Posted on

How to Install Unity Hub

Learn to Install Unity Hub

What is Unity Hub

For this quick lesson, I show you how to get started with creating games in Unity. The first thing you will need to do is install Unity Hub. Unity Hub is a program launcher that is used to manage all of your Unity projects and versions of Unity.

How to Install

To Install Unity Hub First go to the official Unity website which is www.Unity.com. Once loaded, click the blue button that says Get Started. Next, select the pricing plan you wish to use. For this tutorial, we will be using the personal plan which is found underneath the individual tab. It is important to note that the personal version can only be used if your Revenue or funding is less than a hundred thousand per year. With that said you want to click get started underneath where it says free.

You then need to pick if you are a first-time user or returning user if you select the first time using it will give you some additional tutorials which will help you get your feet wet but for this tutorial, I’m going to click the go here button under returning users. Now confirm that you are eligible to use the personal version. Next, scroll down and click download Unity hub. This will then download the installer for Unity Hub. Once it’s finished downloading we will then run this executable.

You may then need to authorize this file to run on your computer after which a window will appear asking you to agree to the terms of service go click agree. You can then select the file location for where you want Unity Hub to be installed and finally will click install. Depending on your computer and your network speed Unity Hub will take several minutes to install. Once it’s finished installing You can click finish we’ll then open Unity hub.