Upd Edition – Errata – Mastering Unity 2D Game Development (post October 2014)

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38

Error

The third line of code in the first code snippet on this page is incorrectly stated as:

string Faction;

Correction

It should be as follows:

public string Faction;

Page

79

Error

Additional line of code missing from Awake method, should initialise the “anim” property

Correction

The line from Page 84 should be included at the end of the Awake method on Page 79 as follows:

anim = (Animator)playerSprite.GetComponent(typeof(Animator));

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390

Error

The second sentence in the fourth paragraph on this page is:

First, we will create a helper function to do the serialization for us, so create a new script called SerializationHelper in Assets\Scripts\Classes and replace its contents with the following code:

Correction

It should read as follows:

First, we will create a helper function to do the serialization for us, so create a new script called SerializerHelper in Assets\Scripts\Classes and replace its contents with the following code:

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390

Error

The third line of code in the first code snippet on this page is:

public class SerilizerHelper {

Correction

The name of the class should be as follows:

public class SerializerHelper {

Page

411

Error

The second sentence in the first paragraph on this page currently states:

So, open the SerializationHelper script and add the following method:

Correction

This should read as follows:

So, open the SerializerHelper script and add the following method:

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412

Error

The second sentence in the first paragraph on this page is:

If you build for Windows 8 now, you will still have one error that remains in the SerializationHelper script

Correction

This should read as follows:

If you build for Windows 8 now, you will still have one error that remains in the SerializerHelper script

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415

Error

Missing word “event” in the code line 

public static EventHandler PurchaseRequested;

Correction

The code line from Page 415 should be as follows:

public static event EventHandler PurchaseRequested;

Without the “event” keyword the rest of the code lines will not work.  Event is the hook that exposes an event to the Widows Platform, An EventHandler is a signature for an event.