Forcing OpenGL in Windows Editor

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I'm aware of the -force-opengl command line argument for the Windows standalone player, but is there a way to force the Windows editor to use strictly OpenGL?

My company is targeting Linux platforms exclusively, and we'd like to have the editor's graphics device match to avoid any device dependent differences in rendering.

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Answer by numberkruncher · Apr 29, 2013 at 11:01 PM

Yes this can be achieved on the Unity editor itself. Simply run the following path instead:

 "C:\Program Files (x86)\Unity\Editor\Unity.exe" -force-opengl

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hoy_smallfry · Apr 30, 2013 at 09:30 PM 0

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Thanks! I guess that was obvious, but I was using this documentation and some old forum posts as a reference. The first makes no mention that the same argument can be used for the editor, and the forum posts were either outdated information from previous versions or just misinformed.

AnnaS · Mar 19, 2015 at 09:42 AM 0

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Is there a way to achieve this without passing the command-line parameter?

hoy_smallfry · Mar 26, 2015 at 07:32 AM 0

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I'm not sure if there is, but what you can do is create a symbolic link on your desktop (aka desktop shortcut in Windows, symlinks on Mac) and direct it to the unity.exe with the command line options you want. That way whenever you use the link to open unity it will always open in OpenGL mode.

dbrizov · Sep 08, 2015 at 04:48 PM 0

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In the documentation it says that OpenGL 2.1 is used. Is this true, or the documentation is old?

lightpower26 dbrizov · Dec 07, 2018 at 03:22 PM 0

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At this time of writing (December 2018), when using -force-opengl on Unity, it shows on the top ""

Frenchie92 · Mar 11, 2018 at 07:43 AM 0

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Or, for those using the 64-bit version in the default location:

"C:\Program Files\Unity\Editor\Unity.exe" -force-opengl

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