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System Requirements

This page covers the system requirements for Polaris 3.

Unity version

  • Unity 2022.3 or newer

Render pipeline support

  • Built-in Render Pipeline
  • Universal Render Pipeline

Render pipelines other than Built-in and URP are not supported out of the box.

Required packages

The following Unity packages are required:

  • Mathematics com.unity.mathematics
  • Editor Coroutines com.unity.editorcoroutines
  • Collections com.unity.collections

Summit edition only

If you are using Polaris Summit edition, the following package is recommended, but not required:

  • Burst Compiler com.unity.burst

The Erosion Tool is only available in Summit edition and relies heavily on compute shaders. Make sure the target platform supports compute shaders before using it.

If you only use the Erosion Tool in the editor, the following environments are supported:

  • Windows with DX11 or DX12 and Shader Model 5.0 GPU
  • macOS with Metal API