Live Diff & Staging Workbench

The PlaySync Pro Studio is the master workbench designed for deep inspection and granular commit control during active play testing.

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Table of Contents

1. Opening the Studio Workbench
2. Anatomy of the Live Diff Tree
   1. 1. Real-Time Tracking Loop
   2. 2. Side-by-Side Value Diffs
3. Granular Commit Workflows
4. Prefab & Nested Prefab Overrides

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Opening the Studio Workbench

• Menu Path: Tools > ByteLura > PlaySync > PlaySync Studio
• Keyboard Shortcut: Ctrl+Alt+S (Windows) / Cmd+Option+S (macOS)

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Anatomy of the Live Diff Tree

┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ Total Changes: 9   [ Search changes... ]                               │
│ [ All (9) ]  [ Transforms (5) ]  [ Scripts (2) ]  [ Components (2) ]   │
├────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ ▼ Modify Me (Cube) (5 changes)                            [Commit Obj] │
│   ☑ Local Position  (-1.5, 0.5, 0.0) ──> (-3.56, 2.27, 0.98) Transform │
│   ☑ Local Rotation  (0, 0, 0)        ──> (-0.01, -0.02, 0.02)Transform│
│   ☑ Local Scale     (1, 1, 1)        ──> (-0.34, 1.0, 2.64)  Transform │
│   ☑ Size            (1, 1, 1)        ──> (1, 1, 1.2)        BoxCollider│
│   ☑ Center          (0, 0, 0)        ──> (0.35, 0, 0)       BoxCollider│
└────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘

1. Real-Time Tracking Loop

PlaySync Pro snapshots the initial state of active scene objects upon entering Play Mode. While in Play Mode, its non-allocating scanner detects changes across:

• Transforms: Local Position, Rotation, Scale, and World Transforms.
• Physics Colliders: BoxCollider size/center, SphereCollider radius, CapsuleCollider height, PhysicMaterials.
• Lighting & Cameras: Intensity, Color, Range, Field of View, Clipping Planes.
• MonoBehaviours: All serialized public fields and [SerializeField] private fields (strings, ints, floats, Vector2/3/4, Colors, Enums, AnimationCurves).

2. Side-by-Side Value Diffs

Every modified property clearly displays its original Edit Mode value (WAS in red/muted) alongside its current runtime value (NOW in bright green/cyan), eliminating guesswork when comparing adjustments.

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Granular Commit Workflows

Unlike basic persistence tools that enforce all-or-nothing overwrites, PlaySync Pro offers four levels of granular commit:

1. Individual Field Commit: Check or uncheck specific property checkboxes (e.g., persist Speed without altering Position).
2. Per-Object Commit: Click the Commit Object button on any GameObject header to save only that entity’s changes.
3. Category Filter Commit: Select the Transforms tab, search for Player, and commit all matching results simultaneously.
4. Restore All Safe: Automatically commits all non-conflicting properties across the entire scene in one click.

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Prefab & Nested Prefab Overrides

When modifying a Prefab instance in Play Mode:

• PlaySync Pro tracks the instance overrides and preserves prefab connections.
• Committing writes directly to the scene instance without breaking the parent prefab link.
• If desired, you can apply overrides directly to the source Prefab asset using standard Unity Inspector controls.

Pro Tip: In the bottom toolbar of PlaySync Studio, you can click Export JSON to backup your staged changes into an external .json snapshot file for versioning.