2017.2p1 iOS Build fails due to Unity Ads even when disabled

Hi There,

I'm getting this build error when trying to do an iOS build:

DXT1 compressed textures are not supported when publishing to iPhone
Packages/com.unity.ads@1.0.7/Editor/Resources/Editor/landscape.jpg

That resource is a unity resource and I don't know why it would be included by default even when Ads are disabled in my services. This also means I'm unable to deploy.

Is there a way to get around this error / is a fix planned for the next patch?

Thanks

Matt

 

I had the same just now. Turned it off and on again (close unity, reopen, reopen project, rebuild).

It didn't give me the same issue after the rebuild.

The issue was caused by the same files you've mentioned, portrait and landscape ad placeholders?

 

same issue here, a workaround we found was to link the project, enable analytics, then disable analytics then unlink the project and restart unity. Massive pain.

 

I found doing a full project import fixed this as well. I don't know if this is on Unity's radar though

 

What an annyoing bug, affecting me too!

 

I have the same error.

 

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Why is this even happening? Are unused assets also included in a build!? That would explain the huge app size I sometimes get..

 

Just got similar trying to do Mac build:
"ETC1 compressed textures are not supported when publishing to Standalone
Packages/com.unity.ads/Editor/Resources/Editor/landscape.jpg (& portrait.jpg)"
What the hell, not using ads!

 

In my case this is from the build report:

Used Assets and files from the Resources folder, sorted by uncompressed size:
8.0 mb 0.9% Packages/com.unity.ads/Editor/Resources/Editor/landscape.jpg
8.0 mb 0.9% Packages/com.unity.ads/Editor/Resources/Editor/portrait.jpg

Two biggest assets are the placeholders for some Unity Ads that certainly hasn't even been enabled for the project.

 

I just had the same issue in 2018.1. Obviously, it's very bad to include huge textures unnecessarily.

 

What worked for me.
Double click on console message: DXT1 compressed textures are not supported when publishing to iPhone
Packages/com.unity.ads/Editor/Resources/Editor/landscape.jpg Included from scene: UnityEditor.BuildPlayerWindow:BuildPlayerAndRun()
This opens the 2 jpg files in Project View, then reimport them... (Right click and Reimport) so these files will compress with the right format for iOS.
Good Luck!

 

Aside from removing those files manually before i trigger a build, what's a smart way to get rid of those (given the fact that i don't use ads at all currently)?

The problem is, that my builds are done by a buildserver and the content of packages are handled on the machine and not as part of the project/repository (git).

Which means that if i remove them locally, i can not 'commit' that change to the repo.

So has anyone already found a good solution to this?

 

https://forum.unity.com/threads/2017-2p1-ios-build-fails-due-to-unity-ads-even-when-disabled.503748/

 

How to fix this?