Addressables are here!

Several people made comments above about issues with AssetReference's either in arrays or in classes. Most of those cases are resolved in the upcoming 0.4.x release. The exception being a list or array of some class, where that class contains asset references. That one will be fixed, but not in this release.

 

I've managed to install the Addressables System (and also the Resource Manager and Scriptable Build Pipeline). But when I select an asset (from the project window) there isn't a addressable checkbox in de inspector window! The only way to mark an asset as addressable is by dragging it to the Addressables window.

Am I missing something?

I'm on Unity 2018.2.11f1 on Windows btw.

 

That never worked for me either, just drag the asset to the group in the addressables window.

 

Thanks, I thought it was me

 

That checkbox has been disabled since 0.2.2 due to a bug.
https://forum.unity.com/threads/release-announcements-and-notes.543537/#post-3591824

 

Is it/ will it be possible to assign different labels to files in folders in Addressables.

What I mean e.g.: I have a Group "Content 1", and in it I have a Folder called "Shirts" and in that folder, I have couple of meshes, to which I would like to assign different labels, however, currently, it is greyed out and I can assign a label only to the Folder which then overrides the children labels.

Also, where can I create new labels, I only have a label “default” but don’t see anything/anywhere where I could add new labels.

Thanks in advance!

 

Top left corner of addressables window -> Profile: Default* -> Inspect Profile Settings -> Labels -> +

*Or not default, if you've created your own profile, which then can be accessed and Inspected from project catalog tree

 

So when is the addressable asset system going to be available through the Package Manager instead of having to add it manually to the manifest json?

 

It already is at least in 2018.3 beta.

 

I am using 2018.3b4 and it is not in there

 

Try clicking the "Advanced" dropdown (next to the search field) and select "Show preview packages".

 

Like I said, it is not listed


Still have to add it manually to the manifest json before it is listed in the Package Manager. Even though the documentation says otherwise.

 

What kind of content protection mechanisms will be supported by the Addressable assets system?

 

tl;dr: Is there a way to include some assets in the local build but be able to update them later on ?

We have some assets in our game that we would like to bake in the build [for offline mode if the user never went online for example].
we would also want to be able to update those assets later on, is that possible ?

 

I must be missing something. I have setup a local addressable group (LocalBuildPath/LocalLoadPath) since I don't have an external host setup. Things work fine in the editor. But when I build to PC and run from the built files, the asset doesn't load. I've only tried to load one asset this way so far. I have other instances of the asset on the scene to make sure it is in the local build, and they show up. But the AssetReference fails to load.

Code (CSharp):

1. public class Weapon : MonoBehaviour {
2.     public AssetReference projectile;
3.  
4.     public Text text;
5.  
6.     private Projectile projectileInstnce;
7.  
8.     void Start()
9.     {
10.         projectile.Instantiate<Projectile>().Completed += ProjectileLoaded;
11.     }
12.    
13.     void ProjectileLoaded(IAsyncOperation<Projectile> op)
14.     {
15.             if (op.Result)
16.             {
17.                 projectileInstnce = op.Result;
18.             }
19.             else
20.             {
21.                 text.text = "Failed to load asset";
22.             }
23.     }
24. }

In editor, the asset shows. Running the built files, my text window shows "Failed to load asset".

 

Ensure that the asset bundles are actually where they should be on the build, i.e. Data/Raw/com.unity.addressables/<platform>. The build process is meant to copy them to StreamingAssets before building.

 

In the build directory for PC there is "Experiment_Data\StreamingAssets\com.unity.addressables\StandaloneWindows64" with a few files in it. Not completely sure what I'm looking for in it. 2 json files and a few bundle files.

 

If they are in there, they are copied to Data/Raw/, where the addressables system can find them.

 

There is no "Raw" folder any where.

 

A couple of questions on the Content Update workflow

I need to be able to create the "addressables_content_state.bin" file to be able to do a content update but

- this does not appear in a build folder unless there is an addressable group marked static with some contents....why?
- this does not appear if I trigger the build from code using BuildPipeline.BuildPlayer, even when the static content is there, how do I do this?

 

When I do manage to try and build the content update I get

"UnauthorizedAccessException: Access to the path "C:\catalog_2018.10.19.12.38.57.json" is denied."

Where do I set the path to actually build the content update?

 

answers to some of the questions:
- the checkbox is back as of 0.4.6-preview
- labels and profiles are setup on the main asset (Assets/AddressableAssetsData/AddressableAssetSettings.asset). You can access this from your project or from the top of any group inspector or from within the addressables window via "Profile->Inspect Profile Settings"
- when will this show up in package manager without editing the manifest? Our target is before end of year. Those of you that do see it, that's because you've edited the manifest once. After it's in their, it'll show up in the UI and can be updated via the UI. You only need to edit the manifest initially

Some other questions are a bit extensive to go into here, but I will be presenting on Addressables at Unite Los Angeles next week, and should cover some of them. Once that talk is on youtube, I'll post it on the forums.

-Bill

 

Still can't get this working. Fine in editor, but fails when I do a build and run. Even created a brand new project to test. Guess time to remove for now, and hope things are better with the real release.

 

Are there any plans to support Sub Assets in Addressable Assets?

 

Hello, I'm working on a mobile game and want to use AddressableSystem (and prefab variant) to handle mobiel app multi-resolution problem (loading different prefabs according device screen dpi, x1(md) , x2(xhd) ,x3(xxhd) ect...).

So actually I create a group MD, and tag bunch of prefab with a label boardItem :


Now in a usecase where device dpi is "md" I want to load only asset that belong to MD group and that have label "BoardItem".
How to achieve that ?
Addressables.LoadAssets() got only one param that is as I presume an address list, but what about group and label concepts ?

Thank for your help

Florent

 

One thing which got me confused here is "how this system is affecting assetbundles?" "Does this mean that we can now edit our assetbundles like a version controlling of assetbundles?"

 

You'd probably need to use different labels for different resolutions instead [i.e BoardItem_md] and still have them in separate groups like you already have so you'd only download the needed bundles.

 

So I figure out that group has nothing to do with the way you identify assets (only important on way assets are packed and load by unity), solution is to create labels that match device dpi (md, hd ect..) and to load all "boardItem" AND "md" device using merge parameters :

Code (CSharp):

1. Addressables.LoadAssets<T>(new string[]{"md", "BoardItem"}, myCompleteCallback, Addressables.MergeMode.Intersection);

 

Hi there,
I'm approaching to the addressables for a new project, but I've encountered some issue that are a little bit dark to me.
I wanted to change asset based on the level of detail you want on your smartphone (HD, LD). Is there a way to not write code to change every asset but only replace the bundle/group?

Also during my tests I notice two problems:

1. Indipendently from the assets i referenced in the addressable asset window, the size of the sharedassets0.assets.resS is allways the same. I wanted to reduce this size and use the bundles/groups to download/load assets at the start of the application, but I don't see the point if the size of that file doesn't change.
   
2. During my test I created and deleted many groups, but when I build those groups are always builded as a bundle in the SharedAssets folder. How can I clean the history to prevent this?

Thank you for your help!

PS: I can't find the video of the talk at the Unite Los Angeles. Has not been uploaded yet?

 

Unity Los angeles video is here:

 

Hi are consoles already supported by the Addressables package?

I'm evaluating this for a multiplatform project, and I'm able to successfully build for PC. But I get these errors when building for PS4 and Switch:

C:\Users\peter.hansen\AppData\Local\Unity\cache\packages\packages.unity.com\com.unity.addressables@0.4.6-preview\Runtime\CacheInitialization.cs(27,68): error CS0103: The name 'Caching' does not exist in the current context

(Filename: C:\Users\peter.hansen\AppData\Local\Unity\cache\packages\packages.unity.com\com.unity.addressables@0.4.6-preview\Runtime\CacheInitialization.cs Line: 27)

C:\Users\peter.hansen\AppData\Local\Unity\cache\packages\packages.unity.com\com.unity.addressables@0.4.6-preview\Runtime\CacheInitialization.cs(27,21): error CS0103: The name 'Caching' does not exist in the current context

(Filename: C:\Users\peter.hansen\AppData\Local\Unity\cache\packages\packages.unity.com\com.unity.addressables@0.4.6-preview\Runtime\CacheInitialization.cs Line: 27)

C:\Users\peter.hansen\AppData\Local\Unity\cache\packages\packages.unity.com\com.unity.addressables@0.4.6-preview\Runtime\CacheInitialization.cs(25,35): error CS0103: The name 'Caching' does not exist in the current context

(Filename: C:\Users\peter.hansen\AppData\Local\Unity\cache\packages\packages.unity.com\com.unity.addressables@0.4.6-preview\Runtime\CacheInitialization.cs Line: 25)

C:\Users\peter.hansen\AppData\Local\Unity\cache\packages\packages.unity.com\com.unity.addressables@0.4.6-preview\Runtime\CacheInitialization.cs(24,17): error CS0103: The name 'Caching' does not exist in the current context

(Filename: C:\Users\peter.hansen\AppData\Local\Unity\cache\packages\packages.unity.com\com.unity.addressables@0.4.6-preview\Runtime\CacheInitialization.cs Line: 24)


Cheers
Pete


[EDIT] I'm using Unity 2018.2.12f1 with PS4 and Switch add-ons

 

@unity_bill
Hi, I'm currently testing remote data caching on my app.
1. I build and deploy app on my mobile device using an "Editor Hosted" profile (like addressable asset demo project's one)
2 . The app run and remote asset are correctly load and displayed
3. I close app and shutdown wifi on my mobile device (not more link to editor throught wifi network)
4. Run app to see if caching work as expected

So weird behavior is that assets are correctly display but after maybe...60 seconds easely. From my point of view, it seem to be link to some timeout value (app waiting for timeout before using cached assets..). So I set the remote group's timeout value to 2 (as in your demo project) but nothing change.



To load assets I use the Addressable API:

Code (CSharp):

1. Addressables.LoadAssets

Any idea of what I'm missing here ? Because on demo project, cache assets are instantly use when editor is not joinable...

Thank you very much for your help !



Below, here's some logs where we can see as expected that remote editor cannot be join.

Code (CSharp):

1. 11-01 15:12:39.904 23595 23638 E Unity   : java.net.ConnectException: Failed to connect to /192.168.1.37:57230
2. 11-01 15:12:39.904 23595 23638 E Unity   :
3. 11-01 15:12:39.904 23595 23638 E Unity   : (Filename: /Users/builduser/buildslave/unity/build/Platforms/Android/Modules/UnityWebRequest/Transports/TransportAndroid.cpp Line: 451)
4. 11-01 15:12:39.904 23595 23638 E Unity   :
5. 11-01 15:12:39.948 23595 23622 E Unity   : Exception: RawDataProvider unable to load from url http://192.168.1.37:57230/catalog_2018.11.01.14.03.40.hash, result='Unknown Error'.
6. 11-01 15:12:39.948 23595 23622 E Unity   :
7. 11-01 15:12:39.948 23595 23622 E Unity   : UnityEngine.DebugLogHandler:Internal_LogException(Exception, Object)
8. 11-01 15:12:39.948 23595 23622 E Unity   : UnityEngine.DebugLogHandler:LogException(Exception, Object)
9. 11-01 15:12:39.948 23595 23622 E Unity   : UnityEngine.Logger:LogException(Exception, Object)
10. 11-01 15:12:39.948 23595 23622 E Unity   : UnityEngine.Debug:LogException(Exception)
11. 11-01 15:12:39.948 23595 23622 E Unity   : UnityEngine.AddressableAssets.<>c:<RuntimeInitialization>b__31_0(IAsyncOperation, Exception) (at /Users/florentfalcy/Documents/Dev/Luminos/Luminos2018/Library/PackageCache/com.unity.addressables@0.4.6-preview/Runtime/Addressables.cs:271)
12. 11-01 15:12:39.948 23595 23622 E Unity   : UnityEngine.ResourceManagement.AsyncOperationBase`1:set_OperationException(Exception) (at /Users/florentfalcy/Documents/Dev/Luminos/Luminos2018/Library/PackageCache/com.unity.resourcemanager@2.4.1-preview/Runtime/AsyncOperations/AsyncOperationBase.cs:145)
13. 11-01 15:12:39.948 23595 23622 E Unity   : UnityEngine.ResourceManagement.InternalOp`1:ConvertResult(AsyncOperation) (at /Users/florentfalcy/Documents/Dev/Luminos/Luminos2018/Library/PackageCache/com.unity.resource
14. 11-01 15:12:39.953 23595 23622 E Unity   : Exception: RawDataProvider unable to load from url http://192.168.1.37:57230/catalog_2018.11.01.14.03.40.hash, result='Unknown Error'.
15. 11-01 15:12:39.953 23595 23622 E Unity   :
16. 11-01 15:12:39.953 23595 23622 E Unity   : UnityEngine.DebugLogHandler:Internal_LogException(Exception, Object)
17. 11-01 15:12:39.953 23595 23622 E Unity   : UnityEngine.DebugLogHandler:LogException(Exception, Object)
18. 11-01 15:12:39.953 23595 23622 E Unity   : UnityEngine.Logger:LogException(Exception, Object)
19. 11-01 15:12:39.953 23595 23622 E Unity   : UnityEngine.Debug:LogException(Exception)
20. 11-01 15:12:39.953 23595 23622 E Unity   : UnityEngine.AddressableAssets.<>c:<RuntimeInitialization>b__31_0(IAsyncOperation, Exception) (at /Users/florentfalcy/Documents/Dev/Luminos/Luminos2018/Library/PackageCache/com.unity.addressables@0.4.6-preview/Runtime/Addressables.cs:271)
21. 11-01 15:12:39.953 23595 23622 E Unity   : UnityEngine.ResourceManagement.AsyncOperationBase`1:set_OperationException(Exception) (at /Users/florentfalcy/Documents/Dev/Luminos/Luminos2018/Library/PackageCache/com.unity.resourcemanager@2.4.1-preview/Runtime/AsyncOperations/AsyncOperationBase.cs:145)
22. 11-01 15:12:39.953 23595 23622 E Unity   : UnityEngine.ResourceManagement.GroupOperation`1:OnOperationCompleted(IAsyncOperation`1) (at /Users/florentfalcy/Documents/Dev/Luminos/Luminos2018/Library/PackageCache/com.

 

After build iOS player, there's no cachedata.bin file in the build folder, which is causing trouble when I try to update content. Anyone run into this issue?

 

@unity_bill
Are you aware of the problem that scene lightmaps gets broken for additive loaded scene. I tried all variants of packing and single/multiple scenes in group and still nothing. For testing project it worked well with
LoadSceneMode.Single but for my project lightmaps were always with both modes. Unity version 2018.2.12 and 0.4.6 addresables.

 

I had the same problem after letting Addresables generate files in AddressableAssetsData. What helped me was replace them with the ones from DemoProject and cleanup it.

 

I upgrade to 2018.2.14 and then delete the whole AddressableAssetsData folder and copy it from spaceshooter DemoProject, .bin file is still missing.

If I build from spaceshooter DemoProject, I can see there is addressables_content_state.bin file generated in the build folder, but when I build my own project, there is no .bin file generated.

Am I missing some setting?

 

I'm getting the same problem for Switch

 

I figured it out. You have to have a group that has "Static Content" checked and have some addressable assets under that group in order to have .bin file generated in the build.

I wonder is it supposed to be this way? What if all I have are non-static contents and I want to "Build for content update"?

 

I'm attempting to install the addressables package, but I had to make a code change to fix a compile warning. (At my studio, we have configured our compiler to emit warnings as errors.) I had to comment out this unused field in `ContentUpdateScript.cs`:

Code (CSharp):

1.         // Vector2 m_scrollPosition;

Just FYI, it'd be nice to have this warning fixed in future releases.

Thanks, -Dave

 

I'm having errors on android build when using addressables on a very simple case, loading local asset bundles on streaming assets. Everything is working fine, but it's throwing errors the first time the application run, no errors were thrown on second app launch. Here's the logcat log:

Code (CSharp):

1.  
2. 11-02 14:38:48.400 28561 28596 I Unity   : Using StreamingAssetsPath jar:file:///data/app/com.xxx.zzz-1/base.apk!/assets.
3. 11-02 14:38:48.400 28561 28596 I Unity   UnityEngine.DebugLogHandler:Internal_Log(LogType, String, Object)
4. 11-02 14:38:48.400 28561 28596 I Unity   : UnityEngine.DebugLogHandler:LogFormat(LogType, Object, String, Object[])
5.  
6. 11-02 14:38:48.400 28561 28596 I Unity   : UnityEngine.Logger:LogFormat(LogType, String, Object[])
7.  
8. 11-02 14:38:48.400 28561 28596 I Unity   : UnityEngine.Debug:LogFormat(String, Object[])
9.  
10. 11-02 14:38:48.400 28561 28596 I Unity   : UnityEngine.AddressableAssets.Addressables:RuntimeInitialization() (at /Users/sherson/Library/Unity/cache/packages/packages.unity.com/com.unity.addressables@0.4.6-preview/Runtime/Addressables.cs:269)
11.  
12. 11-02 14:38:48.400 28561 28596 I Unity   :
13.  
14. 11-02 14:38:48.400 28561 28596 I Unity   : (Filename: /Users/sherson/Library/Unity/cache/packages/packages.unity.com/com.unity.addressables@0.4.6-preview/Runtime/Addressables.cs Line: 269)
15.  
16. 11-02 14:38:48.400 28561 28596 I Unity   :
17.  
18. 11-02 14:38:48.400 28561 28596 I Unity   : Using PersistentDataPath /storage/emulated/0/Android/data/com.xxx.zzz/files.
19.  
20. 11-02 14:38:48.400 28561 28596 I Unity   : UnityEngine.DebugLogHandler:Internal_Log(LogType, String, Object)
21.  
22. 11-02 14:38:48.400 28561 28596 I Unity   : UnityEngine.DebugLogHandler:LogFormat(LogType, Object, String, Object[])
23.  
24. 11-02 14:38:48.400 28561 28596 I Unity   : UnityEngine.Logger:LogFormat(LogType, String, Object[])
25.  
26. 11-02 14:38:48.400 28561 28596 I Unity   : UnityEngine.Debug:LogFormat(String, Object[])
27.  
28. 11-02 14:38:48.400 28561 28596 I Unity   : UnityEngine.AddressableAssets.Addressables:RuntimeInitialization() (at /Users/sherson/Library/Unity/cache/packages/packages.unity.com/com.unity.addressables@0.4.6-preview/Runtime/Addressables.cs:270)
29.  
30. 11-02 14:38:48.400 28561 28596 I Unity   :
31.  
32. 11-02 14:38:48.400 28561 28596 I Unity   : (Filename: /Users/sherson/Library/Unity/cache/packages/packages.unity.com/com.unity.addressables@0.4.6-preview/Runtime/Addressables.cs Line: 270)
33.  
34. 11-02 14:38:48.400 28561 28596 I Unity   :
35.  
36. 11-02 14:38:48.647 28561 28596 D Unity   : Sensor :        Accelerometer ( 1) ; 0.010000 / 0.01s ; Accelerometer Sensor / HTC Group Ltd.
37.  
38. 11-02 14:38:48.649 28561 28596 D Unity   : Choreographer available: Enabling VSYNC timing
39.  
40. 11-02 14:38:49.173 28561 28596 E Unity   : Exception: RawDataProvider unable to load from url file:///storage/emulated/0/Android/data/com.xxx.zzz/files/com.unity.addressables/catalog_2018.11.02.07.37.56.hash, result='Generic/unknown HTTP error'.
41.  
42. 11-02 14:38:49.173 28561 28596 E Unity   :
43.  
44. 11-02 14:38:49.173 28561 28596 E Unity   : UnityEngine.DebugLogHandler:Internal_LogException(Exception, Object)
45.  
46. 11-02 14:38:49.173 28561 28596 E Unity   : UnityEngine.DebugLogHandler:LogException(Exception, Object)
47.  
48. 11-02 14:38:49.173 28561 28596 E Unity   : UnityEngine.Logger:LogException(Exception, Object)
49.  
50. 11-02 14:38:49.173 28561 28596 E Unity   : UnityEngine.Debug:LogException(Exception)
51.  
52. 11-02 14:38:49.173 28561 28596 E Unity   : UnityEngine.AddressableAssets.Addressables:<RuntimeInitialization>m__0(IAsyncOperation, Exception)
53.  
54. 11-02 14:38:49.173 28561 28596 E Unity   : UnityEngine.ResourceManagement.AsyncOperationBase`1:set_OperationException(Exception) (at /Users/sherson/Library/Unity/cache/packages/packages.unity.com/com.unity.resourcemanager@2.4.1-preview/Runtime/AsyncOperations/AsyncOperationBase.cs:145)
55.  
56. 11-02 14:38:49.173 28561 28596 E Unity   : UnityEngine.ResourceManagement.InternalOp`1:ConvertResult(AsyncOperation) (at /Users/sherson/Library/Unity/cache/packages/packages.unity.com/com.unity.resourcemanager@2.4.1-preview/Runtime/ResourceProviders/RawDataProvider.cs:77)
57.  
58. 11-02 14:38:49.173 28561 28596 E Unity   : UnityEngine
59.  
60. 11-02 14:38:49.197 28561 28596 E Unity   : Exception: RawDataProvider unable to load from url file:///storage/emulated/0/Android/data/com.xxx.zzz/files/com.unity.addressables/catalog_2018.11.02.07.37.56.hash, result='Generic/unknown HTTP error'.
61.  
62. 11-02 14:38:49.197 28561 28596 E Unity   :
63.  
64. 11-02 14:38:49.197 28561 28596 E Unity   : UnityEngine.DebugLogHandler:Internal_LogException(Exception, Object)
65.  
66. 11-02 14:38:49.197 28561 28596 E Unity   : UnityEngine.DebugLogHandler:LogException(Exception, Object)
67.  
68. 11-02 14:38:49.197 28561 28596 E Unity   : UnityEngine.Logger:LogException(Exception, Object)
69.  
70. 11-02 14:38:49.197 28561 28596 E Unity   : UnityEngine.Debug:LogException(Exception)
71.  
72. 11-02 14:38:49.197 28561 28596 E Unity   : UnityEngine.AddressableAssets.Addressables:<RuntimeInitialization>m__0(IAsyncOperation, Exception)
73.  
74. 11-02 14:38:49.197 28561 28596 E Unity   : UnityEngine.ResourceManagement.AsyncOperationBase`1:set_OperationException(Exception) (at /Users/sherson/Library/Unity/cache/packages/packages.unity.com/com.unity.resourcemanager@2.4.1-preview/Runtime/AsyncOperations/AsyncOperationBase.cs:145)
75.  
76. 11-02 14:38:49.197 28561 28596 E Unity   : UnityEngine.ResourceManagement.GroupOperation`1:OnOperationCompleted(IAsyncOperation`1) (at /Users/sherson/Library/Unity/cache/packages/packages.unity.com/com.unity.resourcemanager@2.4.1-preview/Runtime/AsyncOperations/AsyncOperationBase.cs:
77.  
78. 11-02 14:38:49.928 28561 28596 D Unity   : ANativeWindow: (1080/1920) RequestedResolution: (0/0) RenderingResolution: (0/0) EGLSurface: (1080/1920)
79.  

It looked like ResourceManager was trying to load hash file on PersistentDataPath but didn't found the file. But after the first app launch i opened the persistentDataPath directory and found the hash files there.

 

Yeah it'd be great if all open source code from Unity followed this guideline - they should all compile without any warnings.

I only set some extra warnings as errors, but it's still a constant source of noise and doubt when investigating problems.

 

Looks like Unloading of scenes has problem as well, dunno if this is problem just with profiler or general one.

Here after scene unload number of instances will stay at one, and it is the same for dependent assets as well.

 

After upgrading to 0.4.6, I have an error:
UriFormatException: Invalid URI: The hostname could not be parsed.
What to do?

 

Is there any reason why when Play Mode Script is set to fast mode the profiler looks like this:


Instead of this:


The first one makes it way harder to profile.

 

I had to go back to version 0.3.5 ...

 

I had this problem as well, for me the problem was trying to use Addressables.LoadAsset in Awake(), before the addressables system is ready. Do your stuff in Start() instead and it should be fine

 

Thank you very much. And really moved the asset load to OnStartRunning () and the error disappeared.

 

Pretty new to this, but trying to get my head around Addressables.

Unity version : 2018.2.14f1
Addressables system : 0.4.6 preview

Here's the problem i'm having ( simplest steps I could do )

> new project
> create a cube game object in the scene, and add a 3D rigidbody component.
> make a prefab of the cube object and tick the "Addressable" box in the inspector.
> add an empty game object to the scene and attach a simple c# script ( as below )

Code (CSharp):

1. using UnityEngine;
2. using UnityEngine.AddressableAssets;
3.  
4. public class start : MonoBehaviour
5. {
6.  
7.     private void onLoadDone(UnityEngine.ResourceManagement.IAsyncOperation<GameObject> obj)
8.     {
9.         Debug.Log("Loaded " + obj.IsValid);
10.     }
11.  
12.     void Start()
13.     {
14.         Addressables.Instantiate<GameObject>("Assets/Cube.prefab").Completed += onLoadDone;
15.     }
16. }

All is fine and displays the two cubes ( grey ) when I run it in Fast Mode and Virtual Mode ( set in the addressable assets window ). However when run in Packed Mode, the loaded cube is now displayed purple. Searching around I think it's related to shaders and it's probably something newb or obvious i'm not understanding. Does anyone have any help on why this happens and what can be done to fix it ?

 

Hey Sp0ggy, I started to look into addressables today and I used your "project" as a first test. So I first got an error after changing to "Packed Mode" and hitting play. (Resulting in "Pause")

Exception: RawDataProvider unable to load from url file:///C:/Users/---hidden---/AppData/LocalLow/DefaultCompany/addressables_test1/com.unity.addressables/catalog_BuildScriptPackedMode.hash, result='Generic/unknown HTTP error'.
UnityEngine.AsyncOperation:InvokeCompletionEvent()

But on the second test (Play Button) it worked without any problems. Material is also "gray" like on the first tests... I guess the magic IT troubleshooting wonder function "reboot" might be helpful for you?

If you are interested in more details (or the project) just PM me... I have the same Unity Setup like mentioned in your post. I followed your description. The only thing I did different was changing the script name to "ScriptMentionedBySpoggy".

 

Thank you Boegi,

I did the reboot to check and even went one step further by cursing it a few times when it was still the same.

I may have had the very same error on first run, can't remember off hand, I will recreate in a different project to see. I am in the process of converting a project written with ver 5.6 using asset bundles to 2018.2 and decided to try change to addressables. My concern was that after going through it all and making the changes it would not result in a distributable working program. However, I have an update since the last post :

Making the exe file ( through File -> Build and run ) and running it, results in two grey / gray cubes which is correct and reassures me that things will work as desired in the final exe version, which is the most important one. I'm still curious as to why I get the inconsistency with the Packed mode version.though, but can plod on with more reassurance now.

Thank you again