Build export cannot read csv from the resources

I build a unity game, that reads data from datasets, located in the Assests/Resources folder and, in development mode, works fine. When I build it, in both platforms (Mac/Windows) it cannot read the datasets. Is there any problem with Unity reading datasets in production mode?

 

If you are using System.IO to read files, that will never work for Resources folders. Unity mooshes all the files into its own internal format at build time.

Instead, use Resources.Load<TextAsset>() to get at TextAsset-ish things like txt, json, csv, etc.

Remember you do NOT supply "Resources/" as part of the path and you also do not supply the suffix file extension. You only supply the path and asset names:

Code (csharp):

1. var myText = Resources.Load<TextAsset>( "Datasets/MyCSVFile");

ALTERNATIVELY , an entirely different way to get at data is to use the StreamingAssets folder, in which case none of the above applies. Check the docs on StreamingAssets for how to use it.

 

Thanks a lot for the reply. I'll go for the streaming assets, because I use the way you suggest:

Code (CSharp):

1. Resources.Load<TextAsset>("mlr/" + gameObject.name);

Hope it's not complicated :/