C# scripts aren't being found by Visual Studios.

Whenever I create a new c# script in Unity it doesn't register in Visual Studios. I created an empty script called Player and made a variable in PlayerStateMachine script.

Code (CSharp):

1. public class PlayerStateMachine {
2.  
3.     Player s;
4.  
5.     Dictionary<string, IPlayerState> states = new Dictionary<string, IPlayerState>();
6.  
7. }
8.  

It gives me an error saying: "The type or namespace name 'Player' could not be found ( are you missing a directive or an assembly reference?)".

Here's the directory layout for my Unity project. Everything is inside the asset folder.

 

Is this a new project or one that you updated to a new version of Unity?

 

I can't recall, is there some way to check?

 

Close both VS and Unity.

Reopen just Unity, and then double-click on any one of your script files from inside of Unitys file browser.

I get this issue sometimes as well and the above fixes it. Hope it works for you, too!

 

I tried your solution and it did not work for me.

 

Try removing the csproj and sln files from your project folder, then restart Unity and double click a script. The files will be recreated for you.

 

That worked. Thank you so much. Do you have any idea why this happens and what I can do to fix it permanently?

 

Create your scripts directly in Visual Studio.

 

No need to make your scripts directly in VS.

From what I understand is sometimes when you upgrade a project (say from Unity 5.6 to 2017.1) it can create bugs such as the one you experienced, which is why I was asking if your project had been upgraded or was new. If it happens outside of upgrading to a new version, you may have another issue.

Glad it's working again for you.

 

Well, I consider such a workflow, when you create a script in Unity and then you switch to Visual Studio to edit it, to be kinda weird.