*don't* import materials by default

To cut a long post short - is there any way I can set Unity 5 to NOT import materials by default?

Checked out my Subversion repository recently to my laptop, and the automatic re-import recreated a bunch of materials that I'd already moved somewhere else. Rather than manually set each FBX model to not import materials, it'd be nice if I could just stop it happening globally.

 

I'd wish there would be global options for all this stuff in Unity's preference settings.

We solved this using an AssetPostprocessor script:

Code (csharp):

1.  
2. public class CustomImportSettings : AssetPostprocessor
3. {
4.     ModelImporter importer = assetImporter as ModelImporter;
5.     importer.importMaterials   = false;
6.     importer.importAnimation   = false;
7.     importer.importBlendShapes   = false;
8.     importer.animationType = ModelImporterAnimationType.None;
9. }
10.  

This is a simplified version of how we set up asset post processing. Usually we take the asset path (importer.assetPath) and check subfolders or asset name token to set different import options.

 

Thanks - sounds feasible.

Thing is I'm almost a complete Unity noob - where exactly do I put that script?

 

Indeed. Global settings for this would be really welcome and I think are even a little over-due.

 

You must create or use an existing "Editor" folder in your Assets path. Then save the following script ie. as "NoFBXMaterials.cs" to the editor folder.

Code (csharp):

1. using UnityEngine;
2. using UnityEditor;
3.  
4. public class NoFBXMaterials : AssetPostprocessor
5. {
6.    void OnPreprocessModel()
7.    {
8.      ModelImporter importer = assetImporter as ModelImporter;
9.      importer.importMaterials = false;
10.    }
11. }

 

Oh excellent - works a treat! Didn't even know about the Editor folder.

Thanks!