Feature request: Refresh on play

I am a programmer and have been using Unity for over 4 years now. During my workflow I change both scripts and step to the Unity Editor to change stuff often. Because of this, I have turned off the auto refresh feature that compiles the changed scripts to save time (the refresh halts the editor gui during some time).

This workflow makes me start my project in a two-step manner: first I have to refresh the project (ctrl+r) and afterwards start the project with the play button (or shortcut).

Feature request:
Alt 1 (preferred): Add a button, if auto refresh is off, next to the play button that performs a "refresh before play" .
Alt 2: Add a boolean option in preferences "refresh on play".

 

I second this; It's a feature I really liked when using GameMaker Studio
Edit; Further, GameMaker provided the option to "Save, then Compile" on running, so that would be a nice option as well, since entering Play mode is one of the most frequent causes of crashes, so saving just before compiling and entering Play mode would save a lot of headaches

 

For anyone else looking for a solution, I've created an editor script that does just this.
Just drop this file as PlayRefreshEditor.cs in a top-level Editor folder and turn off Autorefresh in Edit->Preferences

Code (CSharp):

1. using UnityEditor;
2.  
3.  
4. [InitializeOnLoadAttribute]
5. public static class PlayRefreshEditor {
6.  
7.     static PlayRefreshEditor() {
8.         EditorApplication.playModeStateChanged += PlayRefresh;
9.     }
10.  
11.     private static void PlayRefresh(PlayModeStateChange state) {
12.         if(state == PlayModeStateChange.ExitingEditMode) {
13.             AssetDatabase.Refresh();
14.         }
15.     }
16. }

Your code and assets will be refreshed/recompiled after you press the Play button, instead of whenever you change focus to the Unity window. This was so annoying previously that I couldn't change focus to Unity without it being stuck for 4 seconds to refresh.

 

THANK YOU. This has been driving me INSANE and I was like someone has HAS to have made this script or else I'm in the wrong 3D engine or in the wrong community. <3