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Scene and Prefab Mode at the same time?

Discussion in 'Prefabs' started by Wokarol, Nov 27, 2018.

  1. Wokarol

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    Is there a way to open scene view and prefab mode at the same time?
     
    Wokarol, Nov 27, 2018
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  2. SteenLund

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    SteenLund, Nov 27, 2018
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  3. Peter77

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    Peter77, Dec 14, 2018
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  4. SteenLund

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    SteenLund, Dec 14, 2018
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  5. giraffe1

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    Short answer: NOT POSSIBLE...

    Can we get the ability to be able to use Prefab Mode but edit the Prefab Asset in context of the current scene instead of in isolation?
    This is a common request and something that has been much on our minds. The functionality couldn’t make it for the initial release but we’d love to look into it for a future release.

    This is crazy... It is almost like this whole system was built for programmers or something. What kind of artists work liek this type of weird work flow...
     
    giraffe1, Dec 25, 2018
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  6. Rich_A

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    If you are a product owner at Unity.

    PLEASE prioritise this in your backlog:

    - Allow the editing of multiple prefabs simultaneously, including modifying components which are common across all.

    - Allow the modification of prefabs in the context of a scene they are in.

    - Allow us to view the components of a prefab and change variables without having to 'open prefab'.

    In short... this is all the functionality we used to have, right?

    Thanks.
     
    Rich_A, Dec 26, 2018
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  7. SteenLund

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    That is not what the FAQ says!
    The FAQ says it could not make it in to this release. We prototyped it and found a number of UX issues that needs to be solved but we decided to ship the current workflow so you would not have to wait even longer to get nested prefabs and the other improvements.
     
    SteenLund, Dec 26, 2018
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  8. TX128

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    Do we have a release date? Do we have to wait for 2018.4? Because otherwise the short answer being you cannot is really accurate.
     
    TX128, Dec 26, 2018
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  9. Peter77

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    It's most likely not going to be added to 2018.4, because it's their LTS stream, means no new features. More likely to happen in 2019 or later.

    https://unity3d.com/unity/qa/lts-releases
     
    Peter77, Dec 26, 2018
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  10. TX128

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    If that is true then the new Prefab workflow is incomplete at best.
     
    TX128, Dec 27, 2018
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