Feedback SceneDependencyCache shouldn't be an Asset

These are just a bunch of binary files that you can safely .gitignore or delete at pretty much any time. They would fit right into the Library folder next to all the other caches.

 

Thank you for the response. Is there a targeted version for this support?

 

@Joachim_Ante Unity needs like a new core "GeneratedAssets" or "PackageDependencies/" or "PackageAssets" folder which plugins and packages could use. Too often does plugins generate stuff in the root Assets folder, and packages has no logical place to place generate things.

Code (csharp):

1.  
2. Assets
3.   /OnlyUserThings
4.   ...
5. PackageDependencies (Writable)
6.    /Entities/SceneDependencyCache
7.    ...
8. Packages
9.    /Entities/
10.    ...
11.  

 

2020.1 has that new UserSettings folder. Something like this?
https://forum.unity.com/threads/whats-the-usersettings-directory.754436/#post-5029937

 

Ah cool! As long as people don't add the entire folder to gitignore as they suggest (optionally). Otherwise it can't be used reliably for persistent project setting assets.

 

I think it not usable it is for UserSettings nor additional project settings and it must be not under source control just to provide Per User settings

So we actually need that place where packages will generate their dynamic content, not only cache but any content.

 

Note, in case anyone gets weird issues with entire subscenes mysteriously not loading in builds i.e. Android, I fix it by nuking the entire

./Assets/SceneDependencyCache

and

./Assets/StreamingAssets

for good measure. If things get real weird I sometimes take out the bazooka and get a glass of wine:

Spoiler: Contains rm -rf shell commands! Use at your own risk!

rm -rf ./Library ; rm -rf ./Temp ; rm -rf ./obj ; rm -rf ./Assets/StreamingAssets ; rm -rf ./Assets/SceneDependencyCache

My gut feeling is that it happens when switching git branches under the hood, Unity doesn't properly detect changes to the subscenes and doesn't rebuild/update/copying (???) those caches and ends up not finding them in the builds while everything is fine in the editor.

Good times

 

@nicolasgramlich You, kind sir, have saved me from going nuts today.

 

This folder is present, even if you're not using the com.unity.platforms@1.0 package. It at least shouldn't write out these cache files unless they're necessary?

Is there a timeline for the Editor changes necessary to move this out of Assets?