Question [Solved] "Has no meta file, but it's in an immutable folder. The asset will be ignored."

Im getting these issues over and over again.
Have tried to fix this, by reinstalling Unity on my system.
Have tried by removing the Unity folders under "Local", "LocalLow" and "Roming".
Have tried by by creating the missing meta files manually with a unique guid number, how ever Unity removes these and then tells me the do not exist, even though they just ware created manually.

The latest version of Unity that works "Universal render pipeline" for me is "2020.3.47f1".
Nothing above this version as worked as it should.
Created blank projects with same results. I even tried to import working projects from another computer where this works, but as soon as it gets to be run on this computer, it breaks by files being removed once again.

Need som help here...

Asset Packages/com.unity.render-pipelines.universal/Editor/VFXGraph/Shaders/Templates/ParticlePlanarPrimitives/PassForward2D.template has no meta file, but it's in an immutable folder. The asset will be ignored.
Asset Packages/com.unity.render-pipelines.universal/Editor/VFXGraph/Shaders/Templates/ParticlePlanarPrimitivesLit/PassDepth.template has no meta file, but it's in an immutable folder. The asset will be ignored.
Asset Packages/com.unity.render-pipelines.universal/Editor/VFXGraph/Shaders/Templates/ParticlePlanarPrimitivesLit/PassDepthOrMV.template has no meta file, but it's in an immutable folder. The asset will be ignored.
Asset Packages/com.unity.render-pipelines.universal/Editor/VFXGraph/Shaders/Templates/ParticlePlanarPrimitivesLit/PassForward.template has no meta file, but it's in an immutable folder. The asset will be ignored.
Asset Packages/com.unity.render-pipelines.universal/Editor/VFXGraph/Shaders/Templates/ParticlePlanarPrimitivesLit/PassGBuffer.template has no meta file, but it's in an immutable folder. The asset will be ignored.
Asset Packages/com.unity.render-pipelines.universal/Editor/VFXGraph/Shaders/Templates/ParticlePlanarPrimitivesLit/PassSelection.template has no meta file, but it's in an immutable folder. The asset will be ignored.
Asset Packages/com.unity.render-pipelines.universal/Runtime/Materials/ArnoldStandardSurface/ArnoldStandardSurfaceTransparent.shadergraph has no meta file, but it's in an immutable folder. The asset will be ignored.
Library\PackageCache\com.unity.shadergraph@14.0.7\Editor\Generation\Targets\BuiltIn\Editor\ShaderGUI\MaterialAssemblyReference\RawRenderQueue.cs(12,24): error CS1061: 'Material' does not contain a definition for 'rawRenderQueue' and no accessible extension method 'rawRenderQueue' accepting a first argument of type 'Material' could be found (are you missing a using directive or an assembly reference?)

 

Same issue , reinstalled unity , hub
deleted library, deleted cache, no luck

Asset Packages/com.unity.render-pipelines.high-definition/Runtime/RenderPipeline/Raytracing/Shaders/IndirectDiffuse/RayTracingIndirectDiffuse_APVL1.raytrace has no meta file, but it's in an immutable folder. The asset will be ignored.
Asset Packages/com.unity.render-pipelines.high-definition/Runtime/RenderPipeline/Raytracing/Shaders/IndirectDiffuse/RayTracingIndirectDiffuse_APVL2.raytrace has no meta file, but it's in an immutable folder. The asset will be ignored.
Asset Packages/com.unity.render-pipelines.high-definition/Runtime/RenderPipeline/Raytracing/Shaders/IndirectDiffuse/RayTracingIndirectDiffuse_APVOff.raytrace has no meta file, but it's in an immutable folder. The asset will be ignored.

A meta data file (.meta) exists but its folder 'Packages/com.unity.multiplayer.tools/MetricTestData/Runtime/TestData/Definitions' can't be found, and has been created. Empty directories cannot be stored in version control, so it's assumed that the meta data file is for an empty directory in version control. When moving or deleting folders outside of Unity, please ensure that the corresponding .meta file is moved or deleted along with it.

A meta data file (.meta) exists but its folder 'Packages/com.unity.services.wire/Runtime/Centrifuge/Exceptions' can't be found, and has been created. Empty directories cannot be stored in version control, so it's assumed that the meta data file is for an empty directory in version control. When moving or deleting folders outside of Unity, please ensure that the corresponding .meta file is moved or deleted along with it.

A meta data file (.meta) exists but its folder 'Packages/com.unity.services.wire/Runtime/Centrifuge/Utils' can't be found, and has been created. Empty directories cannot be stored in version control, so it's assumed that the meta data file is for an empty directory in version control. When moving or deleting folders outside of Unity, please ensure that the corresponding .meta file is moved or deleted along with it.

A meta data file (.meta) exists but its folder 'Packages/com.unity.services.wire/Runtime/Centrifuge/Websocket' can't be found, and has been created. Empty directories cannot be stored in version control, so it's assumed that the meta data file is for an empty directory in version control. When moving or deleting folders outside of Unity, please ensure that the corresponding .meta file is moved or deleted along with it.

 

Thank you for your respons.
Yes, correct, I'm a Windows user. I have tried different drives and paths, directly on root of the drive, with out changing the outcome of result.

What puzzels me most is that even if I create the missing meta files manually. Unity will remove them. So obviously Unity can find these files. How ever Unity will for some reson remove them, and then call them missing and after that it fails.

 

Thanks for your respond.

Changed from c:\UnityProject\space to C:\s didnt work

I also notice there are multiple items in the folder, only the one with raytracingindriectDiffuse_APVL is without meta file

 

Try create a meta file manually. You can look for a similar file in the structure, copy and rename and change the guid key. Just change number. See if the file disappears after you restart Unity. See if we have the same kind of issue.

 

tried, unity delete that file for me.

Seems we are having same kind of issue, the path is indeed 120+ even on root

 

And yes, path do exceed 120+. This even if I just call my project folder something like "b" on root level for me too.

The interesting part is there are still folders with in the "Library\PackageCache\com.unity.render-pipelines.universal@14.0.7\Editor\VFXGraph\Shaders\Templates" folder with meta files on the same level, even tho 120+ has been exceeded.


ParticleHexahedron
ParticleLines
ParticleLinesSW
ParticleMeshes
ParticleMeshesLit
ParticlePlanarPrimitives <--Meta issue
ParticlePlanarPrimitivesLit <-- Meta issue
ParticlePoints

 

Yes, that's it! It works!
Thank you so much for your help @maximeb_unity !

For some reason my previous path for the Unity Editor installation path in the Unity Hub was

C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio\2019\Community\Common7\IDE

and that is far longer then as you suggested

C:\Program Files\Unity\Hub\Editor

So what I did was change path in the Unity Hub settings.
Reinstall Editor(s)
Remove then reinstall the broken package and it was all working after that.

As Iv been using Unity for several years. Do you know if the IDE folder been default for Unity in the past?
Im not that sure that Iv ever tampered with this setting before. Can be wrong though. Was a long time since i first installed Unity on this machine.

 

For some reason My unity.exe was installed in
Programe files/unity/hub/editor/my version/editor/myversion/editor
It confused the first editor folder with second one.

So, thanks for the help

For those having same issue, look into editor installation path