[SOLVED] Replacing a Model

Hello, I have several 3D models, and they are assigned into many arrays in many different places of my game.

I want to update the models, but I don't want to go and re-assign them again everywhere.

Is there a way to replace the models?




* If I import the new one into Unity, with the same name as the old one, it just adds a '1' at the end.




* If I import the new one into the Windows Explorer, with the same name as the old one, it is 'overwritten' but I still have to re-assign it everywhere.

 

If you save over the previous file, it replaces it. Don't do an import, literally copy and paste and replace the mesh in the folder.

 

Yes replace them in the folder, not inside Unity.
This works perfectly fine if the new models do not differ much from the previous versions. For example names and numbers of meshes should be the same.

If you dragged the models in your scenes and keept the reference then it will update fine.
If the models are in prefabs and you make changes like adding new meshes or changing materials, then this will not be included in the prefab. Unless you are alreadyd using nested prefabs...

 

Ah so it works only for scene objects.

Unfortunately, an extremely large percent of my models are assigned to the player's script, and the player is a prefab.

 

Same thing, just replace the model. The prefab contains a reference to the model, it’s not the model itself.

 

replacing the file only works with the same extension