Question Understanding Addressables: When do they need to be included as AssetReference?

I am having trouble understanding exactly how to use AdressableAssets.

In my (non-addressable scene) "Init", I am trying to reference a ScriptableObject and a scene (named "mainMenu").
I do this via:

Code (CSharp):

1.  
2. public class Initializer : MonoBehaviour
3. {
4.     [SerializeField] private AssetReference mySUPERAssetAF;
5.     [SerializeField] private AssetReference mainMenuSceneAF;
6.  
7. //...
8.  
9.     void Start()
10.     {
11.             // load the next scene
12.             mainMenuSceneAF.LoadSceneAsync(LoadSceneMode.Additive).Completed += (obj) => {
13.                 // load the asset
14.                   mySUPERAssetAF.LoadAssetAsync().Completed += (obj) => {
15.                     obj.Result.doSomething();
16.                 };
17.             };
18.     }
19. }
20.  

In the addressable-scene ("mainMenu") loaded above, I also have a script that should use the same SuperAsset.
I noticed that I do NOT have to include it there via AssetReference, but "directly":

Code (CSharp):

1.  
2. public class MainMenuController : MonoBehaviour
3. {
4.     [SerializeField] private SuperType mySUPERAsset;
5.  
6. //...
7.  
8.     void Start()
9.     {
10.         mySUPERAsset.doSomething();
11.     }
12. }
13.  

By the way: Why the two scenes should use the same SuperAsset is because in practice they are ScriptableObjects, whereby both should work on the same instance. In this way, I create an event system, so to speak. But that's just by the way...

Can someone explain to me why this works and why I don't have to access the asset via AssetReference in the MainMenu-Scene?

Thank you in advance

 

Because if your Main Menu scene is addressable, then all dependencies of the scene are loaded at the same time.

Where as non-addressable scenes need to load in addressable assets via asset references, otherwise you get assets duplicated at build time.

 

Hey @spiney199 , thank you for your answer! That helped me a lot!