Unity 4.6.1. missing ui components

Looks like there are some components missing in this version.

I can't find the layout components anymore (i.e. grid)
Also the whole 'UI' part is gone when choosing 'add component'

Is this me or are there more people with this problem?

 

You should try to remove the Library and Temp folders and reload your project. I guess.

 

What I did was reinstall 4.6.0f3 and now it's working correctly again.
Layout has much types again and als UI is back.

 

Maybe they made members private that you were accessing so the way forward would be for you to redesign you UI with Unity 4.6.1.

Don't take my word for that though. Hopefully a Unity Tech worker will see this thread and tell you what is wrong.

 

I don't know. Some functionality, like layout grouping, only works by adding it with 'Add component'....

 

You said that that was missing with the 4.6.1 version of Unity, but it's not?

 

Could this perhaps be another manifestation of http://forum.unity3d.com/threads/un...mps-but-is-not-known-in-assetdatabase.274492/ ?

 

No, that's not what I meant. In 4.6.0f3 you only can add group layout functionality by using the 'Add component' button (or probably in code).

 

It doesn't look like it. But I can try if it's missing if I create a new project...

 

Ok, I installed 4.6.1 again and created a new project. Then it looks like it's working correctly so Sbizz is right. I should remove the library files and try again.

 

So what exactly does removing Library files do - this link sez thats a bad thing - http://forum.unity3d.com/threads/library-cache-directory.13916/

 

I also had totally weird issues when upgrading my old project from Unity 3.6->4.2->4.5->4.6. No errors on upgrading, but the GUI was totally broke. I could have send a bugreport every single day with totally strange issues, no one else got. But whenever I tried to replicate it in a fresh project, no issues happened.

Therefore I took the plunge to remove all Temp and Library files. It broke some material references, which I had to fix, but other than that the project was OK. And most important: the new GUI finally worked correctly.

 

This is very old obsolete thread. The library required back then. Now there is the library and there are the meta files. The meta files are sufficient to reconstruct the library.
You find some related information here: http://docs.unity3d.com/Manual/ExternalVersionControlSystemSupport.html

 

The library folder holds cached versions of imported assets and such. It can also hold the metadata info of objects, such as import settings and prefab links, but by default they are now stored in meta files next to the asset. As long as you have meta files turned on(which would be the case by default for every project started after 4.2) you can remove the library folder without problems. All the data in there can be reconstructed from the info in the ProjectSettings and the Assets folders. If you have an old project, you should turn on the meta files in the editor settings.

Do note that every asset will be automatically reimported after removing the library folder, so for very big projects it can take a few hours for it to regenerate the library folder. (also helps to turn off "compress on import" in the preferences)

 

Awsome response thanks...

 

We had an issue with a couple of people in our company, I believe its caused by having multiple instances of Unity installed somehow, those of us who only have one Unity installed (because each instalation we override the previous) never had that issue. and when one of us had the problem uninstalling an unused version of unity fixed the problem.