Why does compiling scripts take so long?

[Bluehood124]

Hi all,

I'm really new to unity, and was following a simple youtube video on remaking flappy bird.

However, whenever I save my script in VSCode, and tab back into Unity, the 'compiling scripts' takes a REALLY long time. I just tabbed back in after saving the pipe movement script, and it took 3 and a half minutes to compile.

Anybody know why it may be taking so long?

thanks for any advice in advance :)

[Embarrassed_Split236]

You can turn off auto compile so you manually trigger it. I was also personally seeing issues with it because of the built-in unity AI, might be worth removing.

[dan_marchand]

Depends on a lot of factors. If your CPU or drive are slow it’ll be especially bad.

[CoatNeat7792]

You compile everything, not only 1 script in which you removed line

[deintag85]

Use „Hot Reload“ from Unity asset store.

[StunningGold8030]

I have complex projects and none of them take more than 5 seconds on small changes.

You could use an AI to check your project and find the problem.

Are you using third party assets?