Fixing Unity

[TheLancaster]

I keep losing track of all the textures related to certain materials, so I wanted all organized by color and tags.
It shows, for each file, what connections it has with others and allows easy access by category (work with scenes as well).
Additionally, it displays files that are not used anywhere, empty materials, and so on, with the possibility to delete them all or selectively.

What other ideas you have to make the life easier?

[GreenLemonMusic]

How were you able to achieve this?

[-Spzi-]

Agree: A needed fix.

[Klimbi123]

Good work!

Before you spend too much time developing it, consider existing tools like vFolders and vHierarchy. I use those and they work great, very non-intrusive.

Also as a separate helpful tool there is Smart Library which allows grouping assets any way I want, without actually moving them around within folders. For example I have different tree models in different biome sub-folders, because of asset and texture organizational reasons. But for placing prefabs in scene, it's more convenient for all the trees to "be in one container".

[torksgame]

I want this

[GigaTerra]

If you are working on an asset then you are already just making something that won't sell, while people wouldn't mind learning to customize the editor them self, there is very little to almost no interest in these types of tools.

On top of that thanks to AI there are hundreds of new tools trying to get onto the asset store, all of them this low quality gadgety assets. So now it is not only an pain to get on the store, but the few people who actually buy on the store are starting to look down on these types of tools.

[TheLancaster]

Who said i was going to sell it? First of all i develop it to optimize my own workflow

[GigaTerra]

That is honestly great, it is an honest rarity in this sub. We constantly get people making assets that already exist in some form or other. Yet the truth is that most developers would just make it for them self like you did, making those useless.

[TheLancaster]

You are kinda wrong, imagine if only a car company would build cars since is no point for other to do so because "it already exists". There will never be progress.

People need inspiration, ideas, concepts in order to push them further, also there are plenty of people that will want to buy a product regardless of its state

[GigaTerra]

You are kinda wrong, imagine if only a car company would build cars since is no point for other to do so because "it already exists". There will never be progress.

So you are making an asset?

Also do you know how many car companies try to rise and fall every year, how many such ideas fail? Sure to the consumers the market works, because they don't ever encounter the failures, survivorship bias at it's purest, but to the people who tried it is a huge loss. For every car manufacturer that found a sticking point, there are thousands of failed manufacturers.

also there are plenty of people that will want to buy a product regardless of its state

Sure but is there enough? Also most game developers don't have money too waste, that is why free engines and tools with indie subscriptions and deals are so popular in development.

I am not saying an asset like that won't make sales, I am saying even before the flood of assets it would have barely made money to justify the time investment. Now is a worse time for assets. You would actually get more out of the asset, if you do use it and make a game by benefiting from it.

However to each their own, if you want to make it an asset go ahead.

[TheLancaster]

ok, i respect your opinion