A really quick "ScriptableObject"-related question

Unity Engine
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[CreateAssetMenu(fileName="File")]

All I need to know is this; so when I set the filename in the CreateAssetMenu above, it makes all “.asset” files that name + a number (First is File, then File 1, then File 2). How can I have the file name defined by the Menu itself? The assets created have an internal name but for debugging and organization purposes I will need to be able to name the actual files.

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You can rename it once it has been created. Or what’s the actual problem?

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The only way I have found to rename them is through the file explorer, I was wondering if there was a simple way to do so quickly from inside the Unity editor.

(Still trying to understand ScriptableObjects in general for the most part)

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Not through the CreateAssetMenu attribute, no.

You can create a scriptable object through

var obj = ScriptableObject.CreateInstance<MyScriptableObject>();

Then you can save it to file with:

AssetDatabase.CreateAsset(obj, "Assets/someName.asset");

That’ll allow you to create whatever name you want. If you want the +1 numbering, you can get that from AssetDatabase.GenerateUniqueAssetPath. So:

var obj = ScriptableObject.CreateInstance<MyScriptableObject>();
var path = "Assets/CoolPath.asset";
path = AssetDatabase.GenerateUniqueAssetPath(path);
AssetDatabase.CreateAsset(obj, path);
AssetDatabase.ImportAsset(path);

The importasset call makes the asset show up automatically in your project view. I think it’s neccessary, but that might’ve changed since I wrote the code I’m copying from here.

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Alright thanks for the info, its still pretty odd to me that the CreateAssetMenu cannot directly name the files but its fine, this should be a good workaround

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I think I’m missing something, otherwise:
The attribute allows to specify a menu entry so that you can easily create it just like a prefab, a material etc in the project window.
Once you clicked on the menu entry, a file will appear, ready to be named initially, just like usual scripts.

Isn’t that what you were looking for?

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Sorry for the confusion, when the file was appearing it wasn’t letting me enter a name as I didn’t actually notice the box pop up. I had assumed that the file was created upon filling out the variables and not immediately when clicking the option