So that I do not loose any of my assets, or want to save and use different versions of an asset, I have decided to save all my assets. I therefore downloaded all my assets from the package manager to my local computer.
The problem I came across, was that they took up a lot of space on my ( not so big ) main drive. 438GB worth.
So I moved the folder to my NAS.
Problem is, that there is no way to tell the package manager to look at that folder.
The only option that seems to be available, is a âScoped Registryâ. This is via a URL⌠as in a web address.
My question is, is there no way to get that feature added to Unity? Or is there some way to do it that is not obvious?
Overall in your case Iâd recommend to either change the download location or using a symlink would be the best solutions, but if neither of those are possible then perhaps my in Editor 'Asset Store Organizerâ tool might be of some use on github.
Its purpose is simple, it allows you to backup/archive existing store packages from the default Unity locations to a back up folder. You can then delete packages from the default unity location to keep size down and only restore packages from the archive as and when you need them.
Additionally you can simply import any package ( from any location ) directly into the current project.
You can search by package name and filter by category, publisher or Unity version. It supports backing up multiple versions of a package so every time you archive a package it gets added to your back ups as a unique version, that you can then choose to re-import.
However its biggest drawback currently is that it cannot verify or check the version of a package against the Unity store version to see if there is a newer version released. Iâm not sure if thatâs ever going to be possible, but keep meaning to take a look sometime.
Obviously standard warnings applied, Iâm not responsible for loss of data, probably worth doing some test back ups first and not point it directly at your 480GB folder before you get to know how to use it.
@CodeSmile and anyone else, This is the only option to âshareâ packages with a separate location to the default one. I am not wanting to share. As well as I would have to make a âweb siteâ to use it.
Ah. I checked the release notes. It was first made available with 2022.1.
That said while I might have mixed up which release supported changing the package folder I can tell you this doesnât and hasnât mattered in the slightest for the past few years. Unity 2020.1 unlocked the dark theme for everyone. Professional is now just the splash screen and income threshold.
