Managing Packages

Unity Engine
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As I’m building our game, I’m starting to add in a fair amount of packages. Some I’ve created, but most I’ve purchased.

The things is that with most of the packages there’s a ton of content I don’t need… demo scenes, extra models and materials, shaders I don’t use, etc. I may buy a foliage package for the primary shader + a plant or two, not all 50 of them.

Should I be worried about the bloat of the Unity project folder? What happens when I build our actual game, will it contain all the models that I don’t use?

I’m wondering if I should extract the pieces I need and throw away the rest of the package.

Any advice would be appreciated.

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Hello!

Unity wont build assets that is not used in the project!
You don’t have to worry about tons of files in your project.

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Those extra assets won’t affect the final game, but they will make your Unity editor more sluggish as it has more to keep track of. I would, at minimum, delete demos you don’t need as those tend to be large and easily excised. Beyond that, you can delete more aggressively, but only if it’s worth your time.

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Thanks all. Good to know the assets won’t be built with the project.

As MCN pointed about, I do worry about the bloat even while developing. I tend to make lots of copies/zips of the project and they get big fast.