Resources.Load doesn't load my materials

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I am trying to load in several materials at the scene start so it doesn’t have to load these every update they’re needed. so this is directly in void Start()

materials = new Material[2];
materials[0] = Resources.Load<Material>("Materials/Material1");
materials[1] = Resources.Load<Material>("Materials/Material2");
Debug.Log(materials[0].name);

However to me this seems like it is described Unity - Scripting API: Resources.Load yet I only get a NullReferenceException since nothing is being loaded in the material array.

I’ve checked if the naming was in anyway incorrect but they are the same. I’m confused.

2

Are your materials in a folder called “Resources”? This is a requirement for loading, you can have multiple Resources folders in your assets folder however, but it must be in that folder as a base to use Resources.Load.