Unity -

Special Folders

Special folders:

• Editor: code required by the Unity editor, but not in the actual app.
• Plugins: DLLs written in C/C++.
• Resources: assets that are loaded on demand.
• StreamingAssets: files are copied unchanged to the target platform.
• Gizmos: debugging icons for Gizmos.DrawIcon.

The phases of Unity game compilation are as follows:

1. Code in top-level Standard Assets, Pro Standard Assets and Plugins directories.
2. Code in any Editor directory under the previous 3 directories.
3. Code not under any Editor directory.
4. Code in any Editor directory.

Code compiled in a later phase cannot be used in the previous phases. E.g. phase 2 code cannot use code from phases 3 or 4, but can use code from phase 1.

Unity ignores:

• Hidden folders.
• Files and folders which start with .
• Files and folders which end with ~
• Files and folders named cvs
• Files with the extension .tmp