I had to make a change in the existing Universal Rendering Pipeline's ShadowCaster2D.cs to suit my needs. But every time I reload the project, the file gets reset. How do I prevent this?
The file that I need to keep is found in the following path:
(Unity Project path)\Library\PackageCache\[email protected]\Runtime\2D\ShadowCaster2D.cs
For some reason I can't comment so I'm going to have to answer instead. One option (I'm not sure it will work) is to modify the file in the package cache. I believe that unless you clear it, unity will pull the files from there each refresh. Another option is to create a script that runs on project reload and overwrites the file with the version you want.
I haven't tested these and I'm not sure if they will work, but I hope they'll be helpful to you.
EditorApplication.playModeStateChangedIPreprocessBuildWithReportAssetsModifiedProcessorUnityEditor.Build namespaceYou mentioned the project reloading, so EditorApplication.projectChanged might be of help to you as well.
These links https://answers.unity.com/questions/704066/callback-before-unity-reloads-editor-assemblies.html https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/Callbacks.DidReloadScripts.html might also provide you with enough information to solve your problem.
As a last resort, you could create your own copy of ShadowCaster2D and
use that behaviour instead of the default one
ShadowCaster2D first but realized that some of the classes that are set to internal classes that this script uses is locked within a particular namespace. So I can't go for that option. I'm still looking into the script that can rewrite the code on project load
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Oct 8, 2020 at 12:47
Don't edit the package in the Library, copy it to YourProject/Packages instead. The folder inside the Library can and will be overwritten at any time. The intended place for packages you don't want downloaded is YourProject/Packages.
TLDR: following this unity forum thread, I just followed what polemical said which was to
in Project window, right-click the package, select "Show in Explorer". Then copy that package to another folder outside the project structure, then in Package Manager click the + and click "Add package from disk" and browse to the package.json of your copy - whatever changes to that won't be overwritten.
I tried to wrap my head around creating a script to modify the script but I'm a bit short on time. For now, this is the answer as also suggested by Benjamin.
If there's a better solution, I can mark that as an answer.
update 1: Since we're using a repository to handle the code, selecting the custom unity package locally is not advisable as Unity will crash upon startup because it can't locate the file in someone else's computer. to fix this, we had to create a repository that each one of us can access. Remove the local unity package and add the custom package using git url. the problem will be fixed
