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Why do some of my assets disappear without warning?
Several times now, I have opened a Unity scene only to find that a model has gone completely missing from the the asset folder, and can't be found in the recycling bin either.
Of course its possible that I'm somehow deleting the file accidentally, but I just can't imagine how that would have happened, and wanted to ask - in case I'm missing something obvious.
I'm exporting FBX files from Maya into the assets folder, then placing them into the Unity scene. Occasionally, I back up the entire project folder - just in case. But what's strange is that the same asset often goes missing from the previously backed up folder as well, making it especially difficult to recover - having to go back to 3 previous iterations before finding the model.
Can anyone think of any reason this might be happening?
Thanks in advance!
Having used Unity for 3+ years without ever having an asset disappear (unless I specifically deleted it), I can't think of any reason why this would happen by itself.
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That problem has happened to me, just back everything up on a separate HardDrive and it's all fine.
