So I’m on the last section of the Unity3D course, and I had a problem on my last project that when I imported the Unity Particle Pack it completely deleted all my project settings. I didn’t take the pop-up warning seriously and clicked proceed anyways. After taking a walk to cool down, I figured that it must have been some type of bug and moved onto the next project.
Now I’m trying to import the package again on the new project, and the pop-up says the same message:
“Importing a complete project will overwrite your current project settings. If you’re not sure what this means, you should switch to an empty project before importing this package.”
How do I make it not override my project settings / what does it mean by importing it to an empty project?
What exactly did you do? Where did you get the Unity Particle Pack from? And which version of Unity do you use?
And what happened after you imported the package the previous time? Sometimes, Unity just loads its empty default scene. You would have to open your scene from the Assets folder, given your assets are still there.
If in doubt, try to load the particles into a new project. Just create a new empty project. Once you imported the package, check what it is. Usually, it’s just a bunch of files which you could copy and paste into your actual project.
As a side note: Make a backup of your project folder by duplicating it. Save the duplicated folder somewhere else, maybe on an USB stick. To save some free space, you could delete the Library and Temp folders in the backup folder.
The Unity Particle Pack (Version 1.6) is from the unity store, made by Unity Technologies. My scenes were all unaffected, but all project settings get deleted. So all the custom layers, collision matrix, physics settings, input settings, etc all got reset to default.
Loading it into a blank project and then dragging over what I need seems to be working though.
If you want to import these effects into an existing project without affecting your current Project Settings, make sure to uncheck the Project Settings folder in the Importer Window before clicking Import!