Unity reserves some project folder names to indicate that the contents have a special purpose. Some of these folders have an effect on the order of script compilation. These folder names are:
See Special folder names for information on what these folders are used for.
There are four separate phases of script compilation. The phase where a script is compiled is determined by its parent folder.
This is significant in cases where a script must refer to classes defined in other scripts. The basic rule is that anything that is compiled in a phase after the current one cannot be referenced. Anything that is compiled in the current phase or an earlier phase is fully available.
Another situation for this occurs when a script written in one language must refer to a class defined in another language (for example, a UnityScript file that declares variables of a class defined in a C# script). The rule here is that the class being referenced must have been compiled in an earlier phase.
The phases of compilation are as follows:
A common example of the significance of this order occurs when a UnityScript file needs to reference a class defined in a C# file. To achieve this, you need to place the C# file inside a Plugins folder, and the UnityScript file in a non-special folder. If you don’t do this, an error is thrown saying that the C# class cannot be found.
Note: Standard Assets work only in the Assets root folder.
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