Overwriting Files

General Feedback & Requests
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Anybody know if theres a method to overwrite files which are in the sub directory of the content folder? My issue is that if i say for instance buy and download an asset it is initially put in the content folder, i then want to move this folder to a sub directory as to keep the content folder more clean/organized. The problem is then if there are up dates to the asset then when i re download they go to the content folder and then when i try to overwrite the previous release in the sub directory i am unable to; i get error messages about naming files. The other option seemed to be to download into anohter project then migrate to the sub directory but this means the files aren’t correctly imported into the project and causes the asset to be broken. This also an issue with quixel assets as they usually come with some default materials and functions. Seems like a such a basic option to be able to overwrite files when you move them, any solutions anybody?

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This is a huge issue with no solution yet, if you move a folder from its original location you will have problems if you try to update it.

Imagine this hypothetic situation:
You have downloaded a pack called “stylized_forest” and you don’t want to have it in the root of the Content folder and you want to rename it because you have OCD like me, so you want to move its content to Content/AssetPacks/StylizedForest.

You essentially have 3 non-solutions:

  • You rename it and move it but you don’t update it (It may sound stupid but if the update is not an important bugfix this might be the best option, especially if you made many changes to the assets)

  • You don’t rename it and you can update it (this is not an error-free solution, if the update changes files that you edited you lose your edits, it happened to me with Ultra Dynamic Sky that has changed a lot in the last year and many things broke)

  • You install the latest version in another empty project, you rename it and move it, then you migrate it to the main project (Overwriting stuff, same problems of the previous, but satisfies your OCD).
    Migration can only target the “Content” folder and not a subfolder, so you have to move it in the same hierarchy of the original project.