How to upgrade materials to URP in Unity 2021.2.2

[@MetalStormGames]

So far this converter tool does seem to work much better than the old one? what do you guys think after using it?

[@weeb_trassh52]

I cannot express how helpful this is, I've been struggling with updating old materials all week and this has just save me. Thank you so much!!

[@MetalStormGames]

You're very welcome! Glad that you found it useful.

[@RS3helper]

I've been trying to figure out what i was doing wrong but i guess i fell behind on the version changes. You are a god send. A gift from the gods.

[@MetalStormGames]

yeah when they first made the change I had absolutely no idea they changed it and had to poke around to figure it out. Does not seem like it was really mentioned other than briefly in update notes.

[@DevNoob]

I did this before without tutorials and I was sooooooooooooooooooooooo lost doing this. A tutorial like this is essential

[@MetalStormGames]

When I updated to it I had no idea this changed so it did take me a bit of poking around to find where it was moved to as well.

[@Yumiiyashi]

I got so frustrated because I couldn't find the Render Pipeline option in the Edit dropdown menu and it was the only thing they mentioned in the unity docs. thank you for making this video!

[@MetalStormGames]

Glad I could help!

[@zurkio6179]

I've been looking for the button for weeks now, thank you so much mate!

[@MetalStormGames]

No problem 👍

[@PNWAffliction]

thanks this one makes way more sense than all the other vids from prior versions, this dramatically changed for sure!

[@MetalStormGames]

Thanks for watching, glad it helped

[@honzajuricka2612]

Perfect videos, thanks. Even tho it might be outdated, it still showed me the old way, which right now is the way. Thanks for existing.

[@MetalStormGames]

Glad it helped

[@AlecAndersonZx]

Great video. I didn't realize they changed it so now I won't be confused if I upgrade versions!

[@MetalStormGames]

Neither did I until I upgraded and then was like uhhh why is that option not here lol.

[@zankanotachienvrac7892]

Thanks, you saved my life, i need to submit my work today

[@MetalStormGames]

Glad I could help and good luck on your submission

[@alyssafaden9443]

you just saved me so much heartache: THANKYOU!

[@MetalStormGames]

No problem, glad it helped.

[@mannplaza2968]

Awesome Sauce! Been looking where to do this in the new editor. It worked in the 2020.3.LTS for me.

[@MetalStormGames]

Great to hear!

[@music-fb9fx]

ah man thanks for this very helpful vid I've been searching for too long

[@MetalStormGames]

Glad to hear it, appreciating you watching.

[@whoneedslovebro]

Straight to the point, thank you so much for making this video!!

[@MetalStormGames]

Glad you liked it, thanks for watching

[@tech.curiosity]

I was looking for this, thanks a lot.

[@MetalStormGames]

Exactly what I like to hear :) Thanks for watching

[@hawkgamedev]

Thanks I was used to the old versions, subbed to your channel.

[@MetalStormGames]

Thanks for the sub! Glad it helped

[@darrell1462]

Thank you! The Unity Pathway must be old. This was driving me crazy.

[@MetalStormGames]

Glad it helped you out

[@Poulskrae]

Awesome - thanks for sharing. I was just about to upgrade a major project and I couldn't find the "old" button. Thank god I didn't start to convert them manually....(at least not more than a couple)

[@MetalStormGames]

I did the exact same thing I decided to upgrade a game I am working on to 2021.2.2 and then was like where is the option and took me a bit of poking around to find it. I also noticed on my upgrade that my multiple cameras layered for my display didnt work anymore as they changed how you do multiple cameras. Looks like there is a stack option now on the component for it you have to add them all to a list. That one took me a while to figure out why my game output was just a black screen lol.

[@trgamer3193]

Thank you so much ! im looking for this an hour

[@MetalStormGames]

No problem, glad it helped out

[@cetiah]

This was great. Quick and helpful! Thanks.

[@MetalStormGames]

Thanks, appreciate hearing that

[@3bdc725]

you save my life. thank you bro.

[@MetalStormGames]

Happy to help, thanks for watching

[@alexbobyr8076]

That was super helpful. Thank You.

[@MetalStormGames]

No problem, thanks for watching

[@merleatmo]

Thank you for this. I really thought i lost it...:)

[@MetalStormGames]

Glad I could help!

[@calledwarrior5047]

Thank you so much this is just what I needed!!

[@MetalStormGames]

You're so welcome!

[@boyar3033]

This saved my project ! Thank you !

[@MetalStormGames]

You're welcome! Thanks for watching I appreciate it.

[@ademord]

OMG thank you so much i needed this

[@MetalStormGames]

Glad it helped you out

[@RiqueSilva]

Nice Video

[@MetalStormGames]

Thanks

[@cfilipelipe]

TY so much doing this! :)

[@MetalStormGames]

You're welcome! Thanks for watching

[@msmigs1173]

oh my god thank you i was so mad the option wasnt there

[@jessicatasso322]

thanks friend! It helped me a lot

[@MetalStormGames]

Glad it helped! Thanks for checking it out and watching.

[@0omegazero0presidant32]

You are so awesome mannn thankss

[@MetalStormGames]

Happy to help and thanks for watching

[@theothercreare]

thank saved me time

[@flammexx8497]

Thank you so much. Helped a lot!

[@MetalStormGames]

Glad to hear that!

[@evilmurlock]

Thanks, you are a life saver :3

[@kirksever9475]

Very helpful, thank you! How are your games going?

[@MetalStormGames]

Thanks for watching, been very busy repairing my house and planning a move so I have not been working on much of anything for quite a while but should be getting back in to making games and video shortly.

[@papafhill9126]

Not all asset store packages have this URP-ExtractMe file. Is there (1) a manual way to convert custom shaders, or (2) a universal version of the URP-ExtractMe file that will automatically convert custom shaders?

[@MetalStormGames]

That is just something that Synty pack includes. If there is no URP shaders included you will not be able to just migrate them. Standard shaders will migrate over but any custom ones will have to be created manually so if the asset provider has not included them you would basically need to make or find your own shaders.

[@MetalStormGames]

Atleast that used to be the case, I have not investigated in the last few years to see if there is an automated way to migrate them now but I have never heard of it.

[@papafhill9126]

@@MetalStormGames I am back after 11 months, lol. This is the best tutorial on this, because it worked this go around (I'm just dense). The asset pack I used had the URP converter file you brought up at 1:49. I am running into an issue though with "Missing Prefab with guid ...." compiler errors. Is this something you are familiar with?

[@MetalStormGames]

@@papafhill9126 That sounds like an issue with the pack itself or that extractor not working correctly so I am not sure on that one, The support for asset pack might have some suggestions as its more than likely a common issue that most people have if you are experiencing it. That would be specific to the package itself though and not a generic fix.

[@imdublin4431]

I've been waiting for 35 minutes on this converter

[@MetalStormGames]

If its a large project with a lot of materials and objects to convert I have had some go a few hours even on a high end computer.

[@imdublin4431]

it's 50 minutes in and it's only 1/4 of the bar

[@TheCunningStunt]

What about "Rendering Settings" and the quality level check boxes?

[@MetalStormGames]

Sorry I do not know too much on modifying those as i never really make any changes to them. I believe Code Monkey has some videos on that on his channel though if I remember correctly.

[@mlgjman1837]

What to do in case a lot off UPR compatable assets downloaded from the Unity store, it gives me "XXX urp there is no upgrader to convert". When I try to add the URP/Nature shaeders it does not work.

[@MetalStormGames]

I dont think there are ways to upgrade shaders automatically. It has been a while since I looked so I dont know for sure but as far as I know you will need to find a shader made for URP. The upgrade tool will just do the materials so if an asset involves a lot of shaders if they keep it up to date usually they will include an upgrade in the asset itself with the new shaders.

[@MetalStormGames]

Shaders have always been a pain to me, Other than using them I have zero idea on how to create or edit them.

[@mlgjman1837]

@@MetalStormGames only solution I figured is ether use URP/Nature/ and try different options or just UPR/Lit and add the Base Map. ty for answering!

[@random_precision_software]

how do you convert only a selection of materials? I dont want to convert the wholw project every time I import a new asset ?

[@MetalStormGames]

When you click Initalize converters it will populate a list of the materials in that window with check boxes. You could only check mark the ones you want to convert but I have yet to find a way to deselect all and then only select a few specific ones which seems weird. Maybe I am just missing something simple on how to do it myself. If you find a good option for converting only selected ones I would love to know as well.

[@random_precision_software]

@@MetalStormGames I will Thnx

[@michaelp8376]

Thank you

[@MetalStormGames]

You're welcome!

[@ProxyDoug]

Thanks a lot. It's so obnoxious how Unity will change things and all the tutorials end up obsolete.

[@MetalStormGames]

I complain about that very topic all the time, especially all of their old sample projects that dont work when a new version comes out without a ton of errors.

[@cyanicgames5224]

Thank you so much!

[@MetalStormGames]

You're welcome!

[@pabloarielnicoli7888]

Any chance to do this programatically at runtime?

[@MetalStormGames]

I have never looked in to that so not sure, seems like its more of just a run once editor type of thing for the project but I wouldnt be surprised if there is actually a way.

[@pabloarielnicoli7888]

@@MetalStormGames I think is not possible. If you found it let me know

[@MetalStormGames]

@@pabloarielnicoli7888 I personally dont really see a reason to do it so I dont think I will look too much but if I happen to come across anything I will let you know. Its basically a one time thing that you only have to run once per project if you import all your assets at the start. Although it could get annoying if you keep bringing in new asset packs that require an upgrade so in that case I could see it being handy.

[@pabloarielnicoli7888]

@@MetalStormGames Sure thing! I’m creating a system to import gltf at runtime so you could imagine tons of users doing this

[@Hipernt]

thanks; really helped 😬

[@MetalStormGames]

Glad to hear it, thanks for watching

[@nashineworks8318]

1:48 why didnt you explain how to get and what even is a Cinti asset?

[@MetalStormGames]

Hey thanks for watching. Synty is just a company that makes assets on the Unity asset store. You can search for Synty on the store and you will find tons of them. I should have included a link in that video. I usually do include a link in most of them that I use assets on where you can find it.

[@mindmythfilms1428]

It disconnected all the materials tho... Sucks cuz now i got to do it all by hand, and since it was a mess we did for a game jam, now i have to figure out what is what...

[@MetalStormGames]

That does really suck, it always seems to be things like that happen during jams at the worst time

[@moviedudes5387]

Can you convert Unity Learn 3D Game Kit shaders to URP?

[@Fares_Dev883]

helpful , thanks a lot

[@MetalStormGames]

Glad it helped!

[@upseven8182]

very helpful thank you

[@MetalStormGames]

Glad it was helpful!

[@fajarmuhf]

thank you 👍

[@MetalStormGames]

No problem, thanks for watching

[@fact-era9683]

thank u so much bro....Appreciate that\

[@MetalStormGames]

You are very welcome, thanks for watching

[@emregurses8782]

Thank you.

[@MetalStormGames]

You're welcome! Thanks for watching

[@yosef.habash]

thanks man ❤

[@beefytime1374]

I LOVE YOOOUUU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@MetalStormGames]

appreciate it, thanks for watching and glad it helped

[@ashtonobrien1043]

Hey, mine still isnt working? I dont know if it is because I am doing a 2d project but if it is, what would I have to do?

[@MetalStormGames]

Should work fine for 2d as well just have to select "Convert Built-in to 2D(URP)" in the drop down. Is it maybe the shaders not converting? custom shaders wont convert and would have to be recreated if the package you are converting does not include URP shaders for it. The materials though should convert fine.

[@Elmarath]

I clicked the "Extract Me" but nothing changed can you help me?

[@MetalStormGames]

For Synty Assets? Thats just an asset package in their bundles to provide updated shaders and materials. If you are using Synty assets and it wont work I would check with Synty's supprort. They do have a Discord server for support but I do not know what the address is.

[@171694]

Tahnks!

[@MetalStormGames]

No problem, Cheers!

[@nomegakazuto7432]

THx man !!! :D

[@emiliogomezvelazquez166]

hey, thank u so much

[@HaykAmirbekyanTKD]

how to convert from URp to built in?

[@MetalStormGames]

I am not actually sure on that one sorry

[@HaykAmirbekyanTKD]

@@MetalStormGames manually change the shaders to standard and uninstall URP!

[@MetalStormGames]

@@HaykAmirbekyanTKD that actually makes complete sense, thanks

[@ZefenoxIGN]

tq very much

[@MetalStormGames]

You’re welcome, thanks for watching

[@Ozzieyy]

This menu option is also not there for me

[@MetalStormGames]

Which version of Unity are you using? if its not there then it should be an older version of Unity where it is still under Edit > Render Pipeline > Universal Render Pipeline

[@georgethompson6308]

I just tried this on a project in Unity 2021.3.16 and it completely wiped and overwrote the project. Has anyone else experienced a problem like this? I followed the steps as detailed but I suspect a bug somewhere. The project was just me playing around so no big loss, but it is rather scary to have this happen. There wasn't s single component of my original project remaining.

[@georgethompson6308]

Sorry, I found my original scene. You can probably ignore this as a newb issue.

[@MetalStormGames]

All good you had me worried there for a minute :) Glad you worked it out

[@ILikeToCommentOnThis]

thnx bro

[@MetalStormGames]

Glad it helped

[@TheDreadnoughtgames]

Great video, but this is such a clunky new way of working that represents a typical Unity "upgrade". Doing it this way means you can't rapidly upgrade a couple of materials without Unity hunting through your entire project for every possible material. I just want to rapidly upgrade 2 materials, but Unity has now spent more than an hour searching.... I really wish Unity developers would actually USE Unity from time to time so they realised how often they make things worse whilst trying to make things better...

[@MetalStormGames]

It does seem like a lot more hassle if you are constantly importing new stuff in that you have to upgrade to URP

[@averageunitydev7089]

Late reply but I just wanted to tell you that you can still upgrade specific items by going to "Edit/Rendering/Materials/" and clicking on "Convert selecting Built-In materials to URP".

[@nashineworks8318]

mines is taking SO DAMN LOOOOONG to convert that i lost my whole day to actually work on my game this week..... FING FANTASTIC :/

[@MetalStormGames]

Depending what is being converted yeah it can take ages especially if you have a whole pile of asset packs included in the project.

[@nashineworks8318]

@@MetalStormGames your project was way huger then mine why the heck did it still not do it? i came back from work and its STIllll loading.... ;( please help man I beg you

[@MetalStormGames]

@@nashineworks8318 I couldnt really say, if you havent tried closing unity completely and trying again I would try that first. If that still doesnt work maybe look up how to delete the Library folder for your project to rebuild it. That can fix a lot of editor type issues with a project but make sure you ONLY delete the library folder and not something important. I have never had it not complete an upgrade to URP in the old or new system so not sure on that.

[@MetalStormGames]

also note i have a very fast computer and its possible i may have sped up that part for the video. I have had prorjects where it has taken hours to build the library folder because the project was so big. I can see the same issue with upgrading materials for the project if it is very large as well. Depending on your computer that might be normal. I had one project that I upgraded to a new version of Unity and the conversion took something like 8 hours

[@nashineworks8318]

@@MetalStormGames ok so update I know what was taking so long so I closed the project and reopened it and did the process over again but this time I did one at a time and it turns out that the (reapable... something I don't remember what it said 🤔) what's the thing that was causing the conversion to take literally more than 8 hours and frankly I don't think that option was any kind of priority so I just didn't convert that would love to know what it was anyways tho

[@KurzGuy]

thx a lot

[@MetalStormGames]

You're welcome!

[@kentiel3116]

thanks !!!!

[@MetalStormGames]

You're welcome!

[@daijoubu712]

It is not there for me.

[@MetalStormGames]

Are you sure you are using version 2021.2.2 or later?

[@mr.giray1542]

saved my ass man thanks

[@MetalStormGames]

glad to hear it, thanks a lot for watching

[@mr.giray1542]

@@MetalStormGames thanks a lot for making the vid man :) ,

[@kardokdelikaya9570]

It tooks 45 minutes just for 300 materials... and 4000 UI element at bottom.

[@MetalStormGames]

Ouch, yeah thats a long wait

[@jessyy12]

it moved again

[@MetalStormGames]

You have got to be kidding me lol, I will take a look and maybe make a new video. Thanks for the info.

[@johnsartain4160]

I wish someone would've told me this before because anytime it's pink I just give up on it. edit: Even after doing this it's still pink on the **** screen

[@MetalStormGames]

If it is still pink then I would assume it is using a custom shader, this will only upgrade the materials. Custom shaders cant be upgraded and would need to be created/coded to work with URP. If you selec the object and look at the materials you will see which shader is selected, if it is not a standard built in shader then thats why they are still pink. You could select a standard shader though and it should work but you would lose whatever that custom shader did.

[@youneskasdi]

Honestly i hate unity for putting something so important so out of sight

[@MetalStormGames]

Yeah I cant disagree with you on that one

[@VaidasMaldzius]

guess what, they changed it.

[@MetalStormGames]

Oh man, I havent used the most recent versions yet but if they did I am not even shocked anymore. And I am sure there is next to no documentation for it.

[@VaidasMaldzius]

@@MetalStormGames nope. I'm honestly sick of it.

[@Crumzz_dev]

It fucked up my game Jesus Christ and I can’t cltr z

[@MetalStormGames]

Not sure what would have messed up from changing the materials other than some possibly going purple if you were using a custom shader before upgrading. Upgrading the materials shouldnt change anything on how a project actually runs at all.

[@paulkruger4156]

Depending on your computer and the size of the project, this may take months. Simply pathetic!

[@MetalStormGames]

You are not wrong, a large project takes forever