Loading external resource files – by manually storing files in the Unity Resources folder

At times, the contents of the external resource files may need to be changed after the game compilation. Hosting the resource files on the web may not be an option. There is a method of manually storing and reading files from the Resources folder of the compiled game, which allows for those files to be changed after the game compilation.

Note

This technique only works when you compile to a Windows or Mac stand alone executable—it will not work for Web Player builds, for example.

Getting ready

The 1362_10_01 folder provides the texture image that you can use for this recipe:

• externalTexture.jpg

How to do it...

To load external resources by manually storing the files in the Resources folder, do the following:

1. In a 2D project, create a new Image UI GameObject.

2. Add the following C# script class as a component of your Image object:

   using UnityEngine;
   using System.Collections;
   
   using UnityEngine.UI;
   using System...