The type or namespace name 'Substance' could not be found (are you missing a using directive or an assembly reference?

[JimmyD]

I have an HDRP project running in Unity 2021.3.11f1 with tons off assets. I have installed Gaia 2021 latest version. I have removed a few assets that seemed to be in conflict with Gaia 2021. But, I'm still running into issues. I get a compilation error in tons of scripts referencing the "Substance" namespace which seems to be missing? I have no idea what this is. Is there ambiguity here? A conflict with another asset with the same namespace? Doesn't seem to be the case. But, creating a fresh HDRP project with Gaia 2021 works as expected. No "Substance" error.

 

Below is an example of the compilation error.

 

Quote

Assets\Procedural Worlds\Gaia\Scripts\ResourcesSystem\ResourceProtoTexture.cs(23,16): error CS0246: The type or namespace name 'Substance' could not be found (are you missing a using directive or an assembly reference?)

 

namespace Gaia
{
    /// <summary>
    /// Prototype for textures and their fitness
    /// </summary>
    [System.Serializable]
    public class ResourceProtoTexture
    {
        [Tooltip("Resource name.")]
        public string m_name;
        [Tooltip("Resource texture.")]
        public Texture2D m_texture;
#if SUBSTANCE_PLUGIN_ENABLED
        public int substanceSourceIndex;
        public Substance.Game.Substance m_substanceMaterial;
#endif

 

The offending line:

"public Substance.Game.Substance m_substanceMaterial;"

[Peter]

Hi @JimmyD, the offending line is referencing to code that should only be active if the Substance Plugin is active in the project. If you have never installed that plugin, and do not intend to use it, please open
Edit > Project Settings > Player
and remove the "SUBSTANCE_PLUGIN_ENABLED" scripting define from the scripting defines section



This should then omit the offending code block in compilation, and the code for the plugin should not be active anymore.