All Settings in One File

You change all of this tool’s settings in Unity’s Project Settings -> Art Pipeline window

• there’s nothing to hand-edit. Everything you set there is saved into one small file inside your project, which makes it easy to share a setup with your whole team.

Where to change each setting

Settings page	What it covers
Project Settings -> Art Pipeline -> Auto Material Creator	How Materials are made and named. See Auto Material Creator.
Project Settings -> Art Pipeline -> Linter	The naming check. See Naming Linter.
Project Settings -> Art Pipeline -> VFX Packs	The themed VFX copies. See VFX Pack Creator.

Your naming rules are saved in the same file.

Sharing your setup with the team

Everything above is saved to:

Assets/Settings/PipelineTools/pipeline-settings.json

Because it’s a single file inside your project, it travels with the project. If your team uses version control, commit this file and everyone automatically gets the same Material settings, naming rules, and VFX options - no one has to set them up again.

Tip

You don’t need to open or edit this file yourself - the Project Settings window does it for you. It’s described here just so you know where your shared setup lives.

What the file looks like

For the curious (or your technical artist), here’s a real example - one studio’s settings with its own naming rule:

{
  "material": {
    "MaterialOutputPattern": "{textureDir}/Materials/M_{category}_{name}.mat",
    "MaterialNamePattern": "{name}",
    "AutoCreateOnImport": true,
    "OverwriteExisting": false,
    "AutoAssignToMesh": true,
    "AutoFixTextureImportSettings": true,
    "MinimumRequiredChannels": ["color"],
    "ExcludedFolders": []
  },
  "linter": {
    "ConventionId": "animal-rivals",
    "ExcludedFolders": []
  },
  "vfxPack": {
    "OutputNamePattern": "{name}_{theme}",
    "OverwriteExisting": false,
    "RecolorMaterials": true,
    "VfxRootFolders": [],
    "ExcludedFolders": []
  },
  "conventions": [
    {
      "id": "animal-rivals",
      "displayName": "Animal Rivals",
      "description": "Textures named T_<category>_<name>_<type>. Types: Albedo, MAES, Mask, Normal.",
      "patterns": {
        "texture": [
          { "pattern": "T_{category}_{name}_{textureType}", "caseSensitive": false }
        ]
      },
      "channelToSemanticType": {
        "Albedo": "color",
        "MAES": "maes",
        "Mask": "mask",
        "Normal": "normal"
      }
    }
  ]
}