DEV.NEWS

In mid 2025, the studio was ramping up production and preparing to move into the audio pipeline. Systems were coming together, and development was finally hitting a steady rhythm.
 

What we didn’t expect… was to be forced into upgrading our version of Unity.
 

At the time, we were running on Unity 2021.3.15f1. Stable. Reliable. Doing exactly what we needed it to do. The kind of setup you don’t touch unless you absolutely have to.
 

But it wasn’t that simple.
 

During development, we were made aware of a security issue tied to that version of the engine. That meant one thing—upgrade.
 

No choice.
 

Once everything was backed up, we proceeded with the editor upgrade. Somewhere along the way… the machine crashed.
 

Corrupt file.
 

Even with backups in place, there was no going back. The upgrade still had to happen. When we finally got the project open again, we were greeted with exactly what you’d expect…
 

A mess.
 

• Pink shaders across the project

• Lighting settings reset

• Camera configurations altered

• Missing animations

• Certain meshes completely gone
   

What was once a functioning build had turned into something unrecognizable. It’s moments like these that test more than your project.

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They test your patience.
Your discipline.
Your ability to keep moving forward when everything decides to break at once.
 

So yes… thank you, Unity.

For reminding us that in development, nothing is ever truly safe.
And that sometimes, progress doesn’t come from moving forward

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It comes from rebuilding what was already there.

- Nurbs Studios.