ScriptReference/ScriptableObject.CreateInstance

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ScriptReference/ScriptableObject.CreateInstance

https://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/ScriptableObject.CreateInstance.html

[radiatoryang]

If you're creating the ScriptableObject manually (not with the CreateAssetMenuAttribute) then make sure you call AssetDatabase.CreateAsset() etc:

public static void CreateAsset<T> (string path) where T : ScriptableObject  
{  
     T asset = ScriptableObject.CreateInstance<T> ();  
     string assetPathAndName = AssetDatabase.GenerateUniqueAssetPath(path + "/New " + typeof(T).ToString() + ".asset");  
   
     AssetDatabase.CreateAsset(asset, assetPathAndName);  
     AssetDatabase.SaveAssets();  
     AssetDatabase.Refresh();  
}

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Almost. The "etc" bit is superfluous.

public static void CreateAsset<T> (string path) where T : ScriptableObject  
{  
     T asset = ScriptableObject.CreateInstance<T> ();  
     string assetPathAndName = AssetDatabase.GenerateUniqueAssetPath(path + "/New " + typeof(T).ToString() + ".asset");  
   
     AssetDatabase.CreateAsset(asset, assetPathAndName);  
}

CreateAsset doesn't leave the asset in some sort of "created but neither saved to disk nor imported" state.