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Unity ScriptableObject Memory Management Gotcha
April 30, 2021•Updated Feb 17, 2026
Since ScriptableObjects are asset types, I assumed they'd always be loaded in memory at runtime.
However, it turns out that when a scene changes, if nothing in the previous scene held a reference to that ScriptableObject, it gets unloaded from memory.
Ended up solving this by creating a singleton-like instance and storing it in a static variable.