🕸️ Zion Dependency Graph

Quick Start

This walkthrough takes about three minutes.

Step 1 - Open the window

Open from Tools > Zion Games > Dependency Graph.

Step 2 - Build the dependency cache

Click Rescan Project. On large projects (15,000+ assets), the first scan can take 30–90 seconds. A second, much quicker scan reads your scripts for code string references - both run in the background, and later opens are fast because the cache is persisted.

Step 3 - Inspect your first asset

• Right-click asset in Project window → Zion Games > Show Dependencies
• Or select an asset and click Inspect Selection

The focused asset is centered. Assets on the left reference it (used by). Assets on the right are referenced by it (uses). If a script loads the asset by string, the detail panel lists the call site with file and line.

Step 4 - Tour the side panel

• Orphans - assets with no inbound references and no code string loads
• Heavy - top assets by size
• Recents - last inspected assets
• Dupes - byte-identical duplicate files (click Find Duplicates to scan)

Step 5 - Ask why

Press P, click any two nodes, and the detail panel shows the dependency chain between them - the fastest way to understand why a scene pulls in an asset you didn't expect.