How can I make Find References In Scene work proper?

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I stumbled across this problem a couple of times. Using the "Find references in scene" functionality of an asset not only shows the game objects that use this asset but also many other gameobjects (maybe nested ones?) that do not use this asset.

For example: I am looking for all gameobjects of a scene that have a specific AudioClip referenced in a script. When I select "Find References in Scene" on that audio clip, I get an endless list of gameobjects that all not use this audio clip.

How can I solve this?

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Answer by funkyboy · Jul 20, 2018 at 09:52 AM

Hello !
I found a potential workaround for this, but the reason is still quite unclear.
The case is this :
I have an object in the scene containing hundreds of parts with mutliple materials.
prefab isn't broken (object is blue)
now I select one material and click on "Find references in Scene"
every objects in the scene will be selected...

now i break the prefab (just deleting/reparenting an object)
again I select one material and click on "Find references in Scene"
just the linked objects will be selected...
(allows me to identify those objects, thne i undo to unbreak prefab)

It works for me in those conditions, havn't tried everything.
bit weird since it used to work every time
(and i tried that on 2017.3.f1, no other version yet)

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