# How do you switch to a template when starting from a sample scene? **URL:** \ **Category:** đŸŒ” Needle Engine\ **Tags:** question\ **Created:** [October 11, 2022, 12:00am UTC](https://forum.needle.tools/t/how-do-you-switch-to-a-template-when-starting-from-a-sample-scene/1082 "2022-10-11T00:00:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![hybridherbst](https://forum.needle.tools/user_avatar/forum.needle.tools/hybridherbst/32/3416_2.png) [@hybridherbst](https://forum.needle.tools/u/hybridherbst)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2022, 12:00am UTC](https://forum.needle.tools/t/how-do-you-switch-to-a-template-when-starting-from-a-sample-scene/1082/21 "2022-10-11T00:00:00Z")
Would be great if you wait for a resolution in the discussions here before creating issues too, as long as we’re still trying to figure out here if it is actually a bug or operator error it doesn’t make much sense to open an issue. ---
**Author:** ![hybridherbst](https://forum.needle.tools/user_avatar/forum.needle.tools/hybridherbst/32/3416_2.png) [@hybridherbst](https://forum.needle.tools/u/hybridherbst)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2022, 12:00am UTC](https://forum.needle.tools/t/how-do-you-switch-to-a-template-when-starting-from-a-sample-scene/1082/22 "2022-10-11T00:00:00Z")
Just splinters the discussion in two parts. ---
**Author:** ![discord-import](https://forum.needle.tools/user_avatar/forum.needle.tools/discord-import/32/33_2.png) [@discord-import](https://forum.needle.tools/u/discord-import)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2022, 12:00am UTC](https://forum.needle.tools/t/how-do-you-switch-to-a-template-when-starting-from-a-sample-scene/1082/23 "2022-10-11T00:00:00Z")
![unknown.png](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex006/uploads/needle1/original/2X/d/d4496250569fdaa84a744fd1d98f3c2404e80243.png) _by user 103054507105067008_ ---
**Author:** ![discord-import](https://forum.needle.tools/user_avatar/forum.needle.tools/discord-import/32/33_2.png) [@discord-import](https://forum.needle.tools/u/discord-import)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2022, 12:00am UTC](https://forum.needle.tools/t/how-do-you-switch-to-a-template-when-starting-from-a-sample-scene/1082/24 "2022-10-11T00:00:00Z")
![unknown.png](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex006/uploads/needle1/original/2X/b/b50bb71b5ac9bb4e93f14f624262140de5e6f7fd.png) _by user 103054507105067008_ ---
**Author:** ![hybridherbst](https://forum.needle.tools/user_avatar/forum.needle.tools/hybridherbst/32/3416_2.png) [@hybridherbst](https://forum.needle.tools/u/hybridherbst)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2022, 12:00am UTC](https://forum.needle.tools/t/how-do-you-switch-to-a-template-when-starting-from-a-sample-scene/1082/25 "2022-10-11T00:00:00Z")
Your folder is called “BrandNewFolder” but you’re generating something in “Projects/React”. Not sure what I’m looking at here ---
**Author:** ![discord-import](https://forum.needle.tools/user_avatar/forum.needle.tools/discord-import/32/33_2.png) [@discord-import](https://forum.needle.tools/u/discord-import)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2022, 12:00am UTC](https://forum.needle.tools/t/how-do-you-switch-to-a-template-when-starting-from-a-sample-scene/1082/26 "2022-10-11T00:00:00Z")
Once I click pick, made that BrandNewFolder, clicked SelectFolder, the Export component autofills that _by user 103054507105067008_ ---
**Author:** ![Marcel\_Wiessler1](https://forum.needle.tools/user_avatar/forum.needle.tools/marcel_wiessler1/32/21_2.png) [@Marcel\_Wiessler1](https://forum.needle.tools/u/Marcel_Wiessler1)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2022, 12:00am UTC](https://forum.needle.tools/t/how-do-you-switch-to-a-template-when-starting-from-a-sample-scene/1082/27 "2022-10-11T00:00:00Z")
Looks like the confusion is caused by the “Pick” button appending the scene name to the directory path? ---
**Author:** ![discord-import](https://forum.needle.tools/user_avatar/forum.needle.tools/discord-import/32/33_2.png) [@discord-import](https://forum.needle.tools/u/discord-import)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2022, 12:00am UTC](https://forum.needle.tools/t/how-do-you-switch-to-a-template-when-starting-from-a-sample-scene/1082/28 "2022-10-11T00:00:00Z")
Will do, seems a legit issue to me though as all I am doing is 1. Make new scene 2. Add Export gameobject 3. Clicking Pick, making a folder new to generate the project in 4. The Project Folder input field autofills `projects/BrandNewFolder/React` or scene name 5. I click Generate Project 6. Get error, project seems to be generated in the folder I chose under ‘React’ _by user 103054507105067008_ ---
**Author:** ![hybridherbst](https://forum.needle.tools/user_avatar/forum.needle.tools/hybridherbst/32/3416_2.png) [@hybridherbst](https://forum.needle.tools/u/hybridherbst)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2022, 12:00am UTC](https://forum.needle.tools/t/how-do-you-switch-to-a-template-when-starting-from-a-sample-scene/1082/29 "2022-10-11T00:00:00Z")
Can you make a video? ---
**Author:** ![discord-import](https://forum.needle.tools/user_avatar/forum.needle.tools/discord-import/32/33_2.png) [@discord-import](https://forum.needle.tools/u/discord-import)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2022, 12:00am UTC](https://forum.needle.tools/t/how-do-you-switch-to-a-template-when-starting-from-a-sample-scene/1082/30 "2022-10-11T00:00:00Z")
Just uploading, will share gdrive link to the vid _by user 103054507105067008_ ---
**Author:** ![discord-import](https://forum.needle.tools/user_avatar/forum.needle.tools/discord-import/32/33_2.png) [@discord-import](https://forum.needle.tools/u/discord-import)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2022, 12:00am UTC](https://forum.needle.tools/t/how-do-you-switch-to-a-template-when-starting-from-a-sample-scene/1082/31 "2022-10-11T00:00:00Z")
[https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Ytz1LTcJT\_rFLzQTtKHBmdJYsTqAP19C/view?usp=sharing](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Ytz1LTcJT_rFLzQTtKHBmdJYsTqAP19C/view?usp=sharing) _by user 103054507105067008_ ---
**Author:** ![hybridherbst](https://forum.needle.tools/user_avatar/forum.needle.tools/hybridherbst/32/3416_2.png) [@hybridherbst](https://forum.needle.tools/u/hybridherbst)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2022, 12:00am UTC](https://forum.needle.tools/t/how-do-you-switch-to-a-template-when-starting-from-a-sample-scene/1082/32 "2022-10-11T00:00:00Z")
Also to your original question (the title of this thread): You can’t switch an already generated web web project to another template. Templates are for project generation. You can generate a new one from another template. ---
**Author:** ![hybridherbst](https://forum.needle.tools/user_avatar/forum.needle.tools/hybridherbst/32/3416_2.png) [@hybridherbst](https://forum.needle.tools/u/hybridherbst)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2022, 12:00am UTC](https://forum.needle.tools/t/how-do-you-switch-to-a-template-when-starting-from-a-sample-scene/1082/33 "2022-10-11T00:00:00Z")
As templates contain packages etc and your project may use those – e.g. vue components or react components – that’s like saying can I “switch from Unity to Unreal with this button” in regards to web components / HTML etc you may have already built in your web project ---
**Author:** ![discord-import](https://forum.needle.tools/user_avatar/forum.needle.tools/discord-import/32/33_2.png) [@discord-import](https://forum.needle.tools/u/discord-import)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2022, 12:00am UTC](https://forum.needle.tools/t/how-do-you-switch-to-a-template-when-starting-from-a-sample-scene/1082/34 "2022-10-11T00:00:00Z")
Makes sense thanks, hoping to dash a scene across from the Vite + HTML to a Vite + React template at the moment, so I guess I make a new scene with template for React then copy the scene contents over _by user 103054507105067008_ ---
**Author:** ![hybridherbst](https://forum.needle.tools/user_avatar/forum.needle.tools/hybridherbst/32/3416_2.png) [@hybridherbst](https://forum.needle.tools/u/hybridherbst)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2022, 12:00am UTC](https://forum.needle.tools/t/how-do-you-switch-to-a-template-when-starting-from-a-sample-scene/1082/35 "2022-10-11T00:00:00Z")
The Unity scene is fine! Really just specify a new folder, select the template, press Generate ---
**Author:** ![discord-import](https://forum.needle.tools/user_avatar/forum.needle.tools/discord-import/32/33_2.png) [@discord-import](https://forum.needle.tools/u/discord-import)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2022, 12:00am UTC](https://forum.needle.tools/t/how-do-you-switch-to-a-template-when-starting-from-a-sample-scene/1082/36 "2022-10-11T00:00:00Z")
I really hope I’m doing something silly when generating a project too in the vid _by user 103054507105067008_ ---
**Author:** ![hybridherbst](https://forum.needle.tools/user_avatar/forum.needle.tools/hybridherbst/32/3416_2.png) [@hybridherbst](https://forum.needle.tools/u/hybridherbst)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2022, 12:00am UTC](https://forum.needle.tools/t/how-do-you-switch-to-a-template-when-starting-from-a-sample-scene/1082/37 "2022-10-11T00:00:00Z")
Differentiate between “unity scene” and “web project” 🙂 Unity Scene: contains all your Unity objects, things that will be exported as glTF Web project: contains your HTML+CSS+possibly extra things like web-framework-specific components ---
**Author:** ![Marcel\_Wiessler1](https://forum.needle.tools/user_avatar/forum.needle.tools/marcel_wiessler1/32/21_2.png) [@Marcel\_Wiessler1](https://forum.needle.tools/u/Marcel_Wiessler1)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2022, 12:00am UTC](https://forum.needle.tools/t/how-do-you-switch-to-a-template-when-starting-from-a-sample-scene/1082/38 "2022-10-11T00:00:00Z")
Ohhhhh it looks lke you created a new template scriptable object??? ---
**Author:** ![Marcel\_Wiessler1](https://forum.needle.tools/user_avatar/forum.needle.tools/marcel_wiessler1/32/21_2.png) [@Marcel\_Wiessler1](https://forum.needle.tools/u/Marcel_Wiessler1)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2022, 12:00am UTC](https://forum.needle.tools/t/how-do-you-switch-to-a-template-when-starting-from-a-sample-scene/1082/39 "2022-10-11T00:00:00Z")
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**Author:** ![discord-import](https://forum.needle.tools/user_avatar/forum.needle.tools/discord-import/32/33_2.png) [@discord-import](https://forum.needle.tools/u/discord-import)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2022, 12:00am UTC](https://forum.needle.tools/t/how-do-you-switch-to-a-template-when-starting-from-a-sample-scene/1082/40 "2022-10-11T00:00:00Z")
I seem to get this error on Generate Project ```auto IOException: The filename, directory name, or volume label syntax is incorrect : 'C:\Unity_Projects\ReboundPlatform\Projects\React\TextMesh Pro\Resources\Sprite C:\Unity_Projects\ReboundPlatform\Projects\React' — System.IO.IOException: The filename, directory name, or volume label syntax is incorrect : 'Projects/React/TextMesh Pro/Resources/Sprite Projects/React' ``` _by user 103054507105067008_ [Previous page](https://forum.needle.tools/t/how-do-you-switch-to-a-template-when-starting-from-a-sample-scene/1082.md?page=1) [Next page](https://forum.needle.tools/t/how-do-you-switch-to-a-template-when-starting-from-a-sample-scene/1082.md?page=3)