UE4Editor cannot find Paper2D Side Scroller assets

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So I wanted to learn about Paper2D and chose the “2D Side Scroller” template. However, after the project is created the viewport is black, since the Editor cannot find the assets - even though they have been properly copied to the Project Folder.

So I guess that these are just issues with the Content Search Path; could this be fixed by some symbolic links or similar?

Note: I’m using version 4.15.1 on Ubuntu 17.04.

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Update: Here are some of the error messages:

1001[2017.04.22-10.02.24:965][  0]LogLinker:Warning: Can't find file '/Game/2dSideScroller/Sprites/Background_Sprite'
1001[2017.04.22-10.02.24:965][  0]LogLinker:Warning: Can't find file for asset '/Game/2dSideScroller/Sprites/Background_Sprite' while loading ../../../../../../../home/philipp/Documents/Unreal Projects/ScrollerCPP/Content/2DSideScrollerCPP/Maps/2DSideScrollerExampleMap.umap.
[2017.04.22-10.02.24:965][  0]LoadErrors:Error: Error /Game/2DSideScrollerCPP/Maps/2DSideScrollerExampleMap : Can't find file for asset. /Game/2dSideScroller/Sprites/Background_Sprite
1001[2017.04.22-10.02.24:966][  0]LogLinker:Warning: Can't find file '/Game/2dSideScroller/Sprites/IdleFrames/IdleCycle1'
1001[2017.04.22-10.02.24:966][  0]LogLinker:Warning: Can't find file for asset '/Game/2dSideScroller/Sprites/IdleFrames/IdleCycle1' while loading ../../../../../../../home/philipp/Documents/Unreal Projects/ScrollerCPP/Content/2DSideScroller/Sprites/IdleAnimation.uasset.
[2017.04.22-10.02.24:966][  0]LoadErrors:Error: Error /Game/2DSideScroller/Sprites/IdleAnimation : Can't find file for asset. /Game/2dSideScroller/Sprites/IdleFrames/IdleCycle1
1001[2017.04.22-10.02.24:966][  0]LogLinker:Warning: Can't find file '/Game/2dSideScroller/Sprites/IdleFrames/IdleCycle2'
1001[2017.04.22-10.02.24:966][  0]LogLinker:Warning: Can't find file for asset '/Game/2dSideScroller/Sprites/IdleFrames/IdleCycle2' while loading ../../../../../../../home/philipp/Documents/Unreal Projects/ScrollerCPP/Content/2DSideScroller/Sprites/IdleAnimation.uasset.
[2017.04.22-10.02.24:966][  0]LoadErrors:Error: Error /Game/2DSideScroller/Sprites/IdleAnimation : Can't find file for asset. /Game/2dSideScroller/Sprites/IdleFrames/IdleCycle2
1001[2017.04.22-10.02.24:967][  0]LogLinker:Warning: Can't find file '/Game/2dSideScroller/Sprites/IdleFrames/IdleCycle3'
1001[2017.04.22-10.02.24:967][  0]LogLinker:Warning: Can't find file for asset '/Game/2dSideScroller/Sprites/IdleFrames/IdleCycle3' while loading ../../../../../../../home/philipp/Documents/Unreal Projects/ScrollerCPP/Content/2DSideScroller/Sprites/IdleAnimation.uasset.
[2017.04.22-10.02.24:967][  0]LoadErrors:Error: Error /Game/2DSideScroller/Sprites/IdleAnimation : Can't find file for asset. /Game/2dSideScroller/Sprites/IdleFrames/IdleCycle3
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Alright, the problem lies in the case-sensitive filesystem. Paying close attention, you will see that the assets are referenced lying in a folder called “2dSideScroller”, while the new project wizard creates the folder “2DSideScroller”.

This can by solved by creating a symbolic link:

ln -sv 2DSideScroller 2dSideScroller