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UAssetManager::ScanPathsForPrimaryAssets

Scans a list of paths and reads asset data for all primary assets of a specific type.

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References

Module	Engine
Header	/Engine/Source/Runtime/Engine/Classes/Engine/AssetManager.h
Include	#include "Engine/AssetManager.h"
Source	/Engine/Source/Runtime/Engine/Private/AssetManager.cpp

Syntax

virtual int32 ScanPathsForPrimaryAssets
(
    FPrimaryAssetType PrimaryAssetType,
    const TArray< FString > & Paths,
    UClass * BaseClass,
    bool bHasBlueprintClasses,
    bool bIsEditorOnly,
    bool bForceSynchronousScan
)

Remarks

Scans a list of paths and reads asset data for all primary assets of a specific type. If done in the editor it will load the data off disk, in cooked games it will load out of the asset registry cache

Returns

Number of primary assets found

Parameters

Parameter	Description
PrimaryAssetType	Type of asset to look for. If the scanned asset matches GetPrimaryAssetType with this it will be added to directory
Paths	List of file system paths to scan
BaseClass	Base class of all loaded assets, if the scanned asset isn't a child of this class it will be skipped
bHasBlueprintClasses	If true, the assets are blueprints that subclass BaseClass. If false they are base UObject assets
bIsEditorOnly	If true, assets will only be scanned in editor builds, and will not be stored into the asset registry
bForceSynchronousScan	If true will scan the disk synchronously, otherwise will wait for asset registry scan to complete

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