Shortcut Asset

Colory Games - Code Plugins - Mar 20, 2023

Asset to open a linked asset/directory.

  • Supported Platforms
  • Supported Engine Versions
    4.27, 5.0 - 5.3
  • Download Type
    Engine Plugin
    This product contains a code plugin, complete with pre-built binaries and all its source code that integrates with Unreal Engine, which can be installed to an engine version of your choice then enabled on a per-project basis.

Shortcut Asset is an Unreal Engine plugin that adds asset to open a linked asset/directory.

This works like a shortcut file in Windows/macOS or a symbolic link in Linux.


Unreal Engine supports the "Collections" and "Favorites" feature to open assets/directories with more accessibility.

However, these features aggregate the access points, which does not allows you to manage assets flexibly.

For example, the "Collections" feature can create the access point to the asset, but all access points are aggregated into the Collections category. It also does not support directory access.

The "Favorites" feature can create the access point to the directory, but all access points are aggregated to the Favorites category. It also does not support asset access.

Shortcut asset overcomes all these problems.


If you have any trouble or question, you can join our Discord or make issue on GitHub.



Change Log


1.2.0 (2023.9.26)

  • Support on Unreal Engine 5.3


1.1.0 (2023.6.2)

  • Support on Unreal Engine 5.2


1.0.0 (2023.3.21)

  • First release

Technical Details

Features:

  •  Open an asset with a shortcut asset.
  •  Open a directory with a shortcut asset.

Code Modules:

  •  ShortcutAsset (Editor)

Number of Blueprints: 0

Number of C++ Classes: 9

Network Replicated: No

Supported Development Platforms: Windows / macOS / Linux

Supported Target Build Platforms: All platforms

Documentation: Documentation is available at the project page on GitHub

Example Project: Example is available at the project page on GitHub

Important/Additional Notes: This plugin has a free trial version. See the document if you want to install a free version.