This change consists of multiple changes:
Core:
- Deprecation of ANY_PACKAGE macro. Added ANY_PACKAGE_DEPRECATED macro which can still be used for backwards compatibility purposes (only used in CoreUObject)
- Deprecation of StaticFindObjectFast* functions that take bAnyPackage parameter
- Added UStruct::GetStructPathName function that returns FTopLevelAssetPath representing the path name (package + object FName, super quick compared to UObject::GetPathName) + wrapper UClass::GetClassPathName to make it look better when used with UClasses
- Added (Static)FindFirstObject* functions that find a first object given its Name (no Outer). These functions are used in places I consider valid to do global UObject (UClass) lookups like parsing command line parameters / checking for unique object names
- Added static UClass::TryFindType function which serves a similar purpose as FindFirstObject however it's going to throw a warning (with a callstack / maybe ensure in the future?) if short class name is provided. This function is used in places that used to use short class names but now should have been converted to use path names to catch any potential regressions and or edge cases I missed.
- Added static UClass::TryConvertShortNameToPathName utility function
- Added static UClass::TryFixShortClassNameExportPath utility function
- Object text export paths will now also include class path (Texture2D'/Game/Textures/Grass.Grass' -> /Script/Engine.Texture2D'/Game/Textures/Grass.Grass')
- All places that manually generated object export paths for objects will now use FObjectPropertyBase::GetExportPath
- Added a new startup test that checks for short type names in UClass/FProperty MetaData values
AssetRegistry:
- Deprecated any member variables (FAssetData / FARFilter) or functions that use FNames to represent class names and replaced them with FTopLevelAssetPath
- Added new member variables and new function overloads that use FTopLevelAssetPath to represent class names
- This also applies to a few other modules' APIs to match AssetRegistry changes
Everything else:
- Updated code that used ANY_PACKAGE (depending on the use case) to use FindObject(nullptr, PathToObject), UClass::TryFindType (used when path name is expected, warns if it's a short name) or FindFirstObject (usually for finding types based on user input but there's been a few legitimate use cases not related to user input)
- Updated code that used AssetRegistry API to use FTopLevelAssetPaths and USomeClass::StaticClass()->GetClassPathName() instead of GetFName()
- Updated meta data and hardcoded FindObject(ANY_PACKAGE, "EEnumNameOrClassName") calls to use path names
#jira UE-99463
#rb many.people
[FYI] Marcus.Wassmer
#preflight 629248ec2256738f75de9b32
#codereviewnumbers 20320742, 20320791, 20320799, 20320756, 20320809, 20320830, 20320840, 20320846, 20320851, 20320863, 20320780, 20320765, 20320876, 20320786
#ROBOMERGE-OWNER: robert.manuszewski
#ROBOMERGE-AUTHOR: robert.manuszewski
#ROBOMERGE-SOURCE: CL 20430220 via CL 20433854 via CL 20435474 via CL 20435484
#ROBOMERGE-BOT: UE5 (Release-Engine-Staging -> Main) (v949-20362246)
[CL 20448496 by robert manuszewski in ue5-main branch]
- Use FLinkerInstancingContext Tag to load all external actors instead of using a global map
#rb richard.malo, jeanfrancois.dube, francis.hurteau
#preflight 624aea29c51908059ae6b82f
#rnx
[CL 19607995 by Patrick Enfedaque in ue5-main branch]
#preflight 6227f184695c94f981bc741a
#rb jamie.dale
#ROBOMERGE-AUTHOR: rex.hill
#ROBOMERGE-SOURCE: CL 19322495 via CL 19339234 via CL 19344449 via CL 19350377 via CL 19350529
#ROBOMERGE-BOT: UE5 (Release-Engine-Staging -> Main) (v926-19321884)
[CL 19351705 by rex hill in ue5-main branch]
#rb Johan.Torp, Lauren.Barnes
#jira UE-135423
#rnx
#preflight 620374f674604bc6b1a62882
- The filter can be found in Filter->Other Filters -> Virtualized Data
- Since we only want to store if a package has virtualized data or not we can just use a bit in FAssetPackageData::Flags
[CL 18951020 by paul chipchase in ue5-main branch]
- FScopedLoadAllExternalObjects object that can be used to force the loading of all external actors of a WP world to allow those operations to succeed. (for larger worlds commandlet should be used)
- ContentBrowser operation like: Delete, Duplicate, Rename, Move, Copy use this new scope
- World Partition worlds are no longer loaded on right-click context menu.
- Note: change was done with explicit scopes to only address specific use cases and limit the impact of this CL. It could become a default behavior in later versions.
#jira UE-140032, UE-114002
#rb richard.malo, jeanfrancois.dube, rex.hill
#preflight 61f2b479800734b52da816b4
#ROBOMERGE-AUTHOR: patrick.enfedaque
#ROBOMERGE-SOURCE: CL 18753910 in //UE5/Release-5.0/... via CL 18753926 via CL 18756993
#ROBOMERGE-BOT: UE5 (Release-Engine-Test -> Main) (v903-18687472)
[CL 18757308 by patrick enfedaque in ue5-main branch]
#rb patrick.enfedaque
#preflight 61eae71cea0da8133dcf24d4
#ROBOMERGE-AUTHOR: rex.hill
#ROBOMERGE-SOURCE: CL 18691368 in //UE5/Release-5.0/... via CL 18691395 via CL 18691432
#ROBOMERGE-BOT: UE5 (Release-Engine-Test -> Main) (v903-18687472)
[CL 18691442 by rex hill in ue5-main branch]
Changed two import calls in the editor where interchange wasn't used. ImportAssetsWithDialog doesn't support async import to avoid breaking existing automation scripts or code.
#jira UE-136698
#rb Alexis.Matte
#preflight 61d340472e0e436c7257dbe4
#ROBOMERGE-AUTHOR: julien.stjean
#ROBOMERGE-SOURCE: CL 18503230 in //UE5/Release-5.0/... via CL 18503245
#ROBOMERGE-BOT: STARSHIP (Release-Engine-Staging -> Release-Engine-Test) (v899-18417669)
[CL 18503259 by julien stjean in ue5-release-engine-test branch]
This represents UE4/Main @18073326, Release-5.0 @18081140 and Dev-PerfTest @18045971
[CL 18081471 by aurel cordonnier in ue5-release-engine-test branch]
This represents UE4/Main @17911760, Release-5.0 @17915875 and Dev-PerfTest @17914035
[CL 17918595 by aurel cordonnier in ue5-release-engine-test branch]
This represents UE4/Main @17774255, Release-5.0 @17791557 and Dev-PerfTest @17789485
[CL 17794212 by aurel cordonnier in ue5-release-engine-test branch]
Move Editor Modes to a Combo Button,
Combine Content and Create into one dropdown,
Reorder items in the Content Browser add and context menu to be more meaningful
#jira UETOOL-3814
#preflight 61434322599fd8000190b8bf
#rb Louise.Rasmussen, brooke.hubert
#ROBOMERGE-AUTHOR: aditya.ravichandran
#ROBOMERGE-SOURCE: CL 17538574 in //UE5/Main/...
#ROBOMERGE-BOT: STARSHIP (Main -> Release-Engine-Test) (v870-17433530)
[CL 17538604 by aditya ravichandran in ue5-release-engine-test branch]
#rb trivial
#rnx
#preflight 6108f303b4288d00018c558f
- Looks like a copy/paste error was introduced when the menu was refactored last year, which resulted in both commands being given the same name ('ViewSelectedAssetAsText')
#ROBOMERGE-SOURCE: CL 17026449 in //UE5/Main/...
#ROBOMERGE-BOT: STARSHIP (Main -> Release-Engine-Test) (v839-17012307)
[CL 17026450 by paul chipchase in ue5-release-engine-test branch]
OnAssetUpdated will provide the updated information a frame or two later, but ContentBrowserAssetDataSource does not have a hard dependency on up-to-date information.
#rb Rex.Hill
#rnx
#ROBOMERGE-SOURCE: CL 16824160 in //UE5/Main/...
#ROBOMERGE-BOT: STARSHIP (Main -> Release-Engine-Test) (v836-16769935)
[CL 16824183 by matt peters in ue5-release-engine-test branch]
