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]
#jira UE-145643
#rb ryan.gerleve
#ROBOMERGE-AUTHOR: brian.bekich
#ROBOMERGE-SOURCE: CL 19785177 via CL 19785195 via CL 19792886 via CL 19793235 via CL 19793656
#ROBOMERGE-BOT: UE5 (Release-Engine-Staging -> Main) (v939-19570697)
[CL 19809617 by brian bekich in ue5-main branch]
#rb Matt.Peters
#rnx
#preflight 622b69320a614dcb0cf998d3
- This is useful for stand alone programs that want to compile with core and coreuobject but don't want to compile against the editor/engine.
- To make use of this the program should add 'GlobalDefinitions.Add("UE_SUPPORT_FULL_PACKAGEPATH=1")' to it's Target.cs .
- If the program does not define UE_SUPPORT_FULL_PACKAGEPATH then it will default to WITH_EDITOR which was the pre-existing behavior.
[CL 19370946 by paul chipchase in ue5-main branch]
Cleaned up duplicated logic between DoesPackageExist and DoesPackageExistEx
#rnx
#preflight 61f3b9f2801201ab387e6e50
#rb per.larsson
#ROBOMERGE-AUTHOR: carlmagnus.nordin
#ROBOMERGE-SOURCE: CL 18770321 in //UE5/Release-5.0/... via CL 18770330 via CL 18770438
#ROBOMERGE-BOT: UE5 (Release-Engine-Test -> Main) (v903-18687472)
[CL 18770443 by carlmagnus nordin in ue5-main branch]
#preflight 61eefc77ba69a4fdb220bf23
#ROBOMERGE-AUTHOR: marc.audy
#ROBOMERGE-SOURCE: CL 18712765 in //UE5/Release-5.0/... via CL 18712784 via CL 18713147
#ROBOMERGE-BOT: UE5 (Release-Engine-Test -> Main) (v903-18687472)
[CL 18713191 by marc audy in ue5-main branch]
Added similar support to the package store manifest
Zen Store support will be added separately
Added some extra data to linker object resources to be used by the iostore package optimizer to properly support optional package chunks.
Multiple cooking outputs is used to support "optional objects" which are editor data package exports that would be put in separate iostore containers than the normal cooked game content.
#jira UE-129801
#rb Matt.Peters, CarlMagnus.Nordin
#preflight 61e5d3bb873f2ea48f48166c
#ROBOMERGE-AUTHOR: francis.hurteau
#ROBOMERGE-SOURCE: CL 18639742 in //UE5/Release-5.0/... via CL 18639751 via CL 18639758
#ROBOMERGE-BOT: UE5 (Release-Engine-Test -> Main) (v900-18638592)
[CL 18639762 by francis hurteau in ue5-main branch]
Split FPackageName's initialization into two events so that FPackageName::TryConvertFilenameToLongPackageName can be called with limited functionality before pluginmanager and coreobject have been initialized.
#preflight 61e58568006b17a6865ac944
#rb Graeme.Thornton
#rnx
#ROBOMERGE-AUTHOR: matt.peters
#ROBOMERGE-SOURCE: CL 18634271 in //UE5/Release-5.0/... via CL 18634294 via CL 18634301
#ROBOMERGE-BOT: UE5 (Release-Engine-Test -> Main) (v899-18417669)
[CL 18637425 by matt peters in ue5-main branch]
- When enabled, folders are actual objects : modifying a folder won't affect actors (more compliant with OFPA).
- Enabled by default for World Partition and Level Instances.
- Can be enabled on regular levels (experimental feature 'Use Actor Folder Objects').
- If Level uses OFPA, ActorFolders will also be saved in their own package (but will use __ExternalObjects__ root folder).
- In a future refactoring, external actors will also be moved in the same root folder.
- Generalized saving object in an external package (different from its outer package)
- World outliner supports old folders and new actor folder objects : Levels using the actor folder objects will show a root Level node (like Level Instances).
#rb patrick.enfedaque, jeanfrancois.dube
#preflight 61d84b356511bc498e5cb858
#ROBOMERGE-AUTHOR: richard.malo
#ROBOMERGE-SOURCE: CL 18543443 in //UE5/Release-5.0/... via CL 18543482
#ROBOMERGE-BOT: STARSHIP (Release-Engine-Staging -> Release-Engine-Test) (v899-18417669)
[CL 18543525 by richard malo in ue5-release-engine-test branch]
Add PackageAccessTrackingOps::NAME_CookerBuildObject to catch references to other packages that are made from an object's BeginCacheForCookedPlatformData call.
#rb Zousar.Shaker
#rnx
#ROBOMERGE-AUTHOR: matt.peters
#ROBOMERGE-SOURCE: CL 18279388 in //UE5/Release-5.0/... via CL 18279398
#ROBOMERGE-BOT: STARSHIP (Release-Engine-Staging -> Release-Engine-Test) (v895-18170469)
[CL 18279406 by matt peters 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]
* Adds Source Control Asset Data cache. Preventing Source Control Changelist Window to rebuild AssetData from scratch when UI refresh takes place
* Modifies Source Control beautification to async process, preventing crowded changelists to block the workflow. The filenames are now beautified when available.
* Parallelize AssetData information retrieval from SourceControl
* Updates message displayed when refreshing window's items
#rb Sebastien.Lussier, JeanFrancois.Dube
#jira UETOOL-3522
#changelist validated
#ROBOMERGE-SOURCE: CL 17375288 in //UE5/Main/...
#ROBOMERGE-BOT: STARSHIP (Main -> Release-Engine-Test) (v865-17346139)
[CL 17375337 by luc eygasier in ue5-release-engine-test branch]
Add PackageAccessTracking ops for reset and noaccessaccepted, to debug and fix the too-broad save op.
#rb Zousar.Shaker
#rnx
#ROBOMERGE-SOURCE: CL 17200008 in //UE5/Main/...
#ROBOMERGE-BOT: STARSHIP (Main -> Release-Engine-Test) (v855-17104924)
[CL 17200021 by matt peters in ue5-release-engine-test branch]
#rb Matt.Peters
#rnx
#preflight 6114cb9329ebef00012c41e7
- Matches the overload of ::IsTextPackageExtension that also takes a EPackageExtension parameter.
#ROBOMERGE-SOURCE: CL 17148303 in //UE5/Main/...
#ROBOMERGE-BOT: STARSHIP (Main -> Release-Engine-Test) (v855-17104924)
[CL 17148306 by paul chipchase in ue5-release-engine-test branch]
Improve performance of FPackageBuildDependencyTracker::StaticOnObjectHandleRead by removing the iteration over PackageScopes and instead accumulating that information in the constructor of each PackageScope. The constructor accumulation is cheap so this should be cheaper overall.
#rb Zousar.Shaker
#rnx
#ROBOMERGE-SOURCE: CL 17106400 in //UE5/Main/...
#ROBOMERGE-BOT: STARSHIP (Main -> Release-Engine-Test) (v854-17104634)
[CL 17106517 by matt peters in ue5-release-engine-test branch]
* Added a function to RedirectCollector to ingest soft package references
* Push the harevest soft package references from save to the redirect collector on a succesful save
* Moved the processing of soft package reference associated with a package during cook to after that package has been saved
#rb Matt.Peters
#jira UE-115137
[CL 16534223 by Francis Hurteau in ue5-main branch]