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
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#codereviewnumbers 20320742, 20320791, 20320799, 20320756, 20320809, 20320830, 20320840, 20320846, 20320851, 20320863, 20320780, 20320765, 20320876, 20320786
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#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]
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#ROBOMERGE-AUTHOR: michael.balzer
#ROBOMERGE-SOURCE: CL 20132710 via CL 20143958 via CL 20145136 via CL 20145973
#ROBOMERGE-BOT: UE5 (Release-Engine-Staging -> Main) (v943-19904690)
[CL 20149270 by michael balzer in ue5-main branch]
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#ROBOMERGE-AUTHOR: andrew.grant
#ROBOMERGE-SOURCE: CL 20105771 via CL 20110402 via CL 20111442 via CL 20111713
#ROBOMERGE-BOT: UE5 (Release-Engine-Staging -> Main) (v943-19904690)
[CL 20114333 by andrew grant in ue5-main branch]
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#ROBOMERGE-AUTHOR: michael.balzer
#ROBOMERGE-SOURCE: CL 18802939 in //UE5/Release-5.0/... via CL 18802947 via CL 18821568
#ROBOMERGE-BOT: UE5 (Release-Engine-Test -> Main) (v908-18788545)
[CL 18821648 by michael balzer in ue5-main branch]
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#ROBOMERGE-AUTHOR: michael.balzer
#ROBOMERGE-SOURCE: CL 18801534 in //UE5/Release-5.0/... via CL 18802099 via CL 18821513
#ROBOMERGE-BOT: UE5 (Release-Engine-Test -> Main) (v908-18788545)
[CL 18821595 by michael balzer in ue5-main branch]
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#ROBOMERGE-AUTHOR: michael.balzer
#ROBOMERGE-SOURCE: CL 18799426 in //UE5/Release-5.0/... via CL 18801880 via CL 18802470
#ROBOMERGE-BOT: UE5 (Release-Engine-Test -> Main) (v908-18788545)
[CL 18808168 by michael balzer in ue5-main branch]
Add new MeshTargetInterfaceTypes.h file, move EStaticMeshEditingLOD there and rename to EMeshLODIdentifier. Add FGetMeshParameters and FCommitMeshParameters types.
IMeshDescriptionProvider::GetMeshDescription() now takes FGetMeshParameters to optionally specify LOD.
Added IMeshDescriptionProvider::GetMeshDescriptionCopy() function, to handle copy-case.
removed IMeshDescriptionProvider::CalculateAutoGeneratedAttributes(). This was only being used to force Tangents computation, which can now be done via GetMeshDescriptionCopy() and FGetMeshParameters.bWantMeshTangents option
IMeshDescriptionCommitter commit functions now take a FCommitMeshParameters to optionally specify target LOD.
StaticMeshComponentToolTarget::GetMeshDescriptionCopy() added, optionally computes auto-generated MeshDescription attributes on the copy
StaticMesh(Component)ToolTarget updated to support FCommitMeshParameters target-LOD.
SkeletalMesh, Volume, and DynamicMesh ToolTargets updated for new APIs but do not currently support any of the new LOD parameters. These should never be called w/ LOD parameters in the current codebase, ensures added to catch any errors (they would be non-fatal).
UE::ToolTarget::GetMeshDescription() and GetMeshDescriptionCopy() in now take FGetMeshParameters argument.
Removed bWantMeshTangents param to GetMeshDescriptionCopy(), now done via FGetMeshParameters. Updated call sites.
TransferMeshesTool now supports specifying read and write LOD (numbered or HiRes) for StaticMeshComponent source/target, via above functions.
TransferMeshesTool can now also target a new LOD in a StaticMeshComponent, index is 1 larger than current maximum source LOD.
#rb lonnie.li, rinat.abdrashitov
#rnx
#jira none
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#ROBOMERGE-AUTHOR: ryan.schmidt
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#ROBOMERGE-BOT: STARSHIP (Release-Engine-Staging -> Release-Engine-Test) (v899-18417669)
[CL 18461778 by ryan schmidt in ue5-release-engine-test branch]
