- Linkers are no longer UObjects. Renamed ULinker, ULinkerLoad and ULinkerSave to FLinker, FLinkerLoad, FLinkerSave respectively
- Linkers are now associated with their UPackages
- Linker version is now stored in UPackages
- Async loading is now performed on a separate thread (if platform supports it and only in cooked builds), with the exception of PostLoad which is still done on the game thread
- Added UObject::IsPostLoadThreadSafe() function to determine if PostLoad is thread safe and can be executed on the async loading thread (defaults to false)
- UObject creation is now thread safe and can be performed on any thread
- Move many of the linker/UObject globals into FUObjectThreadContext (TLS)
- GetAsyncLoadPercentage() now takes PostLoad into account
- More async loading stats
- Added AtomicallySetFlags/ClearFlags to UObject
- Made FModuleManager thread safe.
- Added FGCScopeGuard as means of preventing GC from executing from non-game thread
- It's possible to disable async loading thread through ini settings.
- Cancelling async loading will now also trigger GC
- Implemented a basic version of async streaming priorities.
Change 2410813 by Mikolaj Sieluzycki:
Change Sleep in while loop to ConditionalSleep in FMultiReaderSingleWriterGT
Change 2410734 by Mikolaj Sieluzycki:
Make FModuleManager thread safe.
Change 2399879 by Mikolaj Sieluzycki:
Basic version of async streaming priorities.
Change 2410707 by Mikolaj Sieluzycki:
Implement conditional and no stat versions of sleep.
Change 2371939 by Robert Manuszewski:
Async Loading Improvements: adding more stats (accumulators)
Change 2372403 by Robert Manuszewski:
Fixing compile errors when STATs are not enabled
Change 2371526 by Robert Manuszewski:
AsyncLoading Improvements (WIP)
Change 2407198 by Robert Manuszewski:
Re-implementing delegate fixes for Async Loading
Change 2407425 by Robert Manuszewski:
Re-implementing cancelling async loading in the async loading branch.
Change 2484362 by Robert Manuszewski:
Making it possible to disable async loading thread through ini settings.
Change 2484744 by Robert Manuszewski:
Minimizing locks in GC and other threads when handling UObjects
Change 2480190 by Robert Manuszewski:
Fixing infinite stall after canceling async loading in non-cooked builds
Change 2484268 by Robert Manuszewski:
Fixing crash when allocating permanent object pool.
Change 2489761 by Robert Manuszewski:
Fixing BulkData using linker archive on the main thread even if the linker was created on the async loading thread.
Change 2493624 by Robert Manuszewski:
Cancelling async loading will now also trigger GC
Change 2487881 by Robert Manuszewski:
Making ShaderIdMap operations thread safe.
Change 2488067 by Robert Manuszewski:
Fixing GetAsyncLoadPercentage. It will now also respect PostLoad.
Change 2458640 by Robert Manuszewski:
Fixing crash in PIE
Change 2458825 by Robert Manuszewski:
Fixing a few crashes when streaming and the package is missing.
Change 2476935 by Robert Manuszewski:
Fixing crash while async loading ANavigationData
Change 2477361 by Robert Manuszewski:
Fixing crashes in cooked game
Change 2480095 by Robert Manuszewski:
Making FUObjectArray more thread safe
Change 2475443 by Robert Manuszewski:
Re-enabling single-threaded async loading path for the editor and platforms that don't support multithreading.
Change 2475458 by Robert Manuszewski:
Making sure bulk data is only loaded on a separate thread if it's not being loaded on the async loading thread.
Change 2476661 by Robert Manuszewski:
Fixing FlushAsyncLoading not flushing everything
Change 2401089 by Jaroslaw Surowiec:
Core - Added AtomicallySetFlags/ClearFlags to UObject, added a comment to ThisThreadAtomicallyClearedRFUnreachable
[CL 2498249 by Robert Manuszewski in Main branch]
I have reviewed each change carefully, but it is a large change and I could have missed something! Here is a summary of the types of changes in this CL:
* Made nullptr checks consistent (the plurality of the changes are of this type)
* Completed switch statements (IE, switch did not explicitly handle default case, but had unhandled enum entries - this is the second most popular type of fix)
* Removed unused variables
* Removed redundant initializations
* WidgetNavigationCustomization.cpp was fixed by the owner
* integers converted to floats where result was stored in a float
* Removed redundent null checks (e.g. before delete statements)
* Renamed variables to prevent non-obvious shadowing
* Fixed use of bitwise & when checking for equality to an enum entry (which is often 0)
* Fixes for some copy paste errors (e.g. FoliageEdMode.cpp)
[CL 2498053 by Dan Oconnor in Main branch]
UETOOL-281 - Improve data table workflows
UETOOL-282 - Data tables cannot be exported as CSV
UETOOL-289 - Data tables cannot represent arrays in their CSV data
Split up the util functions into their own file (DataTableUtils).
Split up the CSV exporting/importing into its own file (DataTableCSV).
Split up the JSON exporting/importing into its own file (DataTableJSON).
Added support for exporting/importing/displaying array properties.
Added the ability to export a data table as CSV.
Added the ability to import a data table from JSON.
[CL 2494005 by Jamie Dale in Main branch]
These can be generally described as removing redundant condition checks, using logical operators instead of bitwise operators, removal of redundant parenthesis, and consistent use of pragma push and pragma pop. There is very little observable behavior change in this CL.
Changes that required further review are pending in 2489753
[CL 2489804 by Dan Oconnor in Main branch]
https://github.com/EpicGames/UnrealEngine/pull/946
I have gone through these changes and verified that whatever behavior change they cause could only be an improvement (generally they just prevent possible access to nullptrs, but there are also some style corrections). A separate changelist is being prepared that includes changes that could unintentionally caues behavior change for the worse.
[CL 2486801 by Dan Oconnor in Main branch]
UE-9293 - Should offer 'Create BP' when right clicking on C++ class in Browser
There is now a "Create Blueprint class based on X" option alongside the "Create C++ class derived from X" option when viewing the context menu for a C++ Class in the Content Browser. This allows you to create a new Blueprint asset from C++ classes that are marked as blueprintable.
[CL 2447345 by Jamie Dale in Main branch]
Generalized "Add Code to Project" dialog to allow creation of both c++ and blueprint class types.
The add component option when blueprintable components is enabled, now opens up this dialog rather than the parent class picker.
UE-8491 - IWCE: New C++ Component and New Blueprint Component should prompt you for a component type to subclass
[CL 2446735 by Matthew Griffin in Main branch]
Blueprint Editor: Change messaging to consistently say "Class Defaults" everywhere when editing the CDO
- Updated BP Editor and Persona to never call anything "Blueprint Defaults"
- Removed dead method GetDefaultEditorTitle
[UE-8164]
[CL 2419781 by Ben Marsh in Main branch]
Added the concept of "ClassTypeActions" for class asset types (C++ classes and Blueprints)
UE-7970 - Add small 'play' button to EditorTutorial asset thumbnail
Class asset types (C++ classes and Blueprints) are now able to provide actions that should be performed based upon the type of class the asset contains, rather than the asset class itself (which is always "Class" or "Blueprint").
This will allow the editor tutorials to provide class type actions for Blueprints that derive from "EditorTutorial" without requiring this information to be put into the asset type actions for Blueprint assets.
ReviewedBy Thomas.Sarkanen
[CL 2419736 by Ben Marsh in Main branch]
