FSoftObjectPath::PreSavePath

function CoreUObject Since unknown

#include "UObject/SoftObjectPath.h"

Access: public

Description

Called by the save system immediately before an asset is saved; resolves any pending core redirects so the on-disk path is always up to date.

Caveats & Gotchas

• This is an engine-internal hook invoked by USavePackage and the cooker. Calling it manually in gameplay code is almost never correct and can cause double-fixup issues if the engine later calls it again during the actual save.
• Returns true if the path changed as a result of redirect resolution. If bReportSoftObjectPathRedirects is provided, the engine uses it to emit a warning when saving a package that contains stale soft references.

Signature

COREUOBJECT_API bool PreSavePath(bool* bReportSoftObjectPathRedirects = nullptr)

Parameters

Name	Type	Description	Default
bReportSoftObjectPathRedirects	bool*	If non-null, receives true if the path was changed by a redirect during pre-save.	nullptr

Return Type

bool

Example

Check whether a path has a pending redirect before save C++

// Only call this in a custom save pipeline — not in gameplay code
bool bWasRedirected = false;
bool bChanged = MySoftPath.PreSavePath(&bWasRedirected);
if (bWasRedirected)
{
    UE_LOG(LogTemp, Warning, TEXT("Soft path was redirected during pre-save: %s"), *MySoftPath.ToString());
}

Version History

Introduced in: unknown

Version	Status	Notes
5.6	stable	—

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