UAssetManager

class Engine Since 4.17

Inherits: UObjectBase › UObjectBaseUtility › UObject › UAssetManager

#include "Engine/AssetManager.h"

Description

The engine singleton that manages primary asset discovery, async loading, bundle state, and chunked DLC. Subclass it in Project Settings to add game-specific asset management logic.

Signature

class UAssetManager : public UObject

Caveats & Gotchas

• Call UAssetManager::GetIfInitialized() instead of Get() if you need to check if it's been set up — Get() was deprecated in UE 5.3.
• Primary assets must be registered in the Asset Manager settings (Project Settings → Asset Manager) or in your custom UAssetManager subclass.
• LoadPrimaryAsset is async by default — the callback fires on the next tick or later. Do not use the result immediately after the call without checking handle validity.
• Bundles are the recommended way to manage what gets loaded for a given game state (e.g. only load combat art when in combat).

Example

Async load a primary asset C++

FPrimaryAssetId AssetId(TEXT("WeaponData"), TEXT("Sword_01"));
TArray<FName> Bundles;
UAssetManager::GetIfInitialized()->LoadPrimaryAsset(
    AssetId,
    Bundles,
    FStreamableDelegate::CreateUObject(this, &AMyClass::OnWeaponLoaded)
);

Functions

fn GetIfInitialized fn LoadPrimaryAsset fn GetPrimaryAssetObject

Version History

Introduced in: 4.17

Version	Status	Notes
5.6	stable	—

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