UAssetManager::AddDynamicAsset

function Engine Since unknown

#include "Engine/AssetManager.h"

Access: public Specifiers: virtual

Description

Registers a runtime-only primary asset that has no on-disk FAssetData, giving it a path and bundle state anyway. Creates the primary asset type if it doesn't already exist.

Caveats & Gotchas

• Dynamic assets have no FAssetData, so they won't show up in editor asset registry queries or content browser searches — only AssetManager-specific lookups (GetPrimaryAssetObject, GetPrimaryAssetPath, etc.) will find them.
• AssetPath is optional; if left invalid the asset can still carry bundle state but has nothing to actually load.
• Calling this again with the same PrimaryAssetId updates the existing entry rather than erroring.

Signature

virtual bool AddDynamicAsset(const FPrimaryAssetId& PrimaryAssetId, const FSoftObjectPath& AssetPath, const FAssetBundleData& BundleData);

Parameters

Name	Type	Description	Default
PrimaryAssetId	const FPrimaryAssetId&	Type/name of the dynamic asset; the type is created if it doesn't already exist.	—
AssetPath	const FSoftObjectPath&	Path to the object representing this asset; optional for dynamic assets.	—
BundleData	const FAssetBundleData&	Name-to-asset-path bundle states available for this asset.	—

Return Type

bool

Example

Registering a procedurally generated asset C++

FAssetBundleData BundleData;
bool bAdded = UAssetManager::Get().AddDynamicAsset(
	FPrimaryAssetId("DynamicItem", "GeneratedSword"),
	FSoftObjectPath(),
	BundleData);

Version History

Introduced in: unknown

Version	Status	Notes
5.6	stable	—

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