UAssetManager::ExpandVirtualPaths

function Engine Since unknown

#include "Engine/AssetManager.h"

Access: public Specifiers: virtualconst

Description

Expands a list of paths that potentially use virtual asset roots into real directory and package paths. Modifies the array in place.

Caveats & Gotchas

• Returns true only if any changes were actually made — an all-real-path input returns false even though the function succeeded.
• Virtual roots must already be registered via AddAssetSearchRoot for expansion to resolve correctly; unknown roots pass through unchanged.

Signature

virtual bool ExpandVirtualPaths(TArray<FString>& InOutPaths) const;

Parameters

Name	Type	Description	Default
InOutPaths	TArray<FString>&	List of paths to expand in place; may contain virtual roots such as /Game or custom dynamic roots.	—

Return Type

bool

Example

Resolve scan paths before use C++

TArray<FString> Paths;
Paths.Add(TEXT("/MyPlugin/Items"));

if (UAssetManager::Get().ExpandVirtualPaths(Paths))
{
	// Paths now contains the resolved on-disk/package paths
}

Version History

Introduced in: unknown

Version	Status	Notes
5.6	stable	—

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