UAssetManager::ScanPathForPrimaryAssets

function Engine Since unknown

#include "Engine/AssetManager.h"

Access: public Specifiers: virtual

Description

Single-path convenience wrapper around ScanPathsForPrimaryAssets.

Caveats & Gotchas

• Internally just wraps Path in a single-element TArray and forwards to ScanPathsForPrimaryAssets — prefer the plural overload directly if you're scanning more than one path.
• Same asset registry cache caveat as ScanPathsForPrimaryAssets applies in cooked builds.

Signature

virtual int32 ScanPathForPrimaryAssets(FPrimaryAssetType PrimaryAssetType, const FString& Path, UClass* BaseClass, bool bHasBlueprintClasses, bool bIsEditorOnly = false, bool bForceSynchronousScan = true);

Parameters

Name	Type	Description	Default
PrimaryAssetType	FPrimaryAssetType	Type to assign to any matching assets found.	—
Path	const FString&	Single file system path to scan.	—
BaseClass	UClass*	Base class assets must derive from to be included; others are skipped.	—
bHasBlueprintClasses	bool	True if the scanned assets are Blueprints subclassing BaseClass rather than base UObject assets.	—
bIsEditorOnly	bool	If true, only scans in editor builds and does not persist into the asset registry.	false
bForceSynchronousScan	bool	If true, scans the disk synchronously; otherwise waits for the asset registry scan to complete.	true

Return Type

int32

Example

Scanning a single folder C++

int32 NumFound = UAssetManager::Get().ScanPathForPrimaryAssets(
	FPrimaryAssetType("Item"),
	TEXT("/Game/Items"),
	UItemDefinition::StaticClass(),
	/*bHasBlueprintClasses=*/ false);

Version History

Introduced in: unknown

Version	Status	Notes
5.6	stable	—

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