UAssetManager::ScanPathsSynchronous

function Engine Since 4.22

#include "Engine/AssetManager.h"

Access: public Specifiers: virtualconst

Description

Requests that the asset registry synchronously scan a list of directories or specific assets, blocking until the scan completes.

• Blocks the calling thread until the scan finishes — calling this on large directories at runtime can cause a noticeable hitch, so prefer scanning known folders during initialization rather than mid-gameplay.
• In cooked builds the asset registry may already be fully populated from a pre-built cache, making this a no-op for paths already covered by that cache.

virtual void ScanPathsSynchronous(const TArray<FString>& PathsToScan) const

Name	Type	Description	Default
PathsToScan	const TArray<FString>&	Directories or individual asset paths to force a synchronous asset registry scan on.	—

void

Force a directory scan before searching it C++

TArray<FString> Paths;
Paths.Add(TEXT("/Game/DLC/Items"));
UAssetManager::Get().ScanPathsSynchronous(Paths);

Introduced in: 4.22

Version	Status	Notes
5.6	stable	—

Was this helpful?