UBlueprintPathsLibrary::EngineContentDir

function Engine Blueprint Since 4.0

#include "Kismet/BlueprintPathsLibrary.h"

Access: public Specifiers: staticBlueprintPure

Description

Returns the Content directory of the core engine install, shared across projects and mods using the same engine. This is where built-in engine assets (starter content, editor icons, etc.) live on disk.

Caveats & Gotchas

• In a cooked/packaged build, engine content is baked into pak files rather than existing as loose files under this path — this function is mainly relevant for editor tooling, not runtime asset loading in shipping games.
• Returns a path relative to the working directory; wrap with ConvertRelativePathToFull() for an absolute path.

Signature

static FString EngineContentDir();

Return Type

FString

Example

Locate the engine content directory in an editor tool C++

FString ContentDir = UBlueprintPathsLibrary::EngineContentDir();
UE_LOG(LogTemp, Log, TEXT("Engine content dir: %s"), *ContentDir);

Version History

Introduced in: 4.0

Version	Status	Notes
5.6	stable	—

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