UBlueprintPathsLibrary::ShouldSaveToUserDir

function Engine Blueprint Since 4.0

#include "Kismet/BlueprintPathsLibrary.h"

Access: public Specifiers: staticBlueprintPure

Description

Returns whether the "Saved" directory tree should be rooted in the platform's per-user directory rather than relative to the engine/project install. Reflects FPaths::ShouldSaveToUserDir(), which is generally true for platforms where the install location isn't writable (e.g. shipping builds installed to Program Files).

Caveats & Gotchas

• The result depends on platform and build configuration, not just a config value — do not assume it's false in editor builds and true in packaged builds; check it explicitly if your save logic depends on it.
• This affects where EngineSavedDir()/ProjectSavedDir() resolve to; if you're constructing save paths manually instead of using those helpers, you can end up writing to the wrong location on platforms where this returns true.

Signature

static bool ShouldSaveToUserDir();

Return Type

bool

Example

Branch save logic on the platform's save-dir policy C++

if (UBlueprintPathsLibrary::ShouldSaveToUserDir())
{
    UE_LOG(LogTemp, Log, TEXT("Saves are rooted in the per-user directory on this platform."));
}

Version History

Introduced in: 4.0

Version	Status	Notes
5.6	stable	—

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