UKismetRenderingLibrary::ImportBufferAsTexture2D

function Engine Blueprint Since unknown

#include "Kismet/KismetRenderingLibrary.h"

Access: public Specifiers: staticUFUNCTIONBlueprintCallable

Description

Decodes an in-memory image buffer and creates a new transient Texture2D from it, without touching disk.

Caveats & Gotchas

• Returns nullptr if Buffer isn't a recognized encoded image format — it does not accept raw pixel data, only encoded file bytes.
• Useful for textures downloaded over HTTP, but the resulting texture is transient and not cached — call this once and hold onto the result rather than re-decoding on every use.
• Decoding happens on the calling thread and can stall the game thread for large images; consider decoding on a background thread for big downloads.

Signature

static UTexture2D* ImportBufferAsTexture2D(UObject* WorldContextObject, const TArray<uint8>& Buffer)

Parameters

Name	Type	Description	Default
WorldContextObject	UObject*	World context used to resolve the current world.	—
Buffer	const TArray<uint8>&	Encoded image bytes (e.g. downloaded PNG/JPEG data).	—

Return Type

UTexture2D*

Example

Import a downloaded image buffer C++

TArray<uint8> DownloadedBytes = Response->GetContent();
UTexture2D* Texture = UKismetRenderingLibrary::ImportBufferAsTexture2D(this, DownloadedBytes);

Version History

Introduced in: unknown

Version	Status	Notes
5.6	stable	—

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