UKismetSystemLibrary::GetSoftClassPath

function Engine Blueprint Since 4.16

#include "Kismet/KismetSystemLibrary.h"

Access: public Specifiers: staticUFUNCTIONBlueprintPure

Description

Returns the full path to the specified class as an FSoftClassPath, suitable for storing as a soft reference to load later.

Caveats & Gotchas

• Returns an empty/invalid FSoftClassPath if Class is null.
• The result is a struct with a path string, not a loaded pointer — you still need to call TryLoad() or LoadSynchronous() to resolve it.
• Prefer GetClassTopLevelAssetPath for pure asset-identity comparisons; FSoftClassPath carries legacy long-package-name baggage that TopLevelAssetPath avoids.

Signature

static FSoftClassPath GetSoftClassPath(const UClass* Class)

Parameters

Name	Type	Description	Default
Class	const UClass*	The class to convert into a soft reference.	—

Return Type

FSoftClassPath

Example

Store a class reference for later loading C++

FSoftClassPath SavedClassPath = UKismetSystemLibrary::GetSoftClassPath(AMyPawn::StaticClass());
// ... later, e.g. after a level reload ...
if (UClass* LoadedClass = SavedClassPath.TryLoadClass<AActor>())
{
    UE_LOG(LogTemp, Log, TEXT("Loaded class: %s"), *LoadedClass->GetName());
}

Version History

Introduced in: 4.16

Version	Status	Notes
5.6	stable	—

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