I have a
TSoftObjectPtr<UCustomizableObject>. In my player character’s BeginPlay I load it with FStreamableManager::RequestAsyncLoad. Then, UCustomizableObject::PostLoad is called and it loads all its subobjects in the main thread. This makes the editor freeze for a few seconds.
Why do I have to load this UCustomizableObject?
My character changes appearance on runtime based on clothes and equipment. I can’t just set UCustomizableSkeletalComponent::CustomizableObjectInstance in the editor. I need to create a new UCustomizableObjectInstance on runtime, so I need a reference to the UCustomizableObject to call UCustomizableObjectInstance::SetObject with it.
I have discovered this freeze doesn’t happen if I convert the TSoftObjectPtr<UCustomizableObject> to a TObjectPtr<UCustomizableObject>. But that would make the editor take longer to load.
Is it normal that loading a UCUstomizableObject causes a editor freeze like this? Is there something that could be wrongly set up?