So I managed to find out what was happening, apparently after closing the blueprint for the first time, it became a “Data only blueprint”. I only found this out at due to opening the “Class Defaults” window at the suggestion of . The text saying it is pretty small but there’s blue text at the end saying “Open Full Blueprint Editor” that when you click it opens the “full” blueprint editor with Event graphs, components and all the expected stuff.
I’ll include the screenshot at the end.
This is probably a fair bit of noobiness on my part since I’m still new to the engine but I’d like to suggest the following improvements:
- Make it much much clearer in several locations that you’re looking at a “Data Only” blueprint. Some small text in the Class Defaults window is not enough for beginners to notice. Ideally watermark it all over the background or something. I’d rather it be right in my face than hidden away.
- In conjunction with the above, make it clear you’re using the “Data Only” mode of the Blueprint editor, either in a title bar or other places. Or better yet, don’t have two editor modes (I’m sure there’s a good reason why and I just haven’t explored the engine enough to understand yet).
Screenshot of the button you need to click in the Class Defaults window
