Blueprints can develop a hard reference dependancy chain, but C++ derived classes do not?

[BIGTIMEMASTER (Aljav)]

@Ari_Epic

C++ class references are never counted as asset dependencies as C++ classes aren’t “assets” and don’t need to be loaded per se, every C++ class type in your game’s modules will get initialized at the start of the application, but that’s fine as they’re tiny. That’s why you’re seeing a difference between asset references and C++ class references.

thank you!

i marked solved, not to end discussion at all as @ClockworkOcean has added some great questions related to the general question as well.