C++ created UMG widget don't display on Standalone Play.

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@NickDarnell;206633

Reposting here in case others see this.

Don’t load a widget class/asset in that manner. The same goes for anything blueprint based, the blueprints are an editor time only concept, that’s why the WidgetBlueprint class is in an editor module - the UBlueprint will likely be soon as well. You should expose a TSubclassOf<UUserWidget> UProperty on your HUD, set the value in the editor, and it will be the class you want in native code. No need to muck around with hardcoded paths and loading blueprint assets.

As an example, here’s the barebones of how we load our HUD asset in our game:

	/** HUD UMG widget class. */
	UPROPERTY( Category=Widgets, EditDefaultsOnly )
	TSubclassOf<UUserWidget> HUDWidgetClass;

	/** HUD UMG widget instance. */
	UPROPERTY()
	UMyHUDWidget* HUDWidgetInstance;

void AMyHUD::PostInitializeComponents()
{
	Super::PostInitializeComponents();
	HUDWidgetInstance = CreateWidget<UMyHUDWidget>( PCOwner, HUDWidgetClass );
	check( HUDWidgetInstance != nullptr );
}