Data Assets not being found, unless the path of the assets is set in "additional asset directories to cook"

[KielanT]

Hi, I have a bunch of data assets that I want to use in my game. They are found when playing from the editor. They only work when I add their paths to the additional asset directory to cook in project settings, for packaging. However, if I want to launch the game from right clicking the .UPROJECT file and clicking launch game, the assets are never found.

Q1: How can I have the data assets work when launching from UPROJECT?
Q2: How can I have the data assets work without having to add the paths to additional asset directories to cook?

[ScrewdriverHyena (Screwdriver)]

Are the data asset types listed as rules in your asset manager settings? If not, they won’t be automatically loaded.

[KielanT]

Thank you, that is exactly what I needed to do