How to add assets after packaging game

[enginemengine]

I have racing car game and I want players to have the ability to add their own cars as assets to the game. Can somebody help me with this??

[Leomerya12]

You’re going to need containers that can handle this information on the fly.

So, for example, you can have an “empty” class that listens for texture, material, and mesh inputs.

[enginemengine]

Thanks for the reply! Look, I’ve built my game and I don’t want to build it anytime I want to add a static mesh, so I need to have access to the assets folder from outside of the game. more like a bundle pack of new cars to the game without rebuilding it all the time.
for example I have Lamborghini and a Ferrari and I want to add a Mercedes but I really don’t want to rebuild the game just for a Mercedes.

[Leomerya12]

My pleasure, however, that’s exactly what I said.

You need to create an interface that listens for additional content. Basically in C++ terms, a “CIN”.

You’re not rebuilding anything.

Again, create interfaces that listen for assets from a specific container. When that container is populated, then those interfaces will draw from the new contents.

If this is foreign to you, here’s some reference material:

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Check the plugin RuntimeMeshComponent. It can load 3d model files at runtime. It can load many common model file formats including obj, stl, fbx, x, 3ds, dae. Unreal marketplace: GitHub:

Import assets into a packaged game

I’m not sure if it’s possible to do models or anything like that, but images are definitely possible. Here’s a tutorial showing how: [[Unreal Engine] - Import Images During Runtime]

[enginemengine]

THANKS A LOT!!
U kinda saved me!