How to duplicate levels

Development World Creation
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I need to know how to duplicate a single level so I save time and not have to copy over every asset and object over into the next level.

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Just select everything in the scene outliner - ctrl+c - open the new level + ctrl+v :slight_smile:

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copy + paste the umap file

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You can also right click on the level in the content browser and click Duplicate.
That always crashed for me in 4.6 though…

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wouldnt be save as (new name) easiest?
or i just got wrong what you asking…in that case sry

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That’s the easiest way, but it depends on what exactly he wants to copy :stuck_out_tongue:

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Note that you can only duplicate a level if it is no currently open in the viewport. This did my head in a few times… finally figured out I could copy them when I had a different one open…!

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Still crashes after closing viewport. 4.26.2

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The level can’t be open period. Just closing the viewport and still having the level open counts as having that asset open and won’t play nice.

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Just press ctrl+v in each case after copying the specific item.

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If you want to have a level that contains the same assets in several maps you can use Level Streaming

https://docs.unrealengine/en-US/BuildingWorlds/LevelStreaming/Overview/index.html

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in the newer versions of unreal i believe this doesnt work entirely, you can still duplicate the level but the stuff inside it isn’t copied over so not sure why the function even exists

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Incase anyone is still running into this, I clicked and dragged the level I wanted to copy into an empty space in the same folder and selected the “copy here” option. That worked for me.